VOA慢速英语:Health Problems Slow Gains in US Life Spans

短语讲解：

1. Yet a new study shows that life expectancy in the United States is falling behind other developed countries.

life expectancy平均寿命
Women have a higher life expectancy than men .
女人比男人的预期寿命长。
fall behind处于较低水平；落后; 下降; 退后
例句：Several of the runners fell behind in the race.
有几个赛跑者在比赛中落在后面了。

2. That was less than in thirty-six other countries.

less than少于
例句：Announcement deadline not less than 30 days.
公告期限不少于30日。

3. Professor Ali Mokdad says increases in life expectancy have slowed in the United States compared to other countries.

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

4. make progress前进,进步
例句：It was a long time before we seemed to make progress. 
好长时间后，我们才似乎有了点儿眉目。

5. Less education, less income in some of these rural counties, more likely to be smokers, more likely to be obese.

be likely to可能; 倾向于; 很可能
例句：He is not likely to be elected.
他不可能当选。

6. They don't have health insurance, or they don't have adequate access to health care, and the quality of medical care is not as good as well.

have access to有权使用；到某地的通道
例句：Students must have access to a good library.
学生要有使用好图书馆的便利条件。

7. Restrictions on public smoking, for example, differ from community to community.

differ from与…不同
例句：She differs from her sister in the color of her eyes.
她与她姐姐眼睛的颜色不同。

8. Journal editor Chris Murray says at least one finding was unexpected.

at least至少
例句：She was at least that much shorter than me.
她至少比我矮这么多。

9. Dr. Murray says women are increasingly taking risks with their health.

take risk冒险
例句：One cannot be successful in business unless one is willing to take a risk.
一个人在商业方面想取得成功就得去冒险。