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2006-10-20

NEWS


◎ The new's title : Farmers Organize to Try to Control Potato Supply
◎ URL :
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2006-10-16-voa1.cfm
◎ Vocabulary :
word : definition
* produced -> to make or manufacture
* profit -> advantage; benefit; gain
* reduce -> to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc

◎ Summary :
American growers have growed too many potatoes for sale that mean too little profit. So the most important way is reduce the amount of potatoes.

Question :

Why the potato growers organization wants to reduce the amount of potatoes?

負責段落
Limiting production breaks with tradition. Over the years, many American potato growers have done their best to grow large crops. The more potatoes they produced, the more they had to sell.
But too many potatoes for sale can mean too little profit. So the potato growers
rganization wants to reduce the amount of potatoes reaching the market. The goal is to keep demand strong and continuous.

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