和谐英语

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

2011-11-23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. 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。

3. 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。

4. 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:We first treated the wood with creosote.
我们先用杂酚油对木柴进行加工。

5. She will leave in a couple days to return to her home high up in these mountains.

return to返回到…
例句:News of the astronauts' safe return to earth was delayed.
宇航员安全返回地球的消息被推迟。