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VOA慢速英语:Mideast Unrest Causes Mental Trauma

2014-01-22来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. Recently, reporter Jamie Dettmer visited the Lebanese city of Tripoli, where he found a number of Syrian refugees.

a number of 许多的; 一些
例句：A number of foreign governments condemned the army coup.
一些外国政府谴责马里发生的军事政变。

2. Doctor Khalil says there is a public health crisis across the Middle East right now.

right now 立即; 此刻
例句：Your stomach is telling you right now.
你的直觉此刻正在告诉你

3. There are no good estimates of the numbers of people suffering from mental health problems in the Middle East.

suffer from 患（某种病），受（某种病痛）折磨
例句：All three panelists suffer from mental illnesses themselves.
这三个小组成员本身就患有精神疾病。