VOA常速英语:Terrorism Fears Prompt Call for Restrictions on Publishing Virus Research

短语讲解：

1. “You have to strike a delicate balance between making information available for those who have a need to know for the good of public health, as well as not making it so freely available that anyone - even people without a legitimate need to know - can have access to it,” Fauici said.

strike a balance结账,公平处理; 取得平衡
例句：We need to strike a balance.
我们需要找到折衷的办法。
have access to接近（或进入）的方法（或权利、机会等）
Students must have access to good books.
学生应该读得到好书。

2. We have been delaying publishing - we are working with our authors to make sure that at the time of publication we could also announce a mechanism - that will ensure scientists anywhere with a need to know - they will have appropriate opportunity to get the information that they might need

make sure设法确保,确定
例句：Make sure to turn off the light before you leave.
临走前一定要熄灯。

3. The H5N1 study goes on to show that it is much easier to evolve this virus into a state where it can be transmitted through the air by coughing or sneezing, which could lead to a severe pandemic.

go on发生，(活动)进行
例句：There is a wedding going on at the church.
教堂正在举行一场婚礼。
evolve into逐渐发展成
例句：The simple plan evolved into a complicated scheme.
这个简单的计划逐渐发展成了一项复杂的规划。
lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

4. Dr. Alberts says that is why the U.S. government funded the research in the first place.

in the first place首先, 从一开始
例句：Why did you choose basketball in the first place?
你为何首先选择篮球呢?

5. Scientists want to understand the virus in its deadliest form so that they can start working on drugs and vaccines against H5N1, to prevent a worldwide pandemic.

work on致力于…
例句：He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。

6. But critics say the limits placed on the publication of the research raise legitimate concerns about who should have access to that knowledge.

place on把…放在…上; 把…强加于…
例句：He placed the blame on his wife.
他归咎于他的妻子。

7. Sooner or later, he believes, virologists all over the world would be able to figure out the H5N1 mutation.

sooner or later迟早
例句：If you drive like that, sooner or later you'll have an accident.
你如果那样开车, 迟早会出事的。
figure out计算出; 解决;想出; 弄明白，理解
例句：Could you help me figure out this problem?
你能帮我解决这问题吗?

8. The controversy over the new strains of the H5N1 virus -- which are being stored in secure labs in the U.S. and Europe -- has also raised concern about the possibility that the new virus might escape, or be stolen, prompting calls for more secure research facilities.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。