VOA慢速英语:What Do You Know About the Common Cold?

短语讲解：

1. Do you think getting cold can give you a cold? Is it bad to drink milk when you have a cold?

have a cold 感冒，伤风，受凉
例句：I think I have a cold coming on
我看我要感冒了。

2. "People tend to congregate and be together and the way the common cold virus is transmitted from one person to another is through handshakes, through sneezing, or coughing on one another."

tend to 趋向于，易于
例句：The symptoms tend to recur.
这种症状有可能复发。

3. Children are likely to catch four or five.

be likely to 有可能…，倾向于…
例句：He is not likely to be elected.
他不可能当选。

4. Some people believe in treating a cold with chicken soup.

believe in相信…是对的(或可取的、可行的、有理的)，信…的价值(或效用、益处)：
例句：I believe in fresh air and exercise for my healthy.
我相信新鲜空气和锻炼对我身体有益。

5. Mucus is the sticky substance that can make you cough and have trouble breathing during a cold.

have trouble (in) doing something 做…有困难
例句：I have some trouble (in) reading the letter. His handwriting is very bad.
我读这封信很费劲, 他的字很差。

6. But obviously, if you’re a baby and that's all you drink, you should not stop giving babies milk."

stop doing something 停止做某事
例句：If I were you , I would stop doing the experiment .
假若我是你的话，我会停止做这个实验。
stop to do something 停下来去做某事
例句：Li Ming was watching TV , but his mother asked him to stop to do his homework .
李明正在看电视，但是妈妈让他停下来去做家庭作业。