VOA常速英语2007-Polio Eradication Effort Faces Funding Shortfall
时间:2019-01-31 作者:英语课 分类:2007年VOA常速英语(十月)
Washington
24 October 2007
October 24th is World Polio Day. Since 1988, national governments, public health organizations and civic 1 organizations have slashed 2 the number of polio cases by more than 99 percent. But now the eradication 3 program faces a funding shortage and all of those gains could be lost. VOA's Carol Pearson has an update on where the world stands in the fight against polio.
Nearly 20 years ago, when the nations of the world decided 4 to combat polio globally, the polio virus paralyzed 1,000 children every day. It afflicted 5 those living in 125 countries on five continents.
The disease has been eradicated 7 even in war zones such as Iraq.
Since 1988, the World Health Organization says more than two billion children have been immunized thanks to the efforts of millions of immunization volunteers, some of whom risk their lives. Iraq has been polio-free for seven years.
The immunization campaigns are supported by national governments, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a humanitarian 8 organization -- Rotary 9 International.
Countries have staged National Immunization Days and warring factions 10 have observed "days of peace" so children can receive two drops of the oral polio vaccine 11.
The idea is to catch children who have not been immunized and boost the immunity 12 in those who have had the vaccine.
Polio now exists mostly in only four countries: Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
But a new case in Sudan has health officials conducting a countrywide immunization campaign to keep polio at bay, and prevent it from again spreading to other countries.
The country with the greatest number of polio cases is Nigeria, with 56 percent of the world's cases.
Amina Mohammed-Baloni, the UNICEF coordinator 13 in Nigeria, says, "The importance of this campaign can not be overemphasized, because the momentum 14 gained by the end of year with the current immunization-plus days has to be sustained if there is going to be a break in transmission of polio case."
Dr. Jon Andrus worked on eradication campaigns in Central and South America and in India with the World Health Organization. He says that when Nigeria interrupted the immunization campaign a few years ago (2003), the virus mutated. "So when there's low coverage 15 the virus can mutate and re-establish itself."
Dr. Andrus says the only remedy is to continue the vaccinations 16 and keeping the numbers of those vaccinated 17 as high as possible. But the campaign is running into problems.
Dr. Andrus says civil strife 18 in Afghanistan and Pakistan prevents vaccinators from reaching the children. And then, there is a funding gap he says, "The global program right now is looking at a $60 million deficit -- a resource gap in order just to do the activities for the rest of the year. That's a huge, huge burden, and I hope that donor 19 countries, donor agencies and with continued support that Rotary has given over the years, that we can get a revitalized injection of new resources so the program can do its job and not be constantly challenged with insufficient 20 funding."
Polio spreads most easily where people live in crowded, unsanitary conditions. While these conditions may not be entirely 21 eliminated, if the polio eradication campaign is successful, health officials can then work to eradicate 6 other diseases.
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
- Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
- He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
- A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden. 一阵可怕的、跟饥饿差不多的不安情绪折磨着马丁·伊登。
- 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。
- Polio has been virtually eradicated in Brazil. 在巴西脊髓灰质炎实际上已经根除。
- The disease has been eradicated from the world. 这种疾病已在全世界得到根除。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- 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。
- The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
- 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 law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
- He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下,负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
- How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室?
- We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
- The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
- 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》
- I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
- Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗?
- We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
- Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。
- In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下,接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
- The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。
- There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
- In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代,科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。