VOA慢速英语:With High-tech Tools, Farmers Hope to Turn Data into Higher Returns

短语讲解：

1. Farmers are increasingly using high-tech products to lower their costs, increase the amount of crops they grow and add to their profits.

add to 增加， 加强
例句：Politics will add to the policy complications.
政治也将加大政策的复杂性。

2. The Finfrocks farm in five counties, checking water levels and other conditions on such a large spread can take a lot of travel time.

a lot of 许多的; 诸多
例句：A lot of what's changing now is subtle.
许多变化都非常微妙。

3. It measures to the hundredths of a centimeter. She says the service has worked so far.

so far 到目前为止; 迄今为止
例句：So far, the strategy has worked.
到目前为止，这个策略很有效。

4. "We are dealing every day with more than 10 million points for precipitation, updated on an hourly basis," D'Orgeval said.

more than 不只是; 很; 超过; 在…次以上
例句：.America and britain have more than 12.
美国和英国甚至多余多于12个。