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On the anniversary of JFK's 'man on the moon' speech, Biden touts¹ 'cancer moonshot'

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President Biden laid out his plan for a national fight against cancer, setting a goal of cutting the death rate in half over the next quarter century.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

President Biden is setting a goal to cut the death rate from cancer in half over the next quarter century. NPR's Asma Khalid reports.

ASMA KHALID, BYLINE³: Sixty years ago, John F. Kennedy gave a speech committing to putting a man on the moon. On the anniversary of that famous speech, President Biden outlined his own moonshot at the Kennedy Library in Boston.

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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: And in choosing to go to the moon, President Kennedy said America was doing so, quote, "not because it was easy, but because it was hard."

KHALID: Biden has sought to paint cancer in a similar vein⁴, a cause that might unite Americans or create a sense of national purpose.

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BIDEN: Now, in our time, on the 60th anniversary of his clarion⁵ call, we face another inflection point.

KHALID: The president is also naming a director of the new agency known as ARPA-H to improve the government's biomedical research, and he signed an executive order to ensure more biotech treatments are developed and manufactured in the United States. Biden lost his son Beau to cancer in 2015, and so part of this is personal. But it's also an issue Biden believes can unite the country, and he's been on a mission to figure out how to do that.

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BIDEN: Cancer does not discriminate⁶ red and blue. It doesn't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat⁷. Beating cancer is something we can do together.

KHALID: The goal is to cut the number of deaths due to cancer, turn more cancer diagnoses into chronic⁸ diseases that people can live with, and create more supportive environments for patients and families.

Asma Khalid, NPR News.

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1 touts   

n.招徕( tout的名词复数 )；（音乐会、体育比赛等的）卖高价票的人；侦查者；探听赛马的情报v.兜售( tout的第三人称单数 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报

参考例句：

• Many vouchers are returned for cash, allowing touts and middle men to make a healthy margin. 许多月饼券都被兑换成现金，这让券贩子和中间商赚取了不蜚的利润。 来自互联网
• Spotting prey, the customary crowd of hustlers and touts swarmed around, jostling for my business. 照例有大群的拉客黄牛在寻觅猎物，他们争相过来抢我的生意。 来自互联网

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 vein   

n.血管，静脉；叶脉，纹理；情绪；vt.使成脉络

参考例句：

• The girl is not in the vein for singing today.那女孩今天没有心情唱歌。
• The doctor injects glucose into the patient's vein.医生把葡萄糖注射入病人的静脉。

5 clarion   

n.尖音小号声；尖音小号

参考例句：

• Clarion calls to liberation had been mocked when we stood by.当我们袖手旁观的时候，自由解放的号角声遭到了嘲弄。
• To all the people present,his speech is a clarion call.对所有在场的人而言，他的演讲都是动人的号召。

6 discriminate   

v.区别，辨别，区分；有区别地对待

参考例句：

• You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
• They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。

7 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

8 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。