VOA慢速英语:Study Says AIDS Drugs Can Raise Life Expectancy in Africa

短语讲解：

1. Scientists say a study in Africa shows that AIDS drugs can increase life expectancy in patients to nearly normal levels.

life expectancy平均寿命
例句：Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.
日本人的平均寿命非常长。

2. All what we’ve been able to gain in the past with the access to clean water, expanded immunization programs were totally reversed with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa.

in the past在过去
例句：The book was banned in the past.
这本书过去被禁止过
access to有权使用；到某地的通道
I have access to his office.
我可以进出他的办公室。

3. So now we are seeing some good news that investing in antiretroviral programs, those investments are now paying off.

pay off使得益; 有报偿
例句：The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.
这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

4. The study took place in Uganda.

take place发生，进行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

5. Men spend more time looking for a job and spending more time away from their family to try to find a way to survive, I think may be one of the [reasons].

look for寻找
例句：Some birds are looking for food.
有些鸟在寻找食物。

6. The second reason is obviously the issue about stigma, which is still quite affecting a majority of people in the community.

a majority of大部分
例句：The company holds a majority of the stock.
该公司拥有大多数股份。

7. Dr. Nachega says health officials need to deal with this "gender imbalance."

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：We should deal with every case on its merits.
我们处理各种情况都应根据其本身的条件。

8. We should no longer see treatment and prevention totally separately.

no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不
例句：The city's water supply is no longer adequate for its need.
这个城市的供水已不敷需求。

9. Treatment, by itself, it is also part of prevention.

by itself独自地; 无需外力地
例句：The machine will start by itself in a few seconds.
几秒钟后, 机器将自行启动。

10. Studies also show that giving antiretroviral drugs to uninfected people can help protect them from HIV.

protect from保护, 保卫
例句：An umbrella will protect you from the rain.
雨伞可以保护你不至于淋雨。