环球英语 — 92:Preventing HIV Transmission from...
时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:环球英语 Spotlight
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Thank you for joining us for today’s Spotlight 1 program. I’m Liz Waid.
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And I’m Rebekah Schipper. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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Olga lives in Russia. She is twenty-two [22] weeks pregnant 2. The unborn baby seems healthy. And Olga is happy about her pregnancy 3. But doctors are encouraging Olga to abort 4 her baby. They want to kill the baby growing inside of her. Some members of her family agree with the doctors. They believe it would be best to end the baby’s life. But why?
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Well, Olga is HIV positive. She has the virus 5 that causes AIDS. And there is no cure for the AIDS disease 6. Doctors and family members are afraid that Olga’s body may infect her baby with HIV. They believe that it would be better for the baby to never live than for the baby to have HIV. But Olga will not give up. She is firm that she WILL have her baby.
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What would you do in this situation? How likely is it that Olga’s baby will become HIV positive? How would the baby get the virus? Are there ways that Olga can protect her baby from getting HIV? Today’s Spotlight will answer these questions.
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The World Health Organization, the WHO, has some shocking 7 findings 8 about HIV in children. They say that each day about one thousand five hundred [1,500] CHILDREN under age fifteen [15] become infected with HIV.
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Most of these children get the virus from their mothers. Many babies with HIV do not survive very long. In fact, twenty-five to thirty [25-30] percent of babies infected by their mothers will die before their first birthday
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HIV positive mothers can pass the virus to their babies in three [3] main ways. An unborn baby may become infected while he is still inside his mother’s uterus. He may become infected while being born. Or, he may become infected while receiving breast 9 milk from his mother.
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How likely is it that an HIV positive mother will pass the virus on to her baby? Well, this depends on what she does. If the woman does not do anything, there is about a one [1] in four [4] chance that she will pass the virus to her baby during her pregnancy or the birth. If the mother breast feeds after the baby is born, the risk of transmission 10 is even higher. However, knowledge and action can greatly reduce these risks.
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Knowledge is the most important thing in preventing HIV transmission from mother to baby. The WHO says that pregnant women need to know if they are HIV positive. This means 11 health care centers must offer HIV testing services. If a woman knows her HIV condition she can make better decisions for herself and her unborn baby. Some women are frightened to get an HIV test. They believe their families or communities may reject them. But informed pregnant women can make better choices for their pregnancies 12 and birth deliveries 13.
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Drugs are also an important part of preventing HIV transmission from mother to baby. Drug treatment while a woman is still pregnant can prevent babies from getting HIV from their mothers. And drug treatment after a baby is born is also important. Treatment can prevent the baby from becoming infected. And if a baby does become infected, treatment can help the baby to live longer.
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Also, correct health care is very important to prevent a mother from passing the virus to her baby. Health centers must be able to offer prevention 14 methods like support, drug treatment and necessary medical care for the mother and child. They must be able to advise and support their patients. They must be able to offer drug treatments. They must be also able to perform and offer different delivery 15 methods. Doctors can take steps to lower 16 the risk of HIV transmission from mother to baby.
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Ways of delivering a baby can influence HIV transmission. A traditional natural birth is only one [1] method of delivering a baby. But doctors can use other delivery methods to decrease the risk of transmission. Correct health care can also encourage better care of the baby after birth.
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Informed pregnant women can also choose the best method to feed their babies. For healthy women without HIV, breast feeding is usually best. Breast milk provides all the healthy substances 17 a new born baby needs. And it is free.
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But women with HIV need to know that breast milk can pass HIV to the baby. It is true that in some cases it may be best to breast feed even if the mother has HIV. This may be the case if a community is struggling with hunger. But this is not the case all the time. So, if a new mother is HIV positive she must consider her individual situation. Doctors and health care workers can help her decide if breast feeding is the best decision for her and her baby.
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Providing HIV testing and advising, safe birth deliveries, and drug treatments for HIV and AIDS are very important. But who can receive these prevention services? In many developed countries these services are already very common. The WHO says that in these places less than two [2] percent of HIV infected mothers give the virus to their babies. But can services like these exist in resource-poor areas? The WHO says yes!
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Many developing 18 countries have already taken steps to provide mother to child transmission prevention services. The country of Botswana is a powerful 19 example. AIDS is a big problem in that country. But officials there have worked hard to provide transmission prevention services. All public clinics that deal with babies offer these services for free. In 2005, about ninety-two [92] percent of women giving birth in hospitals there got tested for HIV. Seventy [70] percent of those who were HIV positive also received drug treatments. These drug treatments helped to reduce the rate of HIV transmission from mother to child. Botswana has successfully 20 reduced the HIV transmission rate from mothers to babies. The rate there is now less than six [6] percent.
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There are many barriers 21 that stand in the way of successfully stopping HIV. But there is hope for the future. HIV positive pregnant women do not have to live in fear. Preventing mother to child transmission of HIV is possible.
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The WHO says that when countries choose to act and provide these services, programs like this are very successful. People should know that there are ways to prevent HIV transmission from mother to baby. These methods work. And people should work to encourage and support them in their own communities.
- This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
- The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
- Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
- Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。
- The captain instructed them to abort the mission.上尉指示他们中止执行任务。
- With this button the user can abort the audio sequence.用户可以用该按钮终止音频序列。
- He is suffering from a virus infection.他受到病毒感染。
- There is a virus going round the world.世界上流行着一种病毒性疾病。
- The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
- He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。
- His attitude was shocking to her.他的态度令她感到震惊。
- Such behaviour is really shocking.这种行为真不像话。
- It behoves us to study these findings carefully. 我们理应认真研究这些发现。
- Their findings have been widely disseminated . 他们的研究成果已经广为传播。
- The coat is too tight at the breast.这件衣服胸部太紧了。
- He was wearing a nameplate on his left breast.他左胸前佩带着一张名牌。
- When the transmission is good,foreign stations can be heard.在传送情况良好时,以收到外国电台。
- The letter was delayed in transmission.这封信在传递中被耽误了。
- That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
- We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
- Since the wartime population needed replenishment, pregnancies were a good sign. 最后一桩倒不失为好现象,战时人口正该补充。
- She's had three pregnancies in four years. 她在四年中怀孕叁次。
- Deliveries of mail could be delayed because of cost-cutting. 由于削减成本,邮件的递送可能会延迟。
- We have developed rapid order processing to expedite deliveries to customers. 我们已创造了快速处理订单的方法以便迅速将货物送达顾客。
- They have begun to do the prevention of crime.他们已经开始防止犯罪行为。
- Prevention of forest fires is up to you.森林防火是你们的责任。
- The strike caused a great delay in the delivery of the mail.这次罢工严重地延误了邮件的投递。
- He was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy.他受雇于当地杂货店当送货员。
- Society is divided into upper,middle and lower classes.社会分为上层、中层和下层阶级。
- This price is his minimum;he refuses to lower it any further.这个价格是他开的最低价,他拒绝再作任何降价。
- substances with high levels of toxicity 毒性大的物质
- Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry. 核工业使用许多腐蚀性很强的物质。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
- They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
- The UN began to get more and more powerful.联合国开始变得越来越强大了。
- Such are the most powerful voices of our times!这些就是我们时代的最有力的声音!
- The meeting passed off successfully.会议开得很成功。
- At last we successfully put through the business deal.最终我们成功地完成了这桩交易。