时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十月)


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The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund are launching an emergency appeal for $1.6 million to try to contain a cholera 1 epidemic 2 in Guinea-Bissau, which has affected 3 more than 12,000 people and killed more than 200. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva.

Guinea Bissau was hit by cholera in May. Six months later, the epidemic shows no signs of abating 4. And, UN aid agencies are worried. So far the disease has claimed at least 200 lives. But the World Health Organization says it expects the death toll 5 to rise.

WHO Spokeswoman, Fadela Chaib, tells VOA every day there are an average of 140 new cases of cholera. She says concerns are rising because the epidemic is far from being contained.

"The problem is we fear that if this cholera epidemic is not put under control, more people will be affected and we will see more deaths," said Chaib. "Usually cholera is not a deadly disease. We can really recover from it. So, it is unfortunate that people will die from it while we know how to prevent it and how to treat the cases."

West Africa is regularly affected by cholera outbreaks. Guinea Bissau's last major epidemic was in 2005. Judging from that experience, Chaib says the current epidemic might last for at least another three months with a peak by November.

She says cholera has spread to all of the country's 11 provinces, putting practically everyone at risk.

"It touches everybody because of the very weak water and sanitation 6 infrastructure 7 in the country," said Chaib. "For example, in the capital Bissau, only 25 percent of the population has access to take public water while the rest rely on heavily contaminated traditional wells and surface water. So, the infrastructure is bad and for the time being the outbreak is not controlled, despite efforts from the country and the UN agencies and the NGO's."

The joint 8 WHO-UNICEF appeal will be used to support the national cholera response. Chaib says the agencies are planning to take appropriate public health actions to try and stop the epidemic, including intensive information and health education campaigns.

She says it is important that people understand that good hygiene 9 is essential in preventing the spread of cholera. She says a simple action such as washing hands can save lives.

n.霍乱
  • The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
  • Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。
n.流行病;盛行;adj.流行性的,流传极广的
  • That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
  • The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
减少( abate的现在分词 ); 减去; 降价; 撤消(诉讼)
  • The storm showed no signs of abating. 暴风雨没有减弱的迹象。
  • The recent public anxiety about this issue may now be abating. 近来公众对这个问题的焦虑心情现在也许正在缓和下来。
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备
  • The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
  • Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
n.健康法,卫生学 (a.hygienic)
  • Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
  • He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。
学英语单词
alkyd baking primer
Alloferin
aluterus scriptus
Arabian Plate
aspidins
at the earliest opportunity
audiology
average deviation about the mean
azoic
baek do (paek do)
bedding fault
beetball
blood-pressure meter
canterings
cercospora deightonii
cernua
charcoaler
clutch control lever
company goal
current tap-socket
data call
denunciated
dibenzothiazyl-dimethyl-thiourea
dicranum mayrii
dipole-dipole array method
distribution of marine industries
electro-fluid-dynamic generator
Enterokan
ESA-4
experimental electronic scanned antenna
expossure rate
external line-up clamp
eyasmusket
factretrieval
fermentation jar
fh spread spectrum signal
final social product
float charging generator set
floating point processor
flying mice
fought down
fundatrix spuria
Gaucher's cells
Genkdaphin
global ten
glyptotermes satsumensis
god-send
greatest north latitude
green hata
hand-held/air-leg rock drill
handlooms
Henry constant
hierarchical direct access method
high speed automatic flat bed sewing machine
ho ku
Hoengseong
hydrotrioxides
inter-tube burner
Jaatila
Kummer's function
leucocyturia
Macleay R.
markov transition diagram
mikkelborg
muall hydrargyri chloridi corrosivi
nightfax
open bridge house
Persian wheel
Pharisian
polarogram
pond smelt
pore cast
psittacines
Pulmogram
quench detector
Quercus alba
redox potential discontinuity (rpd)
religion-driven
remollitive
remotely-operated camera
restate
round off
salary-cap
scraping grader
slavophone
speak for yourselves
sulphocarbonates
teach an old dog new tricks
temporary measure
three range
throw aside a habit
till-hew
toupinambou
trifold
trisula
tunnel entrance
ungeridine
Ursu
vomiting reflex
wasquehal
weight account