VOA慢速英语:New Antibiotic Found in Human Noses

短语讲解：

1. The search for new drugs to fight infections has led to a discovery in an unlikely place — in people’s noses.

lead to 导致; 把…带到; 领到
例句：A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems.
不够谨慎可能会导致财政上出现问题。

2. The result is many people die from the infection.

die from 死于（某种原因，不包括疾病、过度悲伤等）
例句：Every winter some old people die from hypothermia.
每年冬天都有些老人死于体温过低。

3. Many people carry the staph harmlessly in their bodies, in addition to billions of other microorganisms.

in addition to 除…之外
例句：In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外,他还得学日语。

4. And now pathogens are gaining the upper hand. So we need to get back in the game and figure out other ways to discover new antibiotics.

figure out 想出; 解决; 计算出
例句：With his strong accent, it's hard to figure out what he 's trying to say.
他的口音太重，很难听出他在说什么。

5. Lewis helped create a new method to look for microorganisms that can be made into antibiotics.

look for 寻找
例句：She acts as though she plans to look for another job.
她表现出象是打算另找工作的样子。

6. It is an antibiotic that kills a number of bacterium, including Staphylococcus aureus, by destroying their cell walls.

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：Monkeys are transmitters of a number of dangerous diseases.
猴子是许多危险疾病的传染媒介。