2014英语四级听力练习慢速4.17(1)_大学英语听力

2014英语四级听力练习慢速4.17(1)

　　Kenya is also developing projects using coal and geothermal energy, which makes energy from heat deep in the ground.

　　While nuclear power may be the most productive source, it is also the most costly. The cost for a single nuclear power station is more than $4 billion.

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　　Food Shortage in Mali Getting Worse

　　The United Nations says the humanitarian crisis in Mali is getting worse. The agency says by June hundreds of thousands more people may have trouble getting enough food. It says the money being provided for humanitarian assistance in the West African nation is much less than is needed. And it says the problem is getting worse because people who fled the conflict in the country in and are now returning.

　　The United Nations says 1.4 million people in Mali now need food aid. That is an increase from 812,000 last December. The agency fears the number could increase to 1.9 million by June.

　　Late and unreliable rains last year, added to conflict in the north, meant farmers throughout the country could not grow many crops.

　　David Gressly is the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Mali.

　　Mali continues to face very important humanitarian challenges in . People have just gone through a very, very difficult time, particularly in the north, with the conflict, with the occupation. People are even more vulnerable than normal because of all of this. Were seeing, in particular, on the food side, continued food insecurity. So were quite concerned.