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德州贫困的根源是热带病感染

2012-04-01来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. The researchers focused on south and southwestern U.S. states and Mexico.

focus on (使)集中于
例句:The beams of light moved across the sky and focused on the plane.
光束在空中移动,集中对准飞机。

2. The kissing bug looks a little bit like a cockroach but it has the ability to feed on blood and it lives in the very poor quality dwellings

feed on以...为食物
例句:Cows feed on hay.
牛以干草为食。

3. It is a disease that could be associated with severe heart disease, often times aneurisms, even electrical disturbances and sudden death.

associate with把…与…联系在一起;和…联想在一起
例句:One usually associates poverty with misery.
人们一说到贫穷,常常就联想起悲惨的境遇。

4. So that if someone dies from what often times physicians or health care providers in Texas might think is a heart attack - it’s in fact chagas disease

die from由于…而死,因…致死
例句:People die from malaria because they are not treated or treatment is delayed .
人们死于疟疾是因为没有被冶疗或没有被及时冶疗。

5. "In order for a vaccine to be safe and effective, it has to be able to induce a neutralizing antibody response - an antiboyd resp[onsde that will knock out four different viruses simultaneously," he said.

knock out击倒
例句:Jack knocked his opponent out in the second round of the contest.
杰克在比赛的第二回合就把对方击倒了。