2006年VOA标准英语-Effort to Combat Bird Flu Detailed to US C
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（三月）
By Peter Fedynsky
Washington, DC
03 March 2006
watch Combating Bird Flu
Migratory 1 birds
Last year, avian flu was confined to four countries in Asia. Today, the virus is reported in 33 nations on three continents and has killed 94 people. But even more troubling is the possibility that the virus might mutate and create a global pandemic that could claim the lives of millions. On Thursday, leading American health officials told a Congressional subcommittee about steps being taken to help prevent such a deadly outcome.
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Hope is not a strategy. A threat anywhere is a threat everywhere. We must assume a worst-case scenario 2. These slogans expressed by participants of a House Foreign Operations subcommittee hearing (on Thursday) summarized the pervasive 3 and imminent 4 danger posed by a virus spread by migrating birds.
Anthony Fauci heads the National Institute of Allergy 5 and Infectious Diseases
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that international cooperation is needed to track the evolution of the bird flu virus so that scientists can quickly create a vaccine 6 in case a deadly mutation 7 emerges.
"We need to know that so that when we have our vaccine plans for a vaccine that would be beneficial not only to the United States but to people globally, we need to have that openness and transparency. Again, that is something that is getting better, but it is not exactly where we want it to be."
However, a recent protest by Egyptian poultry 8 farmers shows that openness and transparency do not serve the immediate 9 interests of people whose livelihood 10 depends on having birds to sell. The demonstration 11 came in response to a government decision to cull 12 Egypt's bird population in response to a local bird flu outbreak.
Congresswoman Nita Lowey
Congresswoman Nita Lowey, a New York Democrat 13, noted 14 that financial incentives 15 are needed to overcome the tendency farmers have to conceal 16 outbreaks.
"There has been no concerted effort, or at least no successful effort, to create an international financing mechanism 17 to compensate 18 farmers -- both commercial and subsistence -- for losses due to bird culling 19."
More than 50 percent of the 170 people infected so far with bird flu have died. All victims are believed to have had direct contact with infected birds. This makes culling a dangerous activity. To minimize the risk, the United States has distributed 20,000 pieces of protective clothing in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Caucasus and other parts of the world.
Kent Hill, holding up packet of protective clothing
Kent Hill, of the U.S. Agency for International Development, says another one-and-half-million packets are on order. "This kind of packet of materials would include -- even though it's a small packet -- all sorts of things, including the gloves, the masks, the suits, the goggles 20, disinfectants, etc."
The hearing underscored that bird flu is not likely to simply disappear. And the participants said it is imperative 21 that all outbreaks of the virus be reported immediately.
- Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
- This does not negate the idea of migratory aptitude.这并没有否定迁移能力这一概念。
- But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
- This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。
- It is the most pervasive compound on earth.它是地球上最普遍的化合物。
- The adverse health effects of car exhaust are pervasive and difficult to measure.汽车尾气对人类健康所构成的有害影响是普遍的，并且难以估算。
- The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
- The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
- He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
- The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。
- The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
- She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。
- People who have this mutation need less sleep than others.有这种突变的人需要的睡眠比其他人少。
- So far the discussion has centered entirely around mutation in the strict sense.到目前为止，严格来讲，讨论完全集中于围绕突变问题上。
- There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
- What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。
- My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
- It is usually good practice to cull the poorest prior to field planting.通常在实践上的好方法是在出圃栽植前挑出最弱的苗木。
- Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。
- 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。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
- Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
- He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。
- The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
- The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。
- She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
- Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。
- The mathematicians turned to culling periodic solutions. 数学家们转而去挑选周期解。 来自辞典例句
- It took us a week to find you, a week of culling out prejudice and hatred. 我们花了一个星期的时间找到你们，把偏见和憎恨剔除出去。 来自演讲部分
- Skiers wear goggles to protect their eyes from the sun.滑雪者都戴上护目镜使眼睛不受阳光伤害。
- My swimming goggles keep steaming up so I can't see.我的护目镜一直有水雾，所以我看不见。
- He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
- The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。