VOA慢速英语:White Women in US Are Dying Sooner

短语讲解：

1. In other words, they are dying before the average age of death in society as a whole.

In other words 换句话说; 就是说
例句：Joe doesn' t like work -- in other words, he' s lazy !
乔不爱劳动──换句话说，他懒惰！

2. Is it a response to lack of mental health services?

lack of 缺乏
例句：Production has come to a halt owing to the lack of raw materials.
由于缺少原料,生产已陷入停顿。

3. He adds that some people may turn to drugs or alcohol to deal with life.

deal with 应付; 对待
例句：I have a huge pile of letters to deal with.
我有一大堆信件要处理。

4. It has also led to discussions in the medical community about other possible treatments for pain.

lead to 导致; 把…带到; 领到
例句：Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。

5. He suggests that at least some of the money currently used to fight the illegal drug trade might be better used helping people stop using drugs that often end up killing them.

at least 至少
例句：In fact it requires at least n generators.
事实上，它至少要有n个元素。