BBC在线收听下载:美国研究人员称寨卡病毒疫苗面世至少需时10年

短语讲解：

1. Scientists at the University of Texas say most of the time will be taken up in securing regulatory approval.

take up 占用; 开始从事; 接受（提议）
例句：He dropped French so as to take up English.
他放退选法语课，选读英语课。

2. If countries pick up the garbage, if countries are educating people about covering the waters, the containers, because that's where the mosquitoes breed, then they may be able to minimize massively the impact of this virus in women.

pick up 捡起; 接载; 学会
例句：I'll go to pick up some odds and ends at the store.
我要到商店买些零碎的东西。

3. They will (be) all in addition to the 20,000 Syrian refugees who are due to be resettled in the U.K. over the next five years.

due to 由于; 因为; 欠下债
例句：They may be due to senile atherosclerosis.
可能是由于老年性动脉硬化。

4. The social media company, Facebook, has announced a big increase in earnings and profits that doubled in the last quarter of 2015, compared to the same period in the previous year.

compare to 把…比作， 喻为; 与…相比
例句：Cultural life in the country cannot compare to that of a large city.
农村的文化生活不能与大城市的相比拟。

5. Players used black and white pieces, vowing to take control of territory on a wooden checker board.

take control of 控制
例句：Surely she would take control of the situation; after all she was a professional.
她肯定会控制这局面，她毕竟是个行家。