VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: How the 'Rx' Sign Came to Be

短语讲解：

1. It goes back about five-thousand years.

go back回转, 回顾, 追溯
例句：The friendly contacts between our two peoples can go back to the Tang Dynasty.
我们两国人民间的友好往来可以追溯到唐朝。

2. It has come to mean "take this medicine."

come to到达; 达成
例句：After much talk they came to an agreement.
经过多次商谈, 他们达成了协议。

3. The evil Seth put out the eye of the young Horus.

put out生产; 制造
例句：This engine puts out more electric current than the other one.
这台发电机比另一台发的电多。

4. The mother of Horus called for help.

call for需要
例句：This is a problem that calls for immediate solution.
这是个迫切需要解决的问题。

5. The ancient Egyptians used a drawing of the eye of Horus as a magic sign to protect themselves from disease, suffering and evil.

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。

6. They cut this sign in the stones they used for buildings.

use for作…用
例句：We used the seal's fur for coats.
我们用海豹皮做大衣。

7. The sign no longer offers heavenly assistance to the sick.

no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不
例句：He was long a famous musician, but he plays no longer.
他成为有名的音乐家已很久了, 但他现在不演奏了。