VOA慢速英语:Increase Seen in Common Form of Malaria

短语讲解：

1. Today we tell about a warning from tropical disease experts.

tell about 告诉（某人）有关…的情况，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. Plasmodium falciparum, a deadly parasite, is responsible for most of the cases.

be responsible for 为…负责，形成…的原因; 主管;
例句：One person should be responsible for new employee orientation.
应当有一个人负责新员工的培训。

3. Researchers are ready to begin human testing of a new gene therapy to treat a major cause of heart disease.

be ready to 预备，即将; 甘于; 肯; 乐意
例句：He says the country aims to be ready to join in 2009.
他说克罗地亚正努力做好2009年加入欧盟的准备。

4. Doctor Hajjar believes that injecting both genes at the same time into cardiac failure patients might help even more.

at the same time 同时;  一起; 但是;  然而
例句：At the same time, infrastructure investment is growing.
与此同时，基础设施的投资也在增加。

5. And, we feel that within a couple of years, we should be able to take this, this program forward, for, in terms of gene therapy in patients.

be able to 能，会; 能够
例句：You should be able to converse comfortably.
你应该能够舒服地进行谈话。

6. In addition to the resistance of local communities, the sellers themselves have also resisted.

in addition to 除…之外
例句：In addition to this direct competition there are smaller foes, too.
除了这些面对面的竞争，也还有稍小一些的麻烦。