VOA慢速英语:Containing Ebola: Window of Opportunity Closing

短语讲解：

1. He says Ebola cases continue to increase quickly even though health care workers are working extremely hard against the spread.

even though 即使，纵然; 即若
例句：Even though he' s old he' s game for anything. 
尽管他年岁已大,但他对什么都敢作敢为。 

2. Doctor Frieden says the number of Ebola cases is now more than 3,000. He adds that this number is expected to rise quickly in coming weeks.

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。

3. We need action now to scale up the response.

scale up 按比例增加[提高]; 按某种比例增加
例句：The bubbling bed model can then be used for scale up and design of kinetic processes. 
可以用鼓泡床模型来进行动力学过程的放大和设计。 

4. It's spreading from just two roots; people caring for other people in hospitals or homes and unsafe burial practices where people may come into contact with body fluids from somebody who's died from Ebola.

contact with 与…有交往[联系]
例句：I come into contact with Tom to the station at seven o'clock. 
我七点钟到车站接汤姆。 

5. "On behalf of the American people, I want you to know that our prayers are with those of you who have lost loved ones during this terrible outbreak of Ebola."

on behalf of 为了…的利益; 代表…
例句：I'm calling on behalf of A Box Company. 
我代表A盒子公司打这电话。 

6. Others have fled in fear leaving people without care for even the most common illnesses (and) entire health systems have crumbled.

care for 喜欢; 计较; 尊重; 照料
例句：He works hard, but he doesn't care for his health. 
他工作努力, 惟注意身体不够。 

7. One of them, Dr. Kent Brantly, told NBC television he had not been sure he would survive.

be sure [法]确信; 诚然; 有谱儿
例句：Marianne to be sure is lost to me forever. 
毫无疑问，我永远失去了玛丽安。 

8. "I don't think they (attending physicians) ever said, ‘Kent, you are about to die.' But I felt like I was about to die. And, I said to the nurse who was taking care of me, ‘I'm sick, I have no reserve and I don't know how long I can keep this up.'"

take care of 照顾
例句：He had other people to take care of besides me. 
除我之外,他还要照顾别人。