时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:美国英语听力80篇


英语课

[00:05.51]The Clinton administration has declared the disease AIDS a threat to the national security of the United States.

[00:14.92]White House officials say they hope the action will help build support for programs to fight the disease around the world.

[00:24.76]Administration officials say the worldwide spread of AIDS is an especially serious security threat in developing countries.

[00:35.24]They say the AIDS crisis could affect democratic and economic development and lead to tensions that could result in wars.

[00:46.37]They say these problems could increase the chances of American intervention 1.

[00:51.98]A disease has never before been listed as a national security threat.

[00:59.27]But administration officials say AIDS is just one of several serious threats to American interests in the new century.

[01:09.15]The others include the illegal drug trade, organized crime and terrorism.

[01:16.38]The United Nations AIDS program says about 34,000,000 people are believed to be infected with H-I-V, the virus that causes AIDS.

[01:30.78]Most of them are in poor countries.

[01:33.13]In twentyone countries, more than 10% of adults are infected with the AIDS virus.

[01:40.86]A recent American intelligence report says up to 25% of the population in southern African nations is at risk of dying from AIDS.

[01:53.27]More than 20,000,000 people are believed to be infected with H-I-V in southern Africa.

[02:00.97]H-I-V infection levels also are increasing in India and other South Asian nations,

[02:09.04]as well as countries of the former Soviet 2 Union and eastern Europe.

[02:13.98]More than 13, 000, 000 people have died from the disease during the past twenty years.

[02:21.32]The report says the large number of people dying from AIDS

[02:27.62]could weaken poor countries because there would be fewer people able to work.

[02:33.81]Many children are growing up without parents.

[02:38.22]And armies could be affected 3 by the high infection rates among soldiers.

[02:44.34]The report says these conditions could cause tensions among ethnic 4 groups and lead to the failure of some governments.

[02:54.39]The Clinton administration says AIDS is no longer just a worldwide medical problem.

[03:03.12]It is a problem that also involves economics and security'.

[03:11.06]The administration is requesting more than 250,000,000 dollars from Congress this year

[03:18.16]to try to slow the spread of the disease around the world.

[03:22.53]The administration wants more money for research to develop a vaccine 5 to prevent AIDS.

[03:30.13]And Mister Clinton has ordered an easing of restrictions 6 to make AIDS drugs less costly 7 and easier to get in African nations.

[03:40.89]Federal health officials praised Mister Clinton's decision to declare AIDS a threat to national security.

[03:49.49]Some health officials suggest more countries should do the same.

[03:54.68]However, they say much more money is needed in the" fight against AIDS.

[04:00.72]White House officials say President Clinton will appeal for joint action against AIDS



1 intervention
n.介入,干涉,干预
  • The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
  • Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
2 Soviet
adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃
  • Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
  • Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
3 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
4 ethnic
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
5 vaccine
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。
6 restrictions
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
7 costly
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的
  • It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
  • This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用,左不过贵了些。
学英语单词
adjusted stock price average
alder flycatcher
amplify
ancientries
antagonistic interest
anticountermeasures
Austin,John Langshaw
axillary lymph sac
B position
backing sand
barbette
barthelemy
basement waterproofing
be coincident with
beveling lever
body cameras
brake noodle
breeching gas
CASEP
Chalaua
chlorition
containment procedure
cotyledonary placenta
defect of ear lobe
delirium nervosum
diddlin'
ding-a-lings
direct laryngoscopy with dilatation
discharge hose
dry sand molding
dutch case-knife beans
farthing dip
fighteress
fleche distance
from mouth to mouth
fuel inlet needle valve
General George Custer
Gorbachyov
gravitator
gynotermon
harpiliopsis beaupresii
hepatogenous
housing estate
incineration vessel
ioka
jerker bar
limiscala lyra
low-affinity
loxodromic line
magnetic printer
main bang suppression
marganotum
matter dominated era
method of electro-mechanical analogy
mingler
mining electrical apparatus for non-explosive atmospheres
nebbech
neoethnicities
no-load running test of tanker
nonimitative
normal electrocardiogram
normal law of composition
nymphaea
oligonucleosomal
optic flow
orchard garden
ordnance checkout room
orthogonal system
oven chamber
pendular movement of mediastinum
poroelastic
posting field
preapplying
precipitate
preengineering technology
profaners
proportioning bin
racial-preference
recording bass
rotten-egg
runnels
rutates
schnier
self dump sulky rake
Shastri, Lal Bahadur
shrinking disease
sj?gren's syndrome
Skikda, G.d'
sounding
source level symbolic debugger
spline key
steady-state system
Tanda, Dép.de
three-strip colour camera
time-invariant regulator
trigonum retromolare (mandibul?)
underwater Doppler navigation
vasoconstrictives
virginica Chionanthus
waspily
whomel
wind-worn