时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2014年(五月)


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Pakistan Moves to Contain Polio Virus after Travel Sanctions 国际旅行禁令后巴基斯坦开始遏制脊髓灰质炎病毒蔓延


RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN — Pakistan is moving quickly to try to contain the polio virus after the World Health Organization imposed international travel restrictions 1 on anyone coming from the polio endemic country. Health workers in Rawalpindi are working with parents to vaccinate 2 their children.


Pakistan has ordered mandatory 3 polio vaccinations 5 for anyone leaving the country’s tribal 6 northwest where the virus is concentrated.


The World Health Organization has imposed international travel restrictions on anyone leaving Pakistan without proof of vaccination 4 as of June 1.


Nosherwan Khan, who owns a bus depot 7 and belongs to the Pakistan Polio Plus committee, calls the WHO decision a wake-up call.


“They have to do something, Pakistani government has to do something," said Khan. "This travel ban has come as a kind of shock to all Pakistanis, and it opened their eyes up, actually, very much."


The country has the highest number of new polio cases in the world, and Pakistanis such as Sohail Qoreshi, like most people, understand the vaccine's importance.


“Polio is an epidemic 8 in Pakistan and spreading rapidly," said Qoreshi. "Our health workers have worked hard, they’ve gone house to house with the polio drops. Now they are providing the drops at bus stops."


Much of the country has been inoculated 9, leaving the virus concentrated in Pakistan’s volatile 10 tribal regions, where Taliban militants 11 banned vaccination efforts in 2012, leaving many beyond the reach of health workers.


World Health Organization's Nima Saeed Abid says infections will persist until vaccinations resume.


“There should be a means by all parties in conflict, or all parties who have influence in this area, to sit actually and allow vaccination of these children," said Abid. "So many children have been crippled ... due to a completely avoidable disease. I mean, health is impartial 12 and all stakeholders should understand that."


There is evidence that polio from Pakistan has reached as far as Egypt and Israel. Now everyone here, including adults, must be vaccinated 13 as the global effort to wipe out the disease focuses on the last few places where polio is still spreading.



约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
vt.给…接种疫苗;种牛痘
  • Local health officials then can plan the best times to vaccinate people.这样,当地的卫生官员就可以安排最佳时间给人们接种疫苗。
  • Doctors vaccinate us so that we do not catch smallpox.医生给我们打预防针使我们不会得天花。
adj.命令的;强制的;义务的;n.受托者
  • It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
  • There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。
n.接种疫苗,种痘
  • Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
  • Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。
n.种痘,接种( vaccination的名词复数 );牛痘疤
  • Vaccinations ensure one against diseases. 接种疫苗可以预防疾病。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor's. 在医生那儿候诊时,我读了一些关于接种疫苗的宣传。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.部族的,种族的
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
n.仓库,储藏处;公共汽车站;火车站
  • The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
  • They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。
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。
v.给…做预防注射( inoculate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • A pedigree pup should have been inoculated against serious diseases before it's sold. 纯种狗应该在出售前注射预防严重疾病的针。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Disease can be spread by dirty tools, insects, inoculated soil. 疾病也能由不干净的工具,昆虫,接种的土壤传播。 来自辞典例句
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
  • With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
  • His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
adj.(in,to)公正的,无偏见的
  • He gave an impartial view of the state of affairs in Ireland.他对爱尔兰的事态发表了公正的看法。
  • Careers officers offer impartial advice to all pupils.就业指导员向所有学生提供公正无私的建议。
[医]已接种的,种痘的,接种过疫菌的
  • I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
  • Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗?
学英语单词
a calcium compound
a piece of resistance
a pigeon pair
Actinobifida
AGPI
anoushka
araroba depurata
arbenzs
axio-occlusal
bismuth bromide
bismuth subgallate
blacknecks
blade entrance opening
calibrating weight
Carlos, Don
ceramophobiac
cladding mode stripper
click beetles
control and display
cuttlebone
cyclcanoline
diesel locomotive crane
disclosed ballot
disinclining
easy magnetizing axis
easy-to-access
ejection pressure
elapid snake
enteromycosis
EPNdB
export packers
fancy lady
fine spun
forepeak water tank
Gambling Establishment
gaon
general arrangement diagram
genus nostocs
gigagramme
glazier's salt
half-bent
hose box
Howard's method
hyperacid-aminuria
income tax paid
interzonal fauna
inward port charges
Kubuntu
Lachen-Speyerdorf
laystalls
limp dicks
low-profile layout
magnetizing power
major forest produces
marquisates
monarchics
Nervus dorsalis scapulae
neutral stability curve
osnabrucks
out from under
output data buffer
palaeoclimatologist
patriarchally
petrose
phi correlations
points of inquiry
portable dictation machine
power of judgement
prolocutors
proof sphere
quasi-sample size
recovering
reginal
relations analysis
robot chauffeur
sanitarias
second-lieutenants
semi fixed girder
septal fossula
short stator
silty loam
straight of the ice
structure operation request
suspension gear
temples of apollo
tertiary air nozzle
texture segmentation
the sovereign good
through my eyes
too-loose
top connection nut
tosi
tree-shaped
turf reconditioning
uneastern
unstintingly
untrew
Welshcake
wildlaw
words-of-mouth
Zhanatas
zinging