VOA慢速英语:Medical Spies Keep Watch on Leaders

短语讲解：

1. Spy agencies search for information about physical and mental health.

search for搜索, 搜寻
例句：They searched all the drawers for the missing paper.
他们翻了所有的抽屉找寻那份遗失的文件。

2. It employs or consults with doctors, sociologists, political scientists and cultural anthropologists to examine the conditions of top officials.

consult with与(某人)磋商
例句：Before we can accept the firm's offer, we must consult with the workers.
在我们接受这家公司的提议之前, 我们必须与工人们商量。

3. What they try and do on the psychological side of things in describe a constellation of psychiatric signs and symptoms, and then to describe for the policy makers how someone with that particular set of findings may react to certain situations.

react to对…作出反应〔评价, 应答〕
例句：How did he react to your suggestion?
他如何对待你的建议?

4. In the late fifties and early nineteen sixties, the CIA decided that they had expertise to look more carefully and in a more rigorous, analytical way at the health of foreign leaders in order to help give policy makers some forewarning of a transition in a government, stability of foreign governments, and also looking for potential points of diplomatic leverage.

in order to为了
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。
look for寻找(某人或某物)
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

5. She points out that an illness like bipolar disorder can be well-controlled on medication.

point out指出
例句：Mistakes in the printing should be pointed out at once.
印刷上的错误应立即予以指出。