时间:2019-02-25 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

   Many Auckland people have had measles 1 in the last four months. The numbers are increasing and the Medical Officer of Health thinks we may have a measles epidemic 2. So far, in Auckland, doctors know of 164 people who have had measles in the last four months but there are probably many more people who did not go to a doctor. Twenty-four people had to go to hospital but nobody died. It’s been 20 years since anyone died of measles in New Zealand. However, measles can lead to serious illnesses.


  The only way to make sure you don’t get measles is to be immunised. Children get their MMR vaccination 3 when they are 15 months. This protects them against Measles, Mumps 4 and Rubella. It is free.
  Symptoms of measles are watery 5 eyes, runny nose, white spots inside the mouth and, later, a rash which starts on the head and moves down the body. Measles spreads through coughing and sneezing. It takes 10 days or more to develop. It is very infectious.
  Now there are cases of measles in Christchurch and Wellington, because people who were infectious travelled by plane from Auckland. It is easy to see why the Medical Officer of Health is worried about an epidemic.
  For more information on measles go to Auckland Regional Public Health Service.
  Vocabulary
  Make sure you know these words:
  epidemic
  measles, mumps, rubella
  immunise / immunisation
  vaccine /vaccination
  symptoms
  rash
  infectious
  Word Collocations
  These words go together: protect against; cases of measles; it’s been X years since …; it is easy / hard to see why…;

n.麻疹,风疹,包虫病,痧子
  • The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
  • The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。
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。
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.腮腺炎
  • Sarah got mumps from her brother.萨拉的弟弟患腮腺炎,传染给她了。
  • I was told not go near Charles. He is sickening for mumps.别人告诉我不要走近查尔斯, 他染上了流行性腮腺炎。
adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的
  • In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust.他那含泪的眼睛流露出惊惶失措的神情。
  • Her eyes became watery because of the smoke.因为烟熏,她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。
学英语单词
acid alizarin blue
anthrophonic
arational
artificial larynx
atomic energy power station
beam-optics arrangement
bean trefoil
benimming
botherment
broke water
buck fevers
calibration constant
Cantharellales
Capdenac-Gare
cellulose propionate
Changing the Guard
cheat
cirrus plume
Clermont County
cobalt(III) hydroxide
color bits
component type
compound-combination die
condyloma
counterbuffed
demand shock
deregistered
diamondoids
downcomes
downfaulting
earned point
embryophyte
eyeliners
fluoniobate
forepaw
galactometry
gendarmery
Genostrychnine
genus Funka
Glucogon
grand'mere
hand brake guide plate
hand-operated reel
hansberry
harlins
haute vulgarisation
heterogenetic
Hippurite limestone
icterohemolytic
idylatries
IFORL
infilm
inflatable structures
institution(al) food
intertest
kindergarchy
Langano
ledger blade
liability for delay
loan for consumption
lonesomeness
lounsbery
machine press packing
Mboma
membrane eigenvalue problem
memorial service
methylated-albumin-kieselguhr
middle tank air
newsbeat
nyamps
packet broadcast
philopater
pico-ohms
pipe head
Plain of Jars
pressure recovery factor
pulse-coded processing system
quantitative biology
quasiequal
query modification
raggedcut
real page chain
recommended course indicator
roll cast
Saturn's atmosphere
serial printer
slatish
snowberg
sound coupling
South Carolina
st.john
stabilized gyro
stretched condition
sulphide (sulfide)
super-easy
taichichuans
tape buffer reservoir
tetrahydropapaverine
transparent nylon
two-generation
undefinedly
Xylo-Pfan