F2F Class Notes (Raph)[R]

Vocabulary

Rush hour (n): 1- the busy part of the day when towns and cities are crowded, either in the morning when people are travelling to work, or in the evening when people are traveling home
E.g.: I was stuck in the rush hour traffic, so I was late for my meeting.

Drench (v): 1- to make someone or something extremely wet:
E.g.: A sudden thunderstorm had drenched us to the skin.
E.g.: The athletes were drenched in/with sweat.

Enumerate (v): 1- to name things separately, one by one:
E.g.: He enumerated the benefits of the insurance scheme.

Continent (n): 1- one of the seven large land masses on the earth’s surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea and usually consisting of various countries
E.g.: Asia is the world’s largest continent.

Breed (n): 1- to keep animals or plants for the purpose of producing young animals in a controlled way.
E.g.: Terriers are bred for their fighting instincts.
E.g.: His main income comes from breeding cattle (黄牛).

Crop (n): 1- (the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in large amounts:
E.g.: The main crops grown for export are coffee and rice.

Famine (n): 1- a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens:
E.g.: Another crop failure could result in widespread famine.
E.g.: There were reports of refugees dying of famine.

Rural (adj): 1- in, of, or like the countryside:
E.g.: The area is still very rural and undeveloped.

Edible (adj): 1- suitable or safe for eating.
E.g.: Only the leaves of the plant are edible.

Nigeria (n): 1- 尼日利亚

World Food Prize goes to Nigerian banker
(Source: breakingnewsenglish.com/1706/170629-world-food-prize.html)

The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has won the 2017 World Food Prize. Mr Adesina won the prize and $250,000. He got the award for his two decades of work in increasing food production in Africa. He used his experience as a top banker to help agriculture in Africa. He helped to change many farming laws and made it easier for small farmers to get loans for their business. He also helped farmers to modernize their farms and the way they grow their crops. The World Food Prize Foundation President, Kenneth Quinn, said Mr. Adesina won the prize, “for driving change in African agriculture for over 25 years and improving food security for millions across the continent”.

The World Food Prize was created by the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug. He is known as the father of the “green revolution”. He helped to breed crops that produced more food and were stronger and more resistant against disease. His work helped to prevent famine in Asia in the 1960s. Mr Quinn said Adesina “grew up in poverty” in Africa and decided to do his best at school to get a good education. He got a PhD. in agricultural economics. He became a leader in African banking and was also Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture from 2011 to 2015. Quinn said Adesina used his background and experiences to, “lift millions of people out of poverty, especially farmers in rural Africa”.

Pronunciation

After:  /ˈæf.tɚ/

Yesterday: /ˈjes.tɚ.deɪ/

Exhibiting : /ɪɡˈzɪb.ɪtɪn/

Rustic: /ˈrʌs.tɪk/

Decade: /ˈdek.eɪd/

Africa: /ˈæf.rɪ.kə/

Agriculture: /ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/

Agricultural: /ˌæɡ.rəˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/

Economics: /ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪks/

Famine: /ˈfæm.ɪn/