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VOA慢速英语:Airport Security Idea Takes Flight in Study of Mummies and Diseases

2010-06-29来源:和谐英语

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1.The mummification process protects the body's soft tissue long after it would normally break down.

break down毁掉,制服,压倒,停顿,倒塌,中止,垮掉,分解

例句：The latest round of pay talks has broken down.
最近一轮的工资谈判已经破裂。

2.He says reusing a pacemaker is an ethical way to provide health care to those who have no other way to get one.

no other没有别的

例句：The facts allow no other explanation.
事实不容许有其他的解释。

no other than除…外没有, 只有

例句：He has no other friends than you.
他除你以外没有朋友。

正是, 就是

例句：It was no other than my mother.
这正是我的母亲。

3.They cleaned and disinfected the ones in good working order.

in good working order=in good conditions工作状态良好