2007年VOA标准英语-New Reports of Bird Flu in Southeast Asia
时间：2019-02-09 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（一月）
Washington, D.C.
17 January 2007
watch Bird Flu report
Bird flu has killed again in Indonesia and is picking up speed elsewhere in Asia, with fresh outbreaks in Vietnam and a new human case reported in China [Wed., Jan. 10]. The case underscores widespread fears that humans can and do contract the deadly virus.
Indonesian health officials vaccinate poultry against bird flu, 17 Jan. 2007
The H5N1 bird flu virus killed a 14-year-old boy on the outskirts 3 of Jakarta, the country's first fatality 4 in six weeks.
Meanwhile, Vietnam reports that the virus has spread to a fourth province, as officials brace 5 for the worst prior to February's Lunar New Year festivities, when people and poultry are on the move.
Bird flu has killed more than 125 people worldwide. Experts fear millions of people could die if the virus mutates into a strain that is more contagious 6 to people.
Dr. Shan Lu is with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, which is trying to develop a DNA-based bird flu vaccine 7. "Clearly the bird flu is spreading to more places. The question is when they will jump to humans. That is the question we don't know, but we have to prepare."
In Vietnam, recent bird flu outbreaks in southern provinces necessitate 8 the killing 9 of some 30,000 birds. Over a year ago, Vietnam imposed a ban on hatching ducks, but many farmers ignored it. Ducks can carry the virus without showing symptoms. Health experts worry especially about migratory 10 birds, which may spread outbreaks of bird flu.
- 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。
- There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
- What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
- Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
- They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
- She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
- He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。
- My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。
- You had better brace yourself for some bad news. 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。
- It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
- He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。
- 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。
- Your proposal would necessitate changing our plans.你的提议可能使我们的计划必须变更。
- The conversion will necessitate the complete rebuilding of the interior.转变就必需完善内部重建。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。