【媒體英語】World hunger overestimated 結开國錯估

　　媒體英語會帶大家一路進建 BBC 撰稿人正正在報導世界大年夜事時經常应用到的單詞跟短語。

　　【導讀】日前結开國可認世界飢餓死齒總數不其估计人數之多。一項最新講演顯現寰毬餓飢人數約為 8.7億人，而並不是此前頒佈的遠 10 億人。請聽以下往自 BBC記者 Alan Johnston 的報導：

　　A few years ago the United Nations announced that the number of hungry people around the world had gone through the one billion mark. But the UN agencies now say that at the time their data tended toexaggerate the problem.

    They say progress in the fight against hunger has actually been better than was thought.

　　But all the same, new and more accurate figures show that just under 870 million people are malnourished today. That's more than 12% of the global population. And in Africa the battle is being lost. More and more people there are hungry. One of the UN agency chiefs said that in this advanced age it was "entirely unacceptable" that 100 million children don't get enough to eat.

　　The report talked of the need for economic growth that might providevulnerable communities with greater income-earning opportunities. But, as it looked for long-term solutions, the UN also spoke of the importance of good governance, political stability and the rule of law. The creation of conditions in which economies, and education and health services, might develop in the poorest parts of the world.

　　Quiz 聽力攷試

　　How many people around the world did the UN say are hungry?

　　How many people around the world are malnourished today?

　　True or False: There are 100 million children in Africa who are hungry.

　　What does the UN think the long-term solution is for hunger?

　　Glossary 辭匯表

　　· mark數字

　　· data數据

　　· exaggerate誇張

　　· accurate正確的

　　· malnourished養分不良的

　　· unacceptable不能接受的

　　· economic growth經濟增添

　　· vulnerable強勢的

　　· income-earning opportunities掙錢機逢

　　· governance管理