和谐英语

VOA常速英语:Haiti's Cholera Epidemic Not Waning;Vaccination to Begin

2011-11-18来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. This, as the United Nations faces a lawsuit for alleged unsanitary conditions at a U.N. base that may have introduced cholera into Haiti.

introduce into引进; 插入
例句:Tea was introduced into Europe from Asia.
茶叶是从亚洲传入欧洲的。

2. Susan" won't give her real name because of the stigma of her disease.

because of因为, 由于
例句:I came back because of the rain.
因为下雨, 所以我回来了。

3. She walked and rode motorcycles for six hours to arrive at this cholera treatment center.

arrive at到达, 来到
例句:One day a letter from my father arrived at the school.
有一天, 学校收到了我父亲的一封信。

4. And a U.N. panel of experts has traced it back to Nepalese peacekeepers at this U.N. base.

trace back to追溯到…
例句:The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.
那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。

5. So, meantime, the centers train Haitians to treat drinking water with chlorine tablets and to practice good hygiene.

treat with用防护措施处理某物
例句:New timber should be treated with a preservative.
新采的圆木应进行防腐处理。