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VOA慢速英语:Uganda Fights Another Ebola Outbreak
短语讲解:
1. Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever -- it can lead to bleeding inside and outside the body.
lead to 导致
例句:Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。
2. Ebola spreads through contact with blood or other body fluids of infected people.
contact with 与……联系;与……接触
例句:No, I have no contact with her.
没有。我和她没有一点儿联系。
3. YOWERI MUSEVENI: "Please do not take on the job of burying him, or her. Call the medical workers to be the ones to do it because they are the ones who can do it safely."
take on 穿上;呈现
例句:The insect can take on the color of its surroundings.
这种昆虫能随环境而变色。
4. In other countries, especially in some of the neighboring countries, many times Ebola goes unrecognized, and other times is goes unreported, because it has the capacity to burn itself out.
burn out 烧掉
例句:The rocket will Burn out of fuel in three days.
火箭将在三天内将燃料烧完。