VOA慢速英语:U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Human Genes Are Not Patentable

短语讲解：

1. The company applied for and was given exclusive rights  over the use of those genes.

apply for 申请；声请
例句：I want to apply for the government's scholarship.
我想申请政府奖学金.

2. "What was problematic about these patents was that Myriad was able to use those patents to stop other laboratories from providing genetic testing, even when those other laboratories were using different methods."

be able to 能够
例句：We hope you'll be able to attend.
我们希望你能够前来参加。

3. Miss Park says that means that genetic testing for increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer cost more because of the lack of competition.

because of 因为
例句：You laugh because of this?
你因为这个笑了？

4. And she says the gene patent prevented patients from getting a second medical opinion based on some other test.

base on 使建立在…基础上
例句："Base on Yunfu, orient to the world and aim at the future." 
立足云浮,面向世界,走向未来。 

5. She is a breast cancer survivor who struggled to pay for Myriad's test.

pay for 赔偿
例句：I'm afraid you have to pay for it.
恐怕你得赔偿了。

6. We have the right to know that our doctor can look at our own genes to see what information is there."

look at 看
例句：Look at our verse today.
看我们今天的章节。