VOA常速英语:NY Wellness Week Focuses on Prevention

短语讲解：

1. The air was crisp and the music was loud in the vast plaza in front of the New York State office building in Harlem as health advocates and vendors set up information tables for Harlem Wellness Week.

set up建立, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

2. And so if their employees are not healthy then they are paying high health-care costs for those employees.

pay for为…付钱
例句：How much did you pay for the book?
那本书你付了多少钱?

3. Dr. Jo Ivy Boufford, president of the New York Academy of Medicine, a Wellness Week partner, says education about better nutrition is key, but that people with low incomes often lack the means to put what they know into practice.

put into使处于某种状态
例句：The regulations have been put into practice on a trial basis.
这些规定已开始试行。

4. But there is hope. New York is a trendsetter when it comes to enlightened public-health policy, according to Dr. Carlos Santos-Burgoa, an adviser to the Pan American Health Organization.

when it comes to当提到……；当谈到……；当涉及到……
例句：When it comes to cooking I know nothing.
说到做饭，我是一窍不通。

5. “New York City has taken out smoking in public places either indoors or outdoors. That is a fantastic example that can be done without any impact on the economy," says Santos-Burgoa.

take out清除, 除掉
例句：There's a nasty mark on the tablecloth, and I don't think the usual washing powder will take it out.
桌布上有一块污迹, 我想用普通洗衣粉是洗不掉的。

6. Wellness Week is timed to coincide with high-level U.N. meetings about the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

coincide with与…一致
例句：His tastes and habits coincide with those of his wife.
他的爱好跟习惯恰好和他的妻子相同。

7. Boufford says it is not enough to focus on the management of disease through hospitalization or medication.

focus on集中于，致力于
例句：Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.
许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。

8. What it comes down to, she says, is do you make decisions with health in mind?

come down to归结起来(为…)
例句：Their quarrel comes down to money.
他们的吵架说到底是为钱。