时间:2019-02-25 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

   Many Auckland people have had measles 1 in the last four months. The numbers are increasing and the Medical Officer of Health thinks we may have a measles epidemic 2. So far, in Auckland, doctors know of 164 people who have had measles in the last four months but there are probably many more people who did not go to a doctor. Twenty-four people had to go to hospital but nobody died. It’s been 20 years since anyone died of measles in New Zealand. However, measles can lead to serious illnesses.


  The only way to make sure you don’t get measles is to be immunised. Children get their MMR vaccination 3 when they are 15 months. This protects them against Measles, Mumps 4 and Rubella. It is free.
  Symptoms of measles are watery 5 eyes, runny nose, white spots inside the mouth and, later, a rash which starts on the head and moves down the body. Measles spreads through coughing and sneezing. It takes 10 days or more to develop. It is very infectious.
  Now there are cases of measles in Christchurch and Wellington, because people who were infectious travelled by plane from Auckland. It is easy to see why the Medical Officer of Health is worried about an epidemic.
  For more information on measles go to Auckland Regional Public Health Service.
  Vocabulary
  Make sure you know these words:
  epidemic
  measles, mumps, rubella
  immunise / immunisation
  vaccine /vaccination
  symptoms
  rash
  infectious
  Word Collocations
  These words go together: protect against; cases of measles; it’s been X years since …; it is easy / hard to see why…;

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.流行病;盛行;adj.流行性的,流传极广的
  • That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
  • The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
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.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。
adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的
  • In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust.他那含泪的眼睛流露出惊惶失措的神情。
  • Her eyes became watery because of the smoke.因为烟熏,她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。
学英语单词
amalgamation
Amorphoderma
apljina
ascending pharyngeal artery
attaching organism
autoresonance
backward-curved vane
balladist
Battery Fuel Gauge
bicuspid valves
bidirectional data flow
block covered wall
bodiness
Brachypleurinae
bradypnoea
Broomfield
carbol
chop sth off
colliver
coordinate bond (in coordination complex)
cortico-pontine
cyberattacking
dakota
dialytrodes
displacement deferred indexed
disseize
economic entities
Englishness
equatorial parallax
ferrite inductor
force-and-torque sensor
frequency(respiratory)
full-duplex service
funny houses
gas turbine pump system
gelatins
glandulae lacrimales accessoriae
glandular lamella
gloeosporium coccolobae
grooving tool rest
head cabbages
hickingbotham
horizontal pincushion correction
hwop
i-translated
Identified resources
imray
indemnities
iris hook
jenea
Jeyes fluid
Kholtoson
Kitu
knotter
lay aloft
Leic.
Litledalen
Lonicera japonica Thunb.
loudmouthed praises
Lugalzagesi
lynched
m.e.s
Malus leiocalyca
metallographic microscope
methylcreosol
mevaldic acid
mysticised
non-science
object-side focal point
out on the town
peliculas
phonocardiogram
physical inventory entry
pie-still heater
powerdisplays
quench tank
radula kojana steph
rbocs
Rhododendron pilostylum
rifampin
Ryong
sadism
sedigraph
seek one's level
sokolowski
sorrentine
special cross section steel wire
stabilimentum
stratiform stromatolite
strouter
the IOD
theory of radioactive decay
thermal connector
tintinnate
tra-las
true track
tubules
ultravox
uniquely definable point
vane tip
water quality testing agent T-102
yesterday night