VOA慢速英语:Children of AIDS Face Mental Health Needs

短语讲解：

1. Thirty years ago this week, public health officials in the United States reported on the first cases of what came to be known as AIDS.

report on报道…, 就…作报告
例句：Jim has been sent to Iran to report on the situation there.
吉姆已被派往伊朗报道那里的局势。
be known as被认为是
例句：Radio, television, newspapers and magazines are known as the mass media.
广播、电视、报纸和杂志被称为大众传媒。

2. So, for example, we see that AIDS orphaned children have very much higher levels of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder than children who have a live parent or children whose parents have died of other causes, including homicide or suicide.

for example例如, 譬如
例句：Japan, for example, has two languages.
譬如说, 日本就有两种语言。
die of死于
例句：People are dying of cancer more and more often.
死于癌症的人越来越多了。

3. She says children have to live with the stigma, the sense of shame connected to AIDS.

connect to使与…连接
例句：The island is connected by a steamer service to the mainland.
轮船航运把该岛与大陆联系起来。

4. At home, children living with a sick adult are more likely to live in poverty and face physical and emotional abuse.

be likely to可能; 倾向于; 很可能
例句：Negotiations are likely to bog down.
谈判很可能会停滞不前。

5. They’re very worried about the health and feel responsible for the health of the sick person.

be worried about为…忧虑,烦恼的
例句：He is worried about his mother.
他为他的母亲担心。

6. Close contact with sick adults can sometimes spread tuberculosis or other diseases.

contact with与…有交往〔联系〕; 与…接触
例句：Contact with skin may cause irritation, dermatitis.
接触皮肤可能引起过敏，皮炎等。

7. And, as Lucie Cluver told reporter Art Chimes, even when the children are in school, paying attention can be difficult.

pay attention注意
例句：Pay attention to traffic regulations.
注意交通规则。

8. It’s constantly on their minds and really making it difficult for them to do well at school.

do well做得好,进展好
例句：Vegetables do well here.
这里蔬菜长势好。

9. Writing in Nature, she calls for testing more children for tuberculosis.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

10. She says interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy and support groups are "urgently needed" for those orphaned by AIDS or living with sick adults.

such as诸如，例如
例句：We dislike people such as him.
我们不喜欢像他这号人。