暴雨引起疾病威胁
时间：2019-01-09 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2005（上）--环境科学探索
Disease Threat Grows with Aceh Rains
暴雨引起疾病威胁
The U.N. aid workers and Indonesian health authorities have moved quickly to prevent an outbreak of measles 1 among children in refugee camps in Indonesia's devastated 2 Aceh province. But relief officials warn a greater health threat is coming from torrential rain in the province.
The U.N. Childrens' Fund - UNICEF - vaccinated 3 more than 1,000 children in less than 36 hours to prevent an outbreak of measles in refugee camps in Indonesia's Aceh province.
The vaccination 4 effort followed the discovery of at least one child infected with measles. Unchecked, the virus could sweep through camps filled with children already weakened by injury and emotional distress 5.
Some 80,000 Indonesian children are among the residents of makeshift camps set up after a deadly earthquake and tsunami 6 two-weeks ago killed more than 150,000 people across the Indian Ocean.
John Budd is a UNICEF spokesman working with the relief efforts.
John Budd: It is extremely important that we keep this in perspective. It is only one [case] and UNICEF and the Ministry 7 of Health have acted very quickly in order to actually head off the possibility of an epidemic 8.
Highly contagious 9, measles kills up to five-percent of children who contract it in developing countries.
But Mr. Budd says heavy monsoon 10 rains are increasing fears of outbreaks of water-borne diseases, such as typhoid and cholera 11.
John Budd: What is making the situation even harder is the fact that it is pouring with rain. The water table is coming up and in many instances people are living in a swamp. We are very concerned that some sort of diarrheal-type of epidemic could easily break out.
Aid agencies hope to soon complete 24 improved camps - including modern water and sanitation 12 facilities - to house hundreds of thousands of people living under tarpaulins 13 and very basic shelters.
Michael Diamond, the regional director of the child aid group, Plan International, says in Aceh, a priority now is to get children back in school to help them recover from the trauma 14.
Michael Diamond: Through the schools the kids can at least talk and then do the hygiene 15 - water, sanitation, trauma counseling for the kids. Get them back into some sort of regular schedule.
Mr. Diamond says the schools can help children re-establish a normal life, even though it may be months before many are living in proper housing.
Ron Corben for VOA news, Bangkok.
注释：
measles [5mi:zlz] n. 麻疹
torrential rain 倾盆大雨
vaccination [7vAksi5neiFEn] n. 接种疫苗
makeshift [5meikFift] adj. 将就的，凑合的
water-borne disease 水传播病
typhoid [5taifCid] n. 伤寒症
cholera [5kClErE] n. 霍乱
swamp [swCmp] n. 沼泽，湿地
hygiene [5haidVi:n] n. 卫生
sanitation [sAni5teiFEn] n. 卫生设施
- 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。
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- 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？
- 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。
- Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
- Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- 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。
- It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
- He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。
- The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
- The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。
- 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。
- 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。
- Main wood to aluminum and plexiglass, PC, tarpaulins, toughened glass. 主材以铝型材与进口有机玻璃、PC、防水布、钢化玻璃。 来自互联网
- That means providing tents or other materials, including plastic sheeting, tarpaulins and wood. 这意味着需要帐篷和其他物资，包括塑料布、放水油布和木材。 来自互联网
- Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
- The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。