VOA慢速英语:Low-Cost Health Insurance Soon Available in Senegal

短语讲解：

1. Low-cost health insurance is about to be available to students and informal sector employees in Senegal through a World Bank Program.

be about to 将要，正打算; 临到
例句：Things could be about to change.
这一切可能将面临改变。

2. Nearly two-thirds of all Senegalese are unable to get health insurance, many of these people fall into debt when they get sick or suffer an accident.

fall into 分成; 掉进
例句：Can nuclear weapons fall into the wrong hands?
核武器有可能落入坏人之手吗？

3. In Senegal, only civil service employees or workers at companies with more than 50 employees, are able to receive health care coverage.

be able to 能，会; 能够
例句：I believe he is able to tell the true from the false. 
我相信他能辨别真伪。 

4. Mr. Crenn said this means many people take out loans to pay for the cost of health care.

pay for 赔偿; 为…付钱
例句：Taxpayers should not pay for bank failures.
纳税人不应该为银行的错误买单。

5. In exchange for these yearly fees, people will receive a health card that requires them to make payments of equal to 20 percent of normal treatment or medication costs.

in exchange for 交换
例句： What would you give me in exchange for my recorder? 
我给你我的录音机,那你给我什么作为交换呢?

6. The program is expected to expand to Senegal's Thies and St. Louis areas.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。