非洲猪瘟导致猪肉价格飙升（讲解版）| E1107

关注微信公众号：夏说英文晨读，加入万人晨读群，获得学资料以及每日点评，与上万名同学共同进步。

▍原文

China's top pig producers posted their highest-ever profits in the three months leading to September, as soaring hog prices more than compensated for losses resulting from African swine fever.

The huge profits underline how the fatal pig disease, which has killed millions of hogs across Asia and left many small farmers bankrupt, has proved a major opportunity for the leading producers in the world's largest but highly fragmented hog sector.

For large producers, even if they lost some sows to the disease, prices are so high now that they are still earning much more than before.

▍语言点 

post /pəʊst, poʊst/ vt. 宣布（announce）

highest-ever profit: 有史以来的最高利润

· 形容词最高级+ever: 有史以来的

· biggest-ever, longest-ever, youngest-ever 

lead to:  直到……；到……（until, to）

soaring hog prices: 飙升的猪肉价格

more than: 多于，超出

compensate /ˈkɒmpənseɪt, ˈkɑːmpənseɪt/ vi. 弥补，补偿（ make up ）

· Nothing can make up for the loss of a loved one.  

Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one. 

失去心爱的人是无法补偿的。

result from: 因为，由……造成（because of）

underline /ʌndə'laɪn, ˌʌndɚˈlaɪn/ vt. 强调，凸显

fatal /'feɪt(ə)l/ adj. 致命的

· a fatal accident: 致命的事故 

prove: 在这里相当于系动词be

· This accident proved fatal. 

这个事故是致命的。

fragmented /'fræɡmentid/ adj. 碎片的，分散的

· fragment: 碎片

sow /saʊ/ n. 母猪

如果你想获得更深入、更细致的英语学习指导与训练，让夏老师为你逐词逐句讲解，带你一对一模拟练习，欢迎在喜马拉雅FM中搜索“夏说英文-暴虐跟读集训营”。

什么是暴虐训练？

暴虐训练是夏鹏老师首创的英语学习法，以意群为单位进行语音示范朗读，通过模拟一对一带练，有效矫正发音、轻松记忆语篇、训练流畅表达。

1.每个意群示范5-7遍

2.由词到句拆解每个发音要点

3.模仿标准音进行持续跟读

4.有效重复从句到段记忆全篇文章