SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE（a little bit off） IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith.
BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty（t sounds like l）. Spring has returned to the United States. The sky is blue, the grass is green and many plants are flowering. Spring can be a beautiful time of year. But it is（注意连读和浊化） especially troublesome for people with asthma. High（a bit off） pollen levels can keep asthma sufferers from enjoying spring flowers and the weather.
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SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: May is Asthma Awareness Month in the United States. And May first is World（sounds like word） Asthma Day. The Global Initiative for Asthma, or GINA, organizes the event every year. GINA is a joint effort of the World Health Organization（京北上次给我指出的，这里应该是schwa） and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of America's National Institutes of Health.
