VOA标准英语2012--Groups Resisting Global Polio Vaccination Efforts
时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(六月)
Groups Resisting Global Polio Vaccination 1 Efforts
Health officials in Pakistan say they are redoubling efforts to vaccinate 2 every child against polio after 198 new cases were reported in the country last year, the largest number anywhere in the world.
But an ongoing 3 insurgency 4 and the influx 5 of millions of Pakistani and Afghan refugees make that difficult.
And there's public opposition 6 tied to reports the CIA used a fake vaccination program to hunt down al-Qaeda leader Osama bin 7 Laden 8.
Carol Pandak manages the polio eradication 9 program for the private group, Rotary 10 International:
"We can stop polio, but we need the financial resources to finish the job and the accountability and advocacy on the political side in the remaining polio endemic countries so that the activities are carried out at a quality that can stop the transmission of the virus," said Pandak.
In northern Nigeria, public health officials have worked hard to counter false rumors 11 that the polio vaccine 12 contains birth-control drugs meant to suppress the country's Muslim population.
Even in the United States, there are anti-immunization groups that claim the vaccines 13 can be unsafe for some people. Other critics, such as Barbara Loe Fisher, president of the National Vaccine Information Center, believe vaccine makers 14 are promoting mass immunization solely 15 to increase their profits.
"Certainly we have very powerful pharmaceutical 16 corporations, multinational 17 drug companies who are very interested in having as many doses of vaccines as possible, used by as many children all over the world as possible," Fisher said.
But Carol Pandak at Rotary International says too few people can recall how devastating 18 polio can be. In one Nigerian village where leaders blocked immunizations, nine children fell sick with polio, leaving them partially 19 paralyzed, their limbs deformed 20.
"I think we are almost a victim of our own success in this situation, because the parents don't see thousands and thousands of children paralyzed by polio," Pandak added. "So you don't see the reality of what the polio virus can do to children."
Anti-vaccination groups argue that some of the $9 billion spent so far on polio vaccinations 21 could have been better used to improve sanitation 22 conditions and child nutrition. But Pandak says that is another campaign. Right now, she says, a sustained commitment to mass vaccination could soon end polio forever.
- 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。
- Local health officials then can plan the best times to vaccinate people.这样,当地的卫生官员就可以安排最佳时间给人们接种疫苗。
- Doctors vaccinate us so that we do not catch smallpox.医生给我们打预防针使我们不会得天花。
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
- Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
- The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
- Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施,因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
- The eradication of an established infestation is not easy. 根除昆虫蔓延是不容易的。
- This is often required for intelligent control and eradication. 这经常需要灵巧的控制与消除。
- The central unit is a rotary drum.核心设备是一个旋转的滚筒。
- A rotary table helps to optimize the beam incidence angle.一张旋转的桌子有助于将光线影响之方式角最佳化。
- Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
- The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。
- The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
- The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
- The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。
- She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
- We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。
- The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
- He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
- The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部分解除。
- He was born with a deformed right leg.他出生时右腿畸形。
- His body was deformed by leprosy.他的身体因为麻风病变形了。
- Vaccinations ensure one against diseases. 接种疫苗可以预防疾病。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor's. 在医生那儿候诊时,我读了一些关于接种疫苗的宣传。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。