和谐英语

VOA常速英语:New Guidelines Would Help Ensure HIV Treatment

2012-03-08来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. New guidelines have been released to help HIV infected people get on treatment and stay on it.

get on进行
例句:I asked how he was getting on at school.
我问他在学校情况怎样。

2. We realized that after 30 years of HIV/AIDS we still have patients with the problem of taking their tablets at a prescribed schedule, which obviously tends to make them sick, get hospitalized and die

tend to易于; 倾向
例句:My grandmother tends to go to bed early every day.
我祖母每天通常比较早睡。

3. Not taking antiretroviral drugs as prescribed can allow HIV to come back even stronger.

come back恢复原状,重新流行
例句:I don't think short skirts will ever come back.
我认为短裙将不会重新流行。

4. “The consequences are the virus keeps multiplying and the multiplication leads to drug resistance. You end up having a drug which no longer works. You need to rely on even more complex and costly drugs, which in some region of the world are not available. So it’s really problematic,” he said.

lead to导致, 引起
例句:Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。
end up结束; 最终成为〔变得〕
例句:He ended up as head of the firm.
他最后成了公司的负责人。
rely on信赖, 依赖,依靠
例句:Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on foreign businesses.
香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于外国商行。

5. Newer antiretrovirals have made HIV/AIDS more of a chronic disease in many developed countries. Nevertheless, the Centers for Disease Control says even in the United States many people fail to take advantage of treatment.

take advantage of利用
例句:He took advantage of the good weather to go for a walk.
他趁着天气好,出去散散步。

6. There would also be systematic monitoring of patients on whether they’re adhering to their treatment.

adhere to遵循, 依附; 坚持
例句:They failed to adhere to our original agreement.
他们未能遵守我们原定的协议。

7. The guidelines also call for screening, managing and treatment of depression and other mental illnesses, as well as pediatric and adolescent-focused therapeutic support.

call for需要
例句:Your plan will call for a lot of money.
你的计划需要许多钱。