VOA常速英语:US Called On to Lead Global Health Fund Replenishment

call on要求, 请求, 号召
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。

2. Last November, the fund’s board decided to cancel its latest attempt to ask for pledges from donors. That put many planned projects in jeopardy.

ask for请求…, 要求…
例句：We often asked the veteran workers for advice.
我们常常向老工人求教。
in jeopardy在危险中
例句：His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.
他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。

3. And as a result of that, it actually suspended what they call Round 11, which was supposed to take place in 2011.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。

4. And because of that, many programs in many countries are now in peril,” said Jeffrey Sachs, head of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, who was among those who lobbied for the fund’s creation.

lobby for疏通, 游说当权者批准〔采取〕…; 试图通过游说〔疏通活动〕获得…
例句：They are lobbying for a reduction in defence spending.
他们正在为减少国防开支而游说议员。

5. Since the financial crisis, governments have cut back in spending in general, but many have found it convenient to cut back on spending on the world’s poorest people.

cut back减少, 削减
例句：We must cut back on expenditure in order to remain solvent.
我们应减少开支, 以备急用。
spend on把…花在…
例句：He doesn't spend much time on his homework.
他花在作业上的时间不多。

6. “It showed how every skeptic 10 years ago who said - you could not treat AIDS in Africa, you could not get ahead of the epidemic, you could not control malaria because bed nets would not be used and every other myth that was said - has been proved wrong,” he said.

get ahead of超过，胜过
例句：Tom has got ahead of all other boys in the class.
汤姆已经超过班上的其他孩子。

7. These contributions are a strong endorsement of the fund’s impact and effectiveness and a challenge to other donors to step up

step up (使)增加, (使)加快速度
例句：He's stepping up writing his new novel.
他正在加紧写作他的新小说。

8. Gates described the promissory note as an innovative funding mechanism.

describe as描述为
例句：I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。