VOA常速英语:非洲非清洁能源影响居民健康

1. Children’s infant mortality rate is higher in our area than other areas, adults heart attacks and respiratory disease much higher.

infant mortality 婴儿死亡率

Thus, infant mortality in Palestine refugees is among the lowest in the Near East.
因此,巴勒斯坦难民中的婴儿死亡率在近东地区是最低的。

2. We’re not saying we want to close down the mines.

close down 关闭

Their factory had to close down for good.
他们的工厂只好永远关闭。