VOA慢速英语:Six Researchers Who Gave All to Their Work

短语讲解：

1. The Army wanted medical experts to study yellow fever and find a way to stop the disease.

yellow fever黄热病
例句：Yellow fever is endemic to parts of central Africa.
黄热病是中非一些地区的地方流行病。

2. The team was led by Walter Reed, the Army doctor and scientist noted for his work on infectious diseases.

be noted for以…闻名或著称
例句：The cook is noted for his cake.
这个厨师以做蛋糕而著名。
infectious diseases传染病，感染性疾病

3. In August of nineteen hundred, the researchers began to raise mosquitoes and infect them with the virus.

infect with把…传染给…
例句：She had a bad cold last week and must have infected me with it.
她上星期得了重感冒, 一定传给我了。

4. Medical historians say he may have reported the bite as an accident so his family would not be denied money from his life insurance policy.

insurance policy保单；保险单
例句：She takes out a life insurance policy or a house insurance policy .
她投了人寿保险或房屋保险。

5. To test this idea, the team in Cuba offered one hundred dollars to anyone who would agree to be bitten by infected mosquitoes.

agree to同意, 赞成, 同意照办
例句：We agreed to their proposal.
我们同意了他们的建议。

6. Cuba and the United States both honored Clara Maass on postage stamps.

postage stamp邮票
例句：A fifty cent postage stamp was put on the heavy letter. 
那封超重的信上贴了一张五十美分的邮票。 

7. Doctor Goldberger traveled to the state of Mississippi where many people suffered from pellagra.

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。

8. An assistant also took part in the experiments.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。

9. Joseph Goldberger died of cancer in nineteen twenty-nine.

die of死于(疾病、过度悲伤等)
例句：People are dying of cancer more and more often.
死于癌症的人越来越多了。

10. He kept the people with Ebola separate from the other patients.

separate from分开
例句：No child should ever be separated from his mother by force.
绝不能强行使任何一个孩子与母亲分开。

11. The man had been acting out of control.

out of control失去控制
例句：The plane got out of control and crashed.
飞机失去控制坠毁了。

12. Many other scientists gave credit to her published work.

give credit to相信，信任；称赞，赞扬
例句：Vendors would give public credit to the researcher.
销售商则将给予研究人员公开好评。