VOA慢速英语:Brain Imaging Comes to Children in Africa

短语讲解：

1. Such children could be suffering from malnutrition – a poor diet.

suffer from 患（某种病），受（某种病痛）折磨;
例句：I often suffer from unaccountable headaches. 
我常莫名其妙地头疼。

2. And so if we look at the change in the distribution of the oxygen in your brain, we can work out how active your brain is and what your brain is actually processing.

work out 解决; 作出; 锻炼
例句：It couldn't work out.
那是没用的。

3. So if we present the babies with visual or auditory stimuli, then we expect certain brain areas to light up, essentially.

light up 照亮; 点烟
例句：A smile can light up a single heart, or a whole room.
微笑可以照亮一颗孤独的心，或是一整个房间。

4. And their brain recognition was compared to those of British children.

compare to 把…比作， 喻为; 与…相比
例句：They have nothing to compare to.
没有东西让他们来比较。