VOA慢速英语:Sports Doping: From the Laboratory to the Playing Field

短语讲解：

1. He was accused of lying to a federal grand jury about his reported use of performance-enhancing drugs.

be accused of 被指控…，被控告…
例句：He was accused of appropriating club funds. 
他被控告挪用俱乐部基金。

2. When many Americans talk about sports doping, they think of anabolic steroids.

think of 想起，记起
例句：Will you think of me after I've left?
我离开之后, 你还会记得我吗?
anabolic steroids合成代谢类固醇（一种加速肌肉生长的药物）

3. Users can become depressed and, in some cases, may even want to take their own life.

in some cases 有时，在某些情况下
例句：In some cases, the infections process may result in severe or fatal illness. 
有些情况下，感染过程可以导致严重的或致命的疾病。
take one's own life 自杀
例句：In despair at his failure , he take his own life 
他因失败感到绝望而自杀。 

4. Most doctors agree that taking large amounts of testosterone can cause an increased risk of heart disease or other health problems.

large amounts of 大量的
例句：Large amounts of money were spent on the magnificent building. 
这幢气派的大楼花了大量的钱。
heart disease 心脏病

5. Discovery of banned drugs and drug use at a major sporting event led to creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

banned drugs/substances 违禁药物
例句：At the 1994 Asian Games, 11 Chinese athletes - seven of them swimmers - tested positive for banned drugs. 
在1994年亚运会期间，11名中国运动员，其中包括7名游泳运动员，被检测出服用违禁药物。
World Anti-Doping Agency 世界反兴奋剂机构

6. In nineteen ninety-eight, French police carried out a raid and found banned substances at the Tour de France.

carry out 进行，执行
例句：They also carry out experiments.
他们还进行实验。

7. By the nineteen-twenties, sports organizations were attempting to stop the use of doping substances.

attempt to 企图，试图
例句：He attempted to get in touch with them but without success.
他试图和他们联系, 但未成功。

8. But doctors say even the use of a person’s own blood to increase the level of red blood cells can raise the risk of heart disease and stroke.

raise the risk of 提高…的风险
例句：The combination can raise the risk of liver damage or stomach bleeding .
他们混和在一起可能会增加肝脏损伤或者胃出血的风险。

9. The office said it understands that athletes have a powerful effect on young people.

have an effect on 对…有影响
例句：What you say or do will have an effect on others. 
你所说或所做的每一件事都会对别人产生影响。

10.  DAVID EPSTEIN: “Some saying we need to root this out, and others saying, get over it, we understand it’s happening, quit kind of ruining the fun.”

root out 彻底根除
例句：Selection will root out such organism. 
自然选择将把这些物种消灭掉。
get over 原谅，把…忘怀
例句：I get over his rudeness .
我不能原谅他的无礼。

11. Its medical director, Alain Garnier, has said doctors should have nothing to do with doping.

have nothing to do with 与…没有关系
例句：This has nothing to do with you.
这事与你无关。