VOA常速英语:Reducing HIV Risk with Painless Male Circumcision

短语讲解：

1. The World Health Organization is now reviewing trial results of a new device call PrePex, which was used to circumcise more than 1,000 men in Rwanda.

be used to do被用来做……
例句：Zip codes are used to facilitate mail service. 
邮政编码方便了邮递服务。  

2. And that ultimately by squeezing the skin in a very non-painful way the blood supply to the skin begins to go away and the skin dies, which is what we want. And then it’s able to, sort of, fall off

go away (疼痛等)消失；停止，停息
例句：The pain will go away soon.
疼痛马上会减轻。
fall off变坏; 恶化
例句：The cooking fell off remarkably.
烹饪质量大大降低。

3. So that’s why patients tolerate it because when you first think about it you say isn’t that going to hurt?

think about考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：Elinor is thinking about emigrating to the United States.
埃莉诺正在考虑移居美国。

4. Kaplan said it’s long been known that removing the foreskin of the penis brings a number of health benefits.

a number of一些
例句：A great number of problems have arisen.
出现了许多问题。

5. “So, it was very successful. First of all, it proved that it was safe. It proved that it was efficient and it proved that it was superior to the surgical male circumcision,” she said.

be superior to优越于,不受诱惑,不屈服于
例句：The book is superior to that.
这本书比那本书好。

6. We want to protect our men against the risk of HIV transmission by circumcising them.

protect against保护, 保卫
例句：You need warm clothes to protect you against the cold.
你需要暖和的衣服来御寒。

7. “I think the line of men who want to be circumcised is bigger than the capacity to circumcise. Because for the time being, the official way to circumcise is the surgical circumcision,” she said.

for the time being暂且
例句：She's staying with her aunt for the time being.
她暂时住在她姨妈那里。