慢速英语:Life Not So Sweet for Nigerian Sugar Farmers

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1. But he says farmers no longer even bother to grow sugar that can be refined.

no longer 不再，已不
例句：She is no longer a child.
她不再是小孩子了。

2. Sugar officials say Nigeria spent $620 million on sugar imports in 2012.

spend on 把…花在…
例句：How much time do you spend on the internet?
你上网要花多少时间？

3. They do not expect that number to go down immediately.

go down 停止；被接受；沉下
例句：I saw the prices go down and I thought they were now reasonable.
我看到价格跌下来了，我想目前的价格是合理的。

4. Saidu Usman Gwambe is a sugar cane farmer. He says his land could be very profitable, but he is not sure how much longer he can wait for a government rescue.

how much 多少
例句：How much have you spent?
你花了多少钱？