VOA慢速英语:Condition of Oceans Affects Human Health

1. And I’m Christopher Cruise. Today, we tell about a new way to measure the health of the world’s oceans.

tell about 评论
例句：He had learned how to tell about them. 
他早已学会了如何评论她们。 

2. It’s meant to guide policymakers and the public to the underlying importance that the oceans are the life support system of the Earth and that we’d better take care of them if we are to survive on this planet.”

take care of 照顾
例句：He had other people to take care of besides me. 
除我之外,他还要照顾别人。 

3. “You can’t manage anything that you can’t measure. So, like any good portfolio investments, if you want to make sure you are prospering and you’re taking care of your investments -- and believe me, the health of our planet is no greater investment that there could be -- you need a metric in order to measure it and see that we have a sustainable relationship with this resource on an ongoing basis.”

in order to 为了
例句：He did not come here in order to attend the meeting. 
他来这里决不是要参加会议的。 

4. He says the Ocean Health Index will help end a lot of ignorance about the seas.

a lot of 许多
例句：I got a lot of mail from Japan. 
我收到许多来自日本的信件。 

5. At least twenty-six drugs that come from sea organisms are currently being used or developed.

at least 至少
例句：At least you can't write to them all the time. 
至少你不能一直给他们写信。 

6. At first, Mande Holford may have wanted to study snails because of their beauty.

because of 因为
例句：Because of their relative rarity, they are often missed. 
因为相对少见，它们常被漏诊。 

7. Parasites depend on other creatures for food and shelter.

depend on 取决于
例句：The exact voltages used depend on the local supply. 
具体电压要视地区供电情况而定。 

8. Paul Sikkel hopes his discovery will lead to more information about parasites and the effect they can have on marine environments.

lead to 导致
例句：Mass unemployment may lead to social upheaval. 
大批失业会导致社会动乱。