A economists say higher food prices will only increase the problems faced by the region's poor, who are highly dependent on rice as a staple food.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

And then, they take that receipt, take the other receipt, staple it together with a little coffee card and then give me all that and I throw that paper away.

之后，他们拿起收据，再拿起另一张收据，和另一张咖啡卡钉在一起然后,一起给我，我扔掉了那张纸。

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What used to be a rare food additive is now a staple.

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

Civil servants,who earn about 100 U.S.dollars a month, can buy staple foods.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

With new studies finding increasingly strong links between diabetes and cardiovascular disease and even certain types of cancers, research to improve this dietary staple has taken on a new urgency.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

So what does it mean to be French today? President Nicolas Sarkozy has tapped another French staple the love of debate to launch a three-month, national conversation on the subject.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30