VOA常速英语:New TB Regimen Simplifies Treatment

短语讲解：

1. U.S. researchers have identified a new way to treat people infected with tuberculosis before they get sick.

infect with把…传染给…
例句：The man has been infected with cholera.
这人已染上了霍乱。

2. Those at highest risk can take medicine, but Vanderbilt University researcher Timothy Stirling says not everyone follows through with the treatment, which is a daily dose of isoniazid for nine months.

follow through保持, 坚持
例句：David is determined to follow his plan through.
大卫决心把自己的计划贯彻到底。

3. As an alternative, Sterling and his colleagues combined isoniazid with another drug, rifapentine.

combine with与…结合
例句：If he can combine his ability with hard work, he should be very successful.
如果他能把自己的才能和勤奋结合起来, 必定会很有成就。

4. That means the patients took their medicine in the presence of a health care worker, to ensure that they followed the treatment protocol.

in the presence of在…在场的情况下
例句：She showed constraint in the presence of the strangers.
她在陌生人面前显得很拘束。

5. But because of possible safety issues, the CDC still recommends the daily regimen for HIV-positive patients who are taking antiretroviral drugs or women who are pregnant.

because of因为, 由于
例句：It was because of the job that he had taken the flat.
他因为工作的原因租了那套公寓。