| Farmers often use their extra earnings to buy books for their children or to pay for schooling. 农民常用额外收入为孩子买书，付学费。 A farmer in Zambia said he hoped to have enough money in three years to buy a diesel-powered pump. 赞比亚的一位农民说他希望三年内有足够的钱买一台柴油机水泵。 But the world economic crisis has had an effect on some farmers. 但是世界经济危机对农民们造成很大的影响。 IDE executive director Zenia Tata says some who were able to buy diesel pumps now do not enough money to buy fuel. 国际发展企业的执行主任 Zenia Tata 说一些农民也许现在会去买柴油水泵但没有足够的钱去买油。 So they are using their treadle pumps again. 所以他们正重新启用踏板式水泵。 |
