VOA慢速英语:A Doctor Brings Healing To Patients in Their Homes

短语讲解：

1. And people would come up to him and dance with him, hug him, and he would smile… It was so nice to see this elderly gentleman in his community and people engaged with him.

come up to 达到; 将近
例句：His new book did not come up to expectation.
他的新作没有达到预期水平。

2. Dr. Brown says that this is because of the increasing cost of medical school.

because of 因为，由于
例句：Because of the warm and sunny weather, oranges grow very well here.
因为这里气候温暖，阳光充足，桔子长得很好。

3. According to the HCCI, privately insured people under the age of 65 increased their healthcare spending by 3.9 per cent in 2013.

according to 根据，按照
例句：According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。

4. Cos is the island where the physician Hippocrates taught medicine thousands of years ago.

thousands of 数千的
例句：The game drew thousands of spectators.
这场比赛吸引了数千名观众。