1.starvation n.挨饿, 饥饿;饿死
例句：Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.
我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
After three days without food, the men were close to starvation.
3 天没吃东西，这些人都快饿死了。
2.overseas adj.(在)海外的, (在)国外的
例句：The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.
这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
We enjoyed the overseas travel.
我们喜欢去国外旅行。
3.resist v.抵抗
例句：He could resist no longer.
他再也抵抗不住了。
The city resisted the enemy onslaught for two weeks.
这个城市反抗敌人的猛攻达两个星期之久。
4.attend v.参加
例句：The meeting I'm going to attend will be about the new forms of agriculture and which one today is the most productive.
我要参与一个会议，是关于农业的各种新形式，以及哪种是当下最具有生产力的形式。
5.shrink vt. vi.收缩; （使）缩水, 收缩, 缩小, 皱缩
例句：The number of students of this school has shrunk.
这所学校的学生人数在减少。
Washing wool in hot water will shrink it.
在热水中洗毛织品会使其缩水。
6.predict vt.vi.预言; 预测; 预示; 预告; 预报
例句：They predicted great things for the boy.
他们预言这孩子有出息。
I predicted their getting into trouble.
我料到他们会倒霉。
7.intensive adj.加强的, 集中的, 密集的,短时间内集中紧张进行的
例句：I'll make an intensive study of a subject.
我将集中学一门课程。
1.Norman's family urged him to continue his studies at a time when many farm boys left school to find a job.
at a time when定语从句，先行词为time时，定语从句的引导词只能用when。
2.Local farmers could grow four times more wheat than before.
倍数的比较
1) 主语+谓语+ X times + as + adj. + as
这个句型译为：① A…是B的X倍（或净增加X－1倍）.
例如：This pen (A) is twice as expensive as that pen (B).
这只钢笔(A)的价格是那只钢笔(B)的2倍。（即A比B贵一倍）
I have three times as many as you. 我有你三倍那么多。（我的比你的多两倍）
This box is four times as heavy as that box. 这个盒子比那个盒子重4倍。
2）主语+谓语+ X times+ the size (amount, width, breadth, level, value, velocity, length…) of…
这个句型表示净增加“1倍，是…的2倍”例如：
The earth is 49 times the size of the moon. 地球是月球大小的49倍。
3）主语+谓语+ X times + 形容词（副词）比较级+ than…
这个句型表示的数为净增加数。例如：
The grain output is one time higher this year than that of last year.
今年比去年粮食产量增加一倍。
4）还可以用by+倍数，表示增加多少倍
The production of grain has been increased by four times this year.
今年粮食产量增加了4倍。
3.Borlaug's desire to feed the world is what drove him.
what在这里引导表语从句。
4. It said they wanted his life to be an example for making a difference in the lives of others, and for working toward the goal of ending suffering for all mankind.
make a difference有影响，起（重要）作用
例句：This would make a difference to the chemistry of the atmosphere.
这将改变大气的化学成分。