VOA标准英语2012--Immunization Week Highlights Efforts to Save Lives Worldwide
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(四月)
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Immunization Week Highlights Efforts to Save Lives Worldwide
Haiti, Nigeria, Ghana -- 180 countries in all -- stepped up their immunization drives against deadly childhood infections to mark World Immunization Week.
The GAVI Alliance -- a Geneva based public-private partnership 1 aimed at improving health in poor countries -- rolled out new vaccination 2 campaigns in many countries against killer 3 childhood infections such as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles 4, mumps 5 and rubella.
Spokesman Jonathan Stern says the GAVI Alliance has helped to vaccinate 6 326 million children around the world since 2000, a campaign that has saved about five and a half million lives.
“Our goal for 2015 is to immunize an additional quarter billion people and this would save nearly another 4 million lives. And so for GAVI, the real challenge is fulfilling that promise -- that is, to immunize a quarter billion people,” Stern said.
Experts say the current immunization campaign provides a unique opportunity to highlight the powerful impact vaccines 8 can have in reducing mortality and illness.
“The leading killers 9 of children in the world now are diarrheal disease caused by rotavirus infection or respiratory diseases caused by pneumococcal pneumonia 10. So for both those killer diseases, we have safe and affordable 11 vaccine 7 we need to greatly expand their use,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute. He says vaccines have made it possible to eradicate 12 smallpox 13 and other diseases, but their primary value is that they provide an extremely cost-effective way to prevent and control fatal or disabling diseases such as polio or measles.
“When we are talking about saving lives and reducing morbidity 14 and mortality from infectious and neglected diseases our first goal is generally not eradication 15. That’s a nice target but one which is still decades away,” he said.
Researchers are hopeful an effective malaria 16 vaccine will be ready soon, and in the next few years, a vaccine against tuberculosis 17. Hotez is confident these new vaccines -- along with new combination drugs and aggressive vector control strategies -- will help to reduce the terrible human costs of preventable and treatable diseases.
Haiti, Nigeria, Ghana -- 180 countries in all -- stepped up their immunization drives against deadly childhood infections to mark World Immunization Week.
The GAVI Alliance -- a Geneva based public-private partnership 1 aimed at improving health in poor countries -- rolled out new vaccination 2 campaigns in many countries against killer 3 childhood infections such as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles 4, mumps 5 and rubella.
Spokesman Jonathan Stern says the GAVI Alliance has helped to vaccinate 6 326 million children around the world since 2000, a campaign that has saved about five and a half million lives.
“Our goal for 2015 is to immunize an additional quarter billion people and this would save nearly another 4 million lives. And so for GAVI, the real challenge is fulfilling that promise -- that is, to immunize a quarter billion people,” Stern said.
Experts say the current immunization campaign provides a unique opportunity to highlight the powerful impact vaccines 8 can have in reducing mortality and illness.
“The leading killers 9 of children in the world now are diarrheal disease caused by rotavirus infection or respiratory diseases caused by pneumococcal pneumonia 10. So for both those killer diseases, we have safe and affordable 11 vaccine 7 we need to greatly expand their use,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute. He says vaccines have made it possible to eradicate 12 smallpox 13 and other diseases, but their primary value is that they provide an extremely cost-effective way to prevent and control fatal or disabling diseases such as polio or measles.
“When we are talking about saving lives and reducing morbidity 14 and mortality from infectious and neglected diseases our first goal is generally not eradication 15. That’s a nice target but one which is still decades away,” he said.
Researchers are hopeful an effective malaria 16 vaccine will be ready soon, and in the next few years, a vaccine against tuberculosis 17. Hotez is confident these new vaccines -- along with new combination drugs and aggressive vector control strategies -- will help to reduce the terrible human costs of preventable and treatable diseases.
n.合作关系，伙伴关系
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
n.接种疫苗，种痘
- 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。
n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者
- Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
- The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子
- 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。
n.腮腺炎
- Sarah got mumps from her brother.萨拉的弟弟患腮腺炎，传染给她了。
- I was told not go near Charles. He is sickening for mumps.别人告诉我不要走近查尔斯， 他染上了流行性腮腺炎。
vt.给…接种疫苗；种牛痘
- 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。
n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的
- 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。
疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )
- 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。
凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事
- He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
- They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
n.肺炎
- Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
- Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。
adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的
- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
v.根除，消灭，杜绝
- These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
- They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。
n.天花
- In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.1742年，他染上了致命的天花。
- Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child?你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？
n.病态；不健全；发病；发病率
- MC's also significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality induced by honeybee venom. 肥大细胞同样也能显著降低蜜蜂毒液诱发疾病的发病率和死亡率。 来自互联网
- The result shows that incidence of myopia morbidity is 44.84%. 结果表明：近视眼的发病率为44.84%。 来自互联网
n.根除
- 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。
n.疟疾
- He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
- Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。
n.结核病，肺结核
- People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
- Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。