VOA慢速英语:Conference Approves Stronger Sports Doping Rules

短语讲解：

1. Today we tell about a decision to strengthen rules on doping in sports -- the use of drugs or other substances to improve athletic performance.

tell about 谈及; 讲述
例句：I like those stories you tell about the countryside.
我很喜欢你说的那些乡村故事。

2. And it says investigations and intelligence-gathering should be combined with testing of athletes.

combine with 与…结合; 兼具
例句：That intense crowding can combine with the heat island effect in big cities.
密集的人群又和大城市的“热岛效应”结合在一起。

3. He says anti-doping officials should create a strong campaign to help such athletes understand the doping dangers caused by some of the foods they grew up eating.

grow up 向上生长; 长大
例句：But what happens when they grow up?
可是他们长大了会是什么样呢？

4. We will hear more from him later in the program.

hear from 收到…的来信
例句：We knew then we would hear from him again.
那是我们就知道以后会再次听到他的声音。

5. One change is the doubling of the ban in cases of intentional doping from two to four years.

in case of 万一，如果; 防备
例句：In case of fire, the lower elevator goes to-1 floor and the upper elevator to 1 floor.
如果发生火灾，较低层的电梯就会进入负一层，而上层的电梯进入正一层。

6. There will be a greater emphasis on intelligent processes in the future, and on investigations.

emphasis on 强调
例句：The new emphasis on style may yet turn them.
强调风格的新趋势可能也没有改变他们的想法。

7. Investigations in particular are seen as essential if we are to do what we must do as effectively as we can.

in particular 尤其， 特别
例句：He has exploited the cult of che in particular.
卡斯特罗特别地利用了人民对切格瓦拉的狂热崇拜。

8. The standard two-year penalty that we’ve been used to so far is not good enough in the eyes of athletes.

so far 到目前为止
例句：So far I have no regrets.
到目前为止，我并不后悔。

9. We had a huge amount of consensus in relation to the imposition of a four-year penalty.

in relation to 与…有关
例句：Several researchers are probing this in relation to films.
一些研究人员正在研究这和电影的关系。