VOA慢速英语:Tobacco Forces Still Strong

1. They compared this information with tobacco use in two developed countries – the United States and Britain.

compare... with...与...比较...
例句：How does your new house compare with your old one? 
你的新房子和旧房子比起来怎么样? 

2. Tobacco contributes an enormous burden to the health care system in developed countries, and that scenario will play out in the not-too-distant future in low- and middle-income countries.

play out 结束
例句：The match was not yet played out.
比赛还没有结束。

3. It already has in many countries -- in India, for example.

for example 例如
例句：Many great people rose from poor backgrounds -- Lincoln for example.
很多伟人出身贫寒,林肯就是一例。

4.  And they use their support to promote propaganda about obacco use, and they are basically telling students that genius omes from hard work and tobacco helps them to be successful.

come from 来自
例句：Ambient noise may come from any direction. 
外界噪声可以来自任意方向。 

5. It shows to everybody that the only way to deal with the toacco industry’s claims, sabre rattling, legal threats, is to stare them down in court.

deal with 与...交涉,交易;应付;处理
例句：He has learnt to deal properly with all kinds of complicated situations.
他已学会恰当地应付各种复杂局面。

6. The study found that, unless urgent action is taken, about a billion people will die early in this century as a result of tobacco use.

as a result of 作为...的结果,由于...
例句：Many facts emerged as a result of the investigation. 
调查结果,许多事实暴露出来。