和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Worries Grow About Treating Gonorrhea

2012-06-13来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. The WHO warns that there are few treatment options available, and that the world is running out of ways to cure it.

run out 被用完,被耗尽
例句:Our food soon ran out.
我们的食物不久就吃光了。

2. And for infants born to these women with untreated gonorrhea,we already know that over half of them develop severe eye infections and many of these could lead to blindness.

lead to 导致
例句:Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。

3. It also results from natural genetic changes, or mutations,within disease organisms.

result from 起因于
例句:His illness resulted from bad food.
他的病是由于吃了变质的食物所致。

4. This is because of a lack of good information in many countries and a lack of research.

because of 因为
例句:Because of the storm he didn't go there.
因为暴风雨他没有去那儿。

5. The WHO is calling for smarter use of antibiotics and more research into new ways to treat the infections.

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

6. And, we are no longer there.

no longer 不再
例句:I can no longer pocket her insults. 
我再也无法忍受她的侮辱了。 

7. We are in a state right now where in so many places this organism is rapidly developing resistance.

right now 马上
例句:And we will send you a replacement right now. 
我们会马上补寄一批货过去。

8. So we do need to start looking into the research."

look into 调查,观察
例句:A working party has been set up to look into the problem. 
已成立工作组调查该问题.