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BBC news with Mary Small.

The United Nations has announced plans for a task force to deal with the worldwide rise in food prices. At a summit of international agencies in Switzerland, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the immediate¹ priority was to find enough funds to feed the hungry. This report is from David Loyn.

There was no doubt in the sense of emergency at the UN meeting. The head of World Bank Robert Zoellick says what the world is facing may not be a natural disaster but it is still a disaster. And the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says there is a risk of social unrest on an unprecedented² scale. He is to head a task force to come up with solutions in the medium term and is asking the richest countries for urgent funding of food aid now. Mr Zoellick said there'd been many pledges, but pledges do not feed hungry mouth.

1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。