VOA慢速英语:New Brain-Image Database Could Assist Chronic Pain

短语讲解：

1. Today we tell about a World Health Organization report on spinal cord injuries.

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. Many people suffer from chronic pain.

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。

3. Many scientists now believe that chronic pain -- in any part of the body -- is linked to the brain.

link to 与…连接， 联系
例句：It's a tough link to break.
这是种难以割裂的联系。

4. The goal is to speed up research and develop better ways to treat people whose pain never completely goes away.

speed up （使）加速; 开快车
例句：That will speed up our progress.
这样我们才能进步得比较快。

5. “One of the big things in pain research has been the failure to really come up with major breakthroughs in, in treatments.”

come up with 追赶上; 比得上
例句：Slow down a bit and let me come up with you. 
跑慢一点让我赶上吧。 

6. “So I think a lot of people now agree with the concept that chronic pain is a brain disease -- it may start anywhere in the body when you have acute pain but once it becomes a chronic pain syndrome it does become a brain disease.”

a lot of adj.许多的; 诸多
例句：Bangladesh has a lot of rural poverty.
孟加拉有许多贫困的农村地区。

7. Professor Mayer says Western scientists are starting to look more closely at how the mind, body and environment influence each other.

each other v. 互相，彼此
例句：They genuinely respect each other.
他们由衷的敬佩彼此。

8. But in some African countries, it is responsible for about one third of the non-violent spinal cord injuries.

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。

9. She says the main reason people with spinal cord injuries are more likely to die early is lack of medical care.

lack of 缺乏
例句：Another problem was the lack of competition.
另一个问题是缺乏竞争。

10. There is currently no cure for paralysis from spinal cord injuries, but many researchers are looking for one. 

look for 寻找（某人或某物）
例句：Look for action-oriented people.
寻找行动导向的人。