Bird flu discovered in Dutch farm
英语课
THE HAGUE, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu was discovered at a poultry 1 farm in the central Dutch province of Flevoland, the Ministry 2 of Agriculture said Friday.
It said the virus discovered was a mild variant 3. The farm's 47,000 chickens were slaughtered 4 to prevent the virus turning into a contagious 5 and deadly variant.
It remains 6 uncertain whether the chickens were infected with the high or low pathologene H7 variant. The low pathologene version can mutate into a high pathologen, which is extremely transmittable.
Poultry from other farms in a zone of three kilometres of the contaminated farm will be tested. A prohibition 7 of transport for poultry, eggs and poultry manure 8 has been set.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）
n.家禽，禽肉
- There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
- What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
n.(政府的)部；牧师
- 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。
adj.不同的，变异的；n.变体，异体
- We give professional suggestions according to variant tanning stages for each customer.我们针对每位顾客不同的日晒阶段，提供强度适合的晒黑建议。
- In a variant of this approach,the tests are data- driven.这个方法的一个变种，是数据驱动的测试。
v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )
- The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.传染性的，有感染力的
- 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。
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.禁止；禁令，禁律
- The prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.禁止酒后开车将会减少许多死亡事故。
- They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。