VOA慢速英语:Person Infected With Zika Virus Through Sexual Contact

短语讲解：

1. With the Summer Olympics taking place later this year, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said her government would spend whatever is necessary to kill the kind of mosquitos that carry the virus.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Earthquakes take place far underground.
地震则发生在地球的极深处。

2. There will be no lack of funding, and I’m certain that I will be able to count on the Congress’ support.

be able to 能够
例句：Mould you be able to describe a typical day on the job?
您能描述一下这个职位的日常工作内容吗？

3. She said Brazil will work with the U.S. government “to establish our capacity and improve it in order to develop as quickly as possible a vaccine for the Zika virus.”

in order to 为了…
例句：In order to accomplish this, we must formally record these expectations.
为了达到这个目标，我们必须正式记录这些期望。

4. The health agency called for more international resources to fight the spread of Zika but ruled out a ban on traveling or trade.

rule out 用直线划掉; 宣布…不可能，排除…的可能性
例句：We had to rule out the possibility of increased supplies.
我们只好排除了增加供应的可能性。