VOA慢速英语 Development Report - Experts Watch for Spread of Chi
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA慢速英语2009年（四）月
This is the VOA Special English Development Report.
People get chikungunya fever when they are bitten by mosquitoes infected with the disease 1. For many years, the disease has been found in countries in Africa and Asia. The symptoms are increased body temperature, pain in muscles and joints 3 and stomach sickness.
Hospital patients suffering from chikungunya in Ahmadabad, India, in 2006
The disease is not usually deadly. But the muscle and joint 2 pain can last for weeks or months. There is no vaccine 4 to prevent the disease and no special drug to treat it. Doctors advise taking medicines like aspirin 5 or ibuprofen.
The name chikungunya means "that which bends up" in the Swahili language. People infected with the virus walk in a bent-over position because of the severe pain in the joints.
Malaysia reported more than one thousand one hundred cases of chikungunya so far this year. In Indonesia, about two hundred people in central Java became sick from the virus last month. And about one thousand people near Yeshwanthpur in India also showed signs of the disease in March.
But the disease also appeared in a cooler climate in two thousand seven, causing concern about its spread. Italy reported about two hundred cases during warm weather. The medical journal 6 Eurosurveillance Weekly said it was the first time mosquitoes carried the virus inside Europe.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito can carry the chikungunya virus
Two kinds of mosquitoes carry chikungunya fever. One is called Aedes albopictus, or Asian tiger mosquito. It has been reported in many European countries including France, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands. It also lives in the southern United States. The other mosquito that can carry chikungunya, Aedes aegypti, also is present in the United States.
Ann Powers is an expert on viruses. She works 7 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Fort 8 Collins, Colorado. She said the disease spread is not directly connected to climate change. But she also said C.D.C. scientists are preparing for possible cases of chikungunya in the United States.
People around the world can prevent diseases 9 spread by mosquitoes by removing standing 10 water from their property. They should try to keep mosquitoes out of their homes. And they should wear clothing that covers the arms and legs when they are outside. DEET and other chemicals that work against insects can keep mosquitoes from biting.
And that's the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. I'm Steve Ember.
- The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
- He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
- Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。
- The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
- She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。
- The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
- She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。
- He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
- He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。
- We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
- The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
- The fort can not be defended against an air attack.这座要塞遭到空袭时无法防御。
- No one can get into the fort without a pass.没有通行证，任何人不得进入要塞。
- Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases. 抽烟是引起几种严重疾病的病因。
- The illness frequently coexists with other chronic diseases. 这种病往往与其他慢性病同时存在。