VOA慢速英语:International AIDS Conference Returns to Washington After 22 Years

1. Excitement mixed with hope at the gathering because of a feeling that AIDS might finally be overcome.

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。

2. AIDS has killed more than thirty million people since the nineteen eighties.

more than 多于
例句：Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。 

3. He found out eight years ago that he had HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

find out 找出;发现;查明
例句：I'll find out the address,and ring you back. 
我找到地址后再与你通电话。 

4. They also spoke out at the International AIDS Conference.

speak out 大胆地说
例句：Speak out. Don't just brood over things. 
你有什么事就说吧, 别圈在心里。

5. Sex workers, along with homosexual men and intravenous drug users are three groups in which HIV infection still is rising rapidly.

along with 和…一起
例句：Along with the increase of age, then people do not like the illusion. 
随着年龄的增长，人们就不那么喜欢幻想了。 

6. The international sex workers’ rights movement and others have launched a campaign to cancel the pledge, as well as provisions that block immigration based on sex work.

as well as 以及
例句：Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school these days. 
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。 

7. They are also calling for an end to criminal laws against sex work.

call for 需要
例句：Different circumstances call for different tactics. 
不同的情势需要不同的策略。 

8. Dr. Anthony Fauci says it was many small steps over more than thirty years that led to today’s major gains against HIV/AIDS.

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

9. That means, improving the body’s immune system to deal with HIV or somehow changing cells to resist the virus. Dr. Fauci calls it a “scientific challenge.

deal with 处理
例句：They agreed to press for the conference to deal with the problem. 
他们同意敦促大会处理这个问题。