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Broadcast: February 26, 2003
By Jerilyn Watson


This is Bill White the VOA Special English Health Report.
Most children who die of cancer are in developing 1 nations. British researchers say only ten percent of children with cancer in these countries survive. They say many more could be saved if their countries had the resources 2 needed to find cancers and treat them.
Around the world, about one-hundred-sixty-six thousand children under age fifteen are found each year to have cancer. The researchers say eighty-four percent of these cases are found in developing countries. But many others go unnoticed.
Children from industrial countries who do get cancer also have a much better chance to survive. For example, more than seventy percent in countries like Britain and the United 3 States are alive after five years.
An organization called Cancer Research United Kingdom announced these numbers to mark International Childhood Cancer Day on February fifteenth. The purpose of the event was to educate the public and raise money for children with cancer.
Cancer Research U-K says fifty-four percent of cancer cases among children strike in Asia. Also, more than half of all child cancer deaths happen in Asia. Africa has twenty-percent of childhood cancer cases and twenty-five percent of the deaths.
Vaskar Saha of Cancer Research U-K is a childhood cancer expert. Professor Saha called for an international campaign 4 against childhood cancer similar to the campaign against AIDS. The goal would be to increase the supply and reduce the cost of drugs to treat cancer in developing countries.
Earlier this month, world trade negotiators1 agreed to continue to look for ways to cut drug prices for developing nations.
Chemotherapy2 drugs kill cancer cells 5. Drug companies say they have improved this treatment in recent years while reducing harmful side effects. But many developing countries cannot pay for chemotherapy drugs. Another way to fight cancer is to cut out the diseased cells. A third way is to use radiation to target cancer cells.
Scientists say most cancers are caused by a combination 6 of genetic 7 and environmental 8 conditions. There are warning 9 signs of childhood cancer. These can include a white spot in the eye, unusual growths 10, weight loss 11 and tiredness. Unexplained bleeding 12, pain and high body temperature are other possible signs.


1. negotiator [nI5g[uFeIt[] n. 谈判代表
2. chemotherapy [7kem[u5Wer[pI] n. 化学疗法



adj.发展中的
  • Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
  • They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
n.勇气;才智;谋略;有助于实现目标的东西;资源( resource的名词复数 );[复数]物力;办法;来源
  • The world's resources are rapidly diminishing. 世界资源正在迅速减少。
  • a policy to equalize the distribution of resources throughout the country 使资源在全国分布均衡的政策
adj.和谐的;团结的;联合的,统一的
  • The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
  • The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。
n.运动;竞选活动;战役;vi.参加运动;进行竞选;作战
  • The election campaign heated up in that state.该州竞选运动激烈起来了。
  • The campaign had begun during his absence.在他不在期间运动已经开始了。
n.细胞( cell的名词复数 );小牢房;(修道士或修女住的)小房间;电池
  • Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells. 细菌一进入血液里,就附着在红细胞表面上。
  • an amorphous mass of cells with no identity at all 不知何物的杂乱一团的细胞
n.组合,合并,联合;
  • He carried on the business in combination with his friends.他与朋友们合伙做生意。
  • The materials can be used singly or in combination.这些材料可以单独使用也可以混合用。
adj.遗传的,遗传学的
  • It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
  • Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。
adj.环境的
  • A global environmental meeting is going to be held here.一个全球环境会议将在这里举行。
  • We need to cure our environmental problems.我们需要解决环境问题。
n.警告,告诫,训诫,警戒,警报
  • The other side paid no attention to our warning.对方不重视我方的警告。
  • He realized that his doctor was warning him off drink.他意识到医生在告诫他戒酒。
n.生长( growth的名词复数 );增加;生长物;经济增长
  • Nails are thin horny growths at the ends of the fingers. 指甲是生长在手指头尖端的细薄角质物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Crown galls are cancerous growths composed of disorganized and proliferating plant cells. 冠瘿是无组织的正在不断增殖的植物细胞所组成的癌状物。 来自辞典例句
n.损失,遗失,失败,输,浪费,错过,[军]伤亡,降低
  • His death was a great loss to the country.他的逝世对这个国家是一大损失。
  • Because of the continued loss,the factory closed down.由于连续亏损,工厂关闭了。
adj.出血的;(心情)过度悲痛的;(用于加强语气,尤表示非常厌烦)该死的;讨厌的n.流血,失血v.流血( bleed的现在分词 );勒索,敲诈;散开;给(某人)放血
  • Press firmly on the wound to stop the bleeding. 用力压住伤口止血。
  • The nurse applied pressure to his arm to stop the bleeding. 护士压住他的胳膊止血。
学英语单词
abstractify
acnemia
additional tax
amphigamy(renner 1916)
Amsil silver copper
Bacab
baggable
base64
centrifugal pump performance
cephalin-cholesterol flocculation
chaff dispensing device
charmphysics
colour fastness to perspiration
conducting fire back to its origin
contextual discourse
cosmicism
dams
Davidstow
dead beat instrument
Deliva
demur the instance
diaphragm cylinder
discalceated
draw up a list
drawgate
E.S.A.
ecological validity
esthetes
feather-light
floor plan graph
fluidized-bed gasification
forebodement
freeish
fringed geckoes
fully directional submersible vehicle
general call to all stations
give one's regards
glucocentric
half-off
hammer stalk
have one's an ear to the ground
head the list
herpeses
Holzknecht's scale
honourary chairman
imbroglii
inculcating
index correlation
interlandi
iPhone SDK
Japanese spindle
jetplanes
lel
lepery
maximum transfer
Maxine taffeta
minimum temperature prediction
monovalent sera
morbus ecdemicus
mutational delay
non-recurring item
nonfatal trauma
not be born yesterday
oculudato
oil-ring retainer
Patricios
perforatorium
Periclor
philipstadite
position-sensitive
quasi logical
resalue
rosined soap
S-code
San Vicente, C.
sanitary wares
say hi to
short-run trend
similar permutation
spizofurone
steam ejector gas-freeing system
steam pocket in water tank of radiator
sublethal heat stress
sulfuric acid cooler
teutonomania
the Post Office
tidal pressure ridge
times-standard
tommy bar nut
torsion indicator
transgentleman
transrectus incision
tripalmitates
tsiranana
two-time someone
tyret
Upper Triassic
vocalistic
war supplies
welding up
wreck mark
zigzag rule