美国投10亿美元抗癌计划

 　　WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The White House said Monday it will propose to invest 1 billion U.S. dollars over the next two years to support what President Barack Obama called a "cancer moonshot" to fight the dreaded¹ disease.

　　Obama will ask Congress for 755 million dollars in his fiscal² year 2017 budget to speed up cancer research and will try to spend 195 million dollars this year, the White House said.

　　"We're calling it a 'Moonshot,' and that's because I believe that this effort, like President Kennedy's call to land on the moon 55 years ago, is truly a call to humankind -- to be bold and do big things," said Vice³ President Joe Biden, who is in charge of the initiative.

　　White House proposes 1 bln USD for cancer moonshot

　　"In fact, just today we announced a new 1 billion dollar jumpstart to make sure some of the best work going on has the funding that it needs," he said in a statement.

　　Obama first announced the efforts to find a cure for cancer last month during his State of the Union address. Last week, he signed a presidential memorandum⁴ establishing a "cancer moonshot" task force, which included top officials from 13 government agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health.

　　The White House said the "cancer moonshot" will help double the rate of progress in the country's fight against cancer, with the goal of achieving in just five years research and treatment gains that otherwise might take a decade or more.

　　Biden, whose son died of brain cancer last May, was expected to chair the first "cancer moonshot" task force meeting later Monday at the White House.

1 dreaded   

adj.令人畏惧的；害怕的v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The dreaded moment had finally arrived. 可怕的时刻终于来到了。
• He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. 他害怕非得在医院过圣诞节不可。 来自《用法词典》

2 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 memorandum   

n.备忘录，便笺

参考例句：

• The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
• The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。