1.Peter Salama is UNICEF representative to Ethiopia. He says Ethiopia's plan of action can serve as an example for other countries:
serve as 担任…,充当…;起…的作用
He was served as a general.
他被任命为将军 。
Newspaper serves me as a curtain.
我用报纸权充窗帘 。
2.Progress on the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child death is slow in most countries, only 13 of 61 countries are in a position to meet the goal.
in a position to 能够,可以
We're now in a position to dictate our own demands.
现在,我们有资格提出我们的要求 。
He wasn't in a position to help me.
他不能帮我的忙 。