VOA慢速英语:Six Researchers Who Gave All to Their Work

protect from 使免受
例句：The plants should be protected from the cold.
应该保护这些植物使之不受冻。

2. In nineteen twelve, he began to study a skin disease that waskilling thousands of people in the South.

thousands of 成千上万,几千
例句：A computer consists of thousands of components. 
电脑由成千上万个部件组成。 

3. Doctor Goldberger traveled to the state of Mississippi wheremany people suffered from pellagra.

suffer from 因(疾病)而痛或不舒服;因...而更糟;受...之苦
例句：I often suffer from unaccountable headaches. 
我常莫名其妙地头疼。

4. The doctor came to believe that the disease was not infectious, but instead related to diet.

relate to 涉及，与…有关
例句：All these questions relate to philosophy. 
这些问题都跟哲学有关。

5. He made sure other hospitals increased their infection-controlmeasures.

make sure 查明;设法确保,确定
例句：You must make sure of the time and place.
你必须把时间和地点弄清楚。

6.  He died of it on March twenty-ninth, two thousand three.

die of 死于…病
例句：Many people die of famine every year. 
每年有很多人死于饥荒。 

7. At the same time, though, the two scientists found that theprotein can also support the growth of cancer in some cells.

at the same time 同时
例句：He may be very rude sometimes but at the same time he is very kind.
有时候他可能很粗鲁,然而他还是很善良。

8. In fact, the publication Science Watch listed her as the forty-ninth most-cited researcher in the world during that twenty-yearperiod.

in fact 事实上
例句：I think so; in fact, I am quite sure.
我想如此,事实上我十分相信如此。