VOA标准英语2012--US Called On to Lead Global Health Fund Replenishment
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(二月)
US Called On to Lead Global Health Fund Replenishment 2
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis 3 and Malaria 4 is marking its 10th anniversary. But celebrations have been subdued 5 because of a lack of donations needed for future projects. The United States is being called on to lead efforts to replenish 1 the fund, in a time of worldwide recession.
Last November, the fund’s board decided 6 to cancel its latest attempt to ask for pledges from donors 8. That put many planned projects in jeopardy 9.
“There is a crisis. The global fund is functioning, but it did not get in its donor 7 replenishments an adequate amount of money for the period 2011 to 2014. And as a result of that, it actually suspended what they call Round 11, which was supposed to take place in 2011. And because of that, many programs in many countries are now in peril,” said Jeffrey Sachs, head of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, who was among those who lobbied for the fund’s creation.
Estimates say about $2 billion in pledges is needed for Round 11.
Nay 10 to naysayers
Sachs said the global fund is a success story that needs to be championed.
“Since the financial crisis, governments have cut back in spending in general, but many have found it convenient to cut back on spending on the world’s poorest people. This is of course a double tragedy. Often waste goes unattended, but because the poor don’t have a voice they don’t get heard,” he said.
Sachs and others want the United States to lead efforts to replenish the fund. They’re calling on the U.S. to propose an emergency donor meeting. If that happens, they say, Round 11 could still take place.
Sachs said the global fund has proven all the critics and naysayers wrong.
“It showed how every skeptic 11 10 years ago who said - you could not treat AIDS in Africa, you could not get ahead of the epidemic 12, you could not control malaria because bed nets would not be used and every other myth that was said - has been proved wrong,” he said.
Two key donors
The fund did receive good news from the World Economic Forum 13 in Davos, Switzerland.
“Two key donors cast votes of confidence with their checkbooks. Bill Gates announced a $750 million promissory note to the fund and urged support for the fund. And Japan, despite an earthquake, tsunami 14 and a nuclear crisis, reconfirmed its $800 million pledge. These contributions are a strong endorsement 15 of the fund’s impact and effectiveness and a challenge to other donors to step up,” said Joanne Carter, director of the RESULTS Educational Fund.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been one of the world’s biggest contributors to health-related programs. Over the past 10 years, it gave the global fund $650 million. Gates described the promissory note as an innovative 16 funding mechanism 17.
“It frees up funds for (the) global fund and so they can immediately use the money and continue to save lives.” He said.
Gates says the global fund can change the fortunes of the world’s poorest countries. Supporters estimate the fund saves 100,000 lives every month by funding programs and projects in 150 countries.
- I always replenish my food supply before it is depleted.我总是在我的食物吃完之前加以补充。
- We have to import an extra 4 million tons of wheat to replenish our reserves.我们不得不额外进口四百万吨小麦以补充我们的储备。
- 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。
- Natural replenishment of this vast supply of underground water occurs very slowly. 靠自然补充大量地下水是十分缓慢的。
- People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
- Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。
- He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
- Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。
- 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。
- 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。
- Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
- About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
- It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。
- He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
- Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。
- She is a skeptic about the dangers of global warming.她是全球变暖危险的怀疑论者。
- How am I going to convince this skeptic that she should attention to my research?我将如何使怀疑论者确信她应该关注我的研究呢？
- 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。
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
- We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
- His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。