VOA慢速英语:Zimbabwe’s “Friendship Bench” a Possible Model for Mental Health Treatment

短语讲解：

1. The University of Zimbabwe, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and King’s College London worked together to create a new kind of treatment.

work together 合作; 同…在同一处工作
例句：They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.
他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

2. “So the patient explains what all their problems are and its opening up the mind in the sense of allowing the patient to see that they can do something about their problems.”

open up 打开; 开发
例句：They decided to open up an office in town.
他们决定在市区设立一个办事处。

3. That compares to 50 percent of those who did not receive treatment.

compare to 把…比作， 喻为; 与…相比
例句：Generally speaking, paternal side is closer as compare to the maternal side.
一般来说，父系家族比母系家族要亲得多。

4. The Canadian government is helping to pay for the program’s expansion through its Grand Challenges Canada aid program.

pay for 赔偿; 为…付钱
例句：I have had to pay for repairs to the house.
我不得不支付房屋维修费用。