VOA慢速英语:Almost 5 Million Lives Saved Through AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Treatment

本文中多次出现表示数量下降的词语，例如decrease,drop等等。此外，表示下降的词语还有decline,reduce等。平时多注意一下这些同义词和近义词，在自己应用的时候可以增加表达的多样性。

2.The Global Fund has given out more than one hundred million bed nets in its battle against malaria.

give out分发; 散发

例句：They stood there, giving out the leaflets to the passers-by.
      他们站在那里, 向过路人散发传单。

      Over a thousand copies of the pamphlet have now been given out.
      现在已分发了一千多本小册子。

同义词组:

hand out非正分发, 发给, 散发
 
例句：Will you help me to hand out the materials for the lecture?
      你可以帮我分发演讲材料吗?

      Have you handed out the Christmas gifts?
      圣诞礼物都分发出去了吗?

3.We can, for example, given the rate of investment, eliminate malaria as a public health problem, we can prevent millions of more HIV infections and also in tuberculosis.

given引导条件句

given与provided意思一样,表示“如果有……,则……”,
但两者的区别是provided后面只能跟that引导从句,而不能跟名词或名词性短语。而given后既可跟从句,又可跟名词性短语。

4.But most importantly, we can look to a world that is free of HIV infection in children.

free of无...的，摆脱...的

例句：He lived in a flat free of rent.
      他住在免付租金的公寓里。

      Replacements shall be shipped free of charge to the owner.
      更换后的产品将免费运给产品拥有人。