VOA慢速英语:Efforts to Stop Polio Continue

短语讲解：

1. Some of the winners were honored for their work with polio, including studies aimed at leading to new vaccines.

be honored for因为…被授予, 因…而获得荣誉
例句：Both Adams and Leverrier are honored for discovering Neptune.
亚当斯和勒威耶两人都因发现了海王星而名垂青史。
aim at以…为目标
例句：The visit was aimed at expanding the relations between the two countries.
访问的目的是扩展两国的关系。

2. Entrants competing for the grants were urged to think “out of the box,” to develop ideas that are non-traditional.

compete for为夺取…比赛
例句：These young men competed for the gold medal.
这些年轻人为夺取金牌而比赛。

3. But researchers are working to prevent this tragedy from happening.

prevent from阻止, 防止
例句：We must prevent them from making trouble.
我们必须防止他们制造麻烦。

4. In general, the worldwide campaign against polio has made huge progress in the past twenty years.

make progress前进, 进步
例句：We can only make progress by degrees.
我们只能逐渐地进步。

5. The group also has organized programs to raise money for the anti-polio campaign.

raise money募捐，筹款
例句：Our village is holding a fete to raise money for the building of the new hall.
我们村里准备举行游园会，以筹资建造新会堂。

6. Today each man walks with the aid of crutches or other devices.

with the aid of借助于,通过…的帮助
例句：The old man hobbled along the road with the aid of his stick.
那老汉拄着拐杖一瘸一拐地走着.

7. Armed conflicts and other disputes in Pakistan and Afghanistan have interfered with -- or stopped -- anti-polio campaigns.

interfere with干预, 阻挠, 妨碍, 阻止
例句：The noise interferes with my work.
这噪音妨碍我的工作。

8. They said the reason was to end the possibility of paralytic polio linked to it.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：A piston links to a drive shaft by means of a connecting rod.
活塞通过连杆与驱动轴相连。

9. But they could not stop people from getting infected with it.

infect with把…传染给…
例句：The man has been infected with cholera.
这人已染上了霍乱。

10. But researchers are working for the day when not one more person will ever suffer from the disease.

suffer from患(某种病); 受(某种病痛)折磨; 因(疾病)而痛或不舒服
例句：You must have suffered from a cold.
你一定是感冒了。