VOA慢速英语:A Study Looks at Environmental Influences on Children

短语讲解：

1. One of the largest health studies ever done in the United States will look at environmental influences on children
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look at考虑;着眼于;接受; 看待；认为
例句：We should learn to look at problems all-sidedly.
我们应该学会全面看问题。

2. Jennifer, three months pregnant, signed up for the study at the University of California, Los Angeles.

sign up跟…签订合同
例句：They manage to sign up all the best performers.
他们设法跟所有最佳演员签订合同。

3. Well, living in Los Angeles, I’m concerned, like, obviously about the pollution and the smog and that kind of stuff.

be concerned about关心,挂念
例句：Everybody is concerned about the future of his country.
每个人都关心自己国家的前途。

4. And, you know, I’m also concerned about what I put in my body, like is the food genetically modified?

put in (使)在内; 把…放于…中
例句：Put sugar in coffee, please.
请把糖放在咖啡里。

5. Like, do they add chemicals or preservatives to things and, like, how do those things have an effect on an unborn child

add to添加;增加
例句：The snowstorm added to our difficulties.
暴风雪增加了我们的困难。
have an effect on对…有影响;对…起作用,产生效果
例句：Alcoholic drink can have a bad effect on your body.
含酒精的饮料会对你身体有很坏的影响。

6. We’re examining a number of very important child conditions such as asthma and autism, pre-term birth and birth defects, obesity and diabetes and various behavioral and learning problems.

a number of一些
例句：A number of new products have been successfully trial-produced.
许多新产品已试制成功。
such as像, 例如
例句：We dislike people such as him.
我们不喜欢像他这号人。

7. We have knowledge gaps in many of the most important factors that influence not only the health and well-being and development of children, but that begin the foundations of what could turn into chronic conditions for adults.

turn into (使)变成
例句：Joan is turning into quite a skilled musician.
琼正在变成一个技艺精湛的音乐家。

8. The information could lead to new policies and changes in existing laws on child health and the environment.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。