VOA慢速英语:A Campaign Against Alzheimer's Disease

1. By then, experts say Alzheimer's and other dementia disorderscould affect as many as sixty-six million people worldwide.

as many as 和...一样多
例句：You may take as many as you want.
你要多少就可拿多少。

2. The national Alzheimer's plan calls on scientists to developtreatments to prevent the disease by twenty twenty-five.

call on 号召;请求
例句：I shall call on you next week.
我下星期去看你。

3. We have learned more about this disease in the last couple ofyears than probably ever before.

learn about 学习
例句：Childrenseem to learn about computers by osmosis. 
儿童似乎不知不觉地就了解了计算机. 

4. And now the goal is to take that and translate it intointerventions."

translate into 把......翻译成......
例句：Can you translate into Chinese what the Captain has justannounced? 
你可以把机长刚才的广播翻译成中文吗? 

5. Three hundred people have agreed to be in the study.

agree to do 同意做某事
例句：Will you agree to do this? 
你答应吗？” 

6. 'There are many rivers to cross but at least we're at the firstbank.'

at least 至少
例句：In fact it requires at least n generators. 
事实上，它至少要有n个元素。