时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:2017年科学美国人(五)月


英语课

Former CDC Head Warns of Threats Biological and Political 爱因斯坦医学院毕业演讲


“Einstein wrote, ‘Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.’”


“爱因斯坦曾说,‘人生最有价值的事是为社会公正而努力。’”


Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009 to earlier this year. Frieden addressed the graduating class of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine here in New York City May 23rd, 2017.


汤姆·弗里登曾于2009年至今年早些时候任美国疾病控制与预防中心主任一职。弗里登于2017年5月23日在纽约市阿尔伯特爱因斯坦医学院为毕业班作了毕业演讲。


\“Scientific rigor 1 and social conscience don’t always go together. Some individuals and some institutions may lack one, the other or both. But together they are a remarkably 2 powerful combination. And we need them both. Because we face some real threats. We face threats from nature—whether it’s the next Ebola or Zika or SARS or pandemic influenza 3 or HIV, it is just a few mutations away.


“科学的严苛和社会道德并不总是一致的。一些个人和机构可能缺乏其中一个,另一些可能两者都缺乏。但两者结合在一起却是一个非常强大的组合。而这两者我们都需要——因为我们面临着一些真实存在的威胁。我们面临来自自然的威胁——无论是下一个埃博拉病毒、寨卡病毒、非典、大流行性流感,还是艾滋病病毒——都只是几个突变的距离。”


“We face threats, frankly 4, from killer 5 industries, tobacco and other unhealthy substances and addictive 6 substances. And we face threats from policy makers 7, who may deny quality medical care and prevention to millions of people in this country and around the world…We’re also faced with the threat that America could retreat from or undermine our role in the world.


“坦率地说,我们面临着来自杀手行业——烟草和其他有害物质以及成瘾物质的威胁。我们面临着一些政策制定者的威胁,他们或会拒绝为这个国家甚至全世界数百万人提供有质量的医疗预防服务……我们也面临着美国可能退出或者破坏我们在世界上扮演的角色的威胁。”


“Einstein wrote that ‘Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles 8 of mankind.’ I’m confident that with your commitment to caring for patients, to advancing knowledge, to social justice, you will help prevent and stop the threat of that infantile disease. Every single one of us has that responsibility.”


“爱因斯坦曾说过:‘民族主义是一种婴儿病,是人类的麻疹。’我相信,有了你们对关爱病患、提升认知、争取社会公正的承诺,你们将能帮助预防和终止这种婴儿病的威胁。我们当中的每一个人都对此负有责任。”



1 rigor
n.严酷,严格,严厉
  • Their analysis lacks rigor.他们的分析缺乏严谨性。||The crime will be treated with the full rigor of the law.这一罪行会严格依法审理。
2 remarkably
ad.不同寻常地,相当地
  • I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
  • He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。
3 influenza
n.流行性感冒,流感
  • They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
  • Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。
4 frankly
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
5 killer
n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
6 addictive
adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的,成为习惯的
  • The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
  • Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。
7 makers
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 measles
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。
学英语单词
abrupt change in direction
acid-digestion sulfate spring
affine image
Akkermanovka
angles of inclination
antenna for radio astronomy
arched squall
argon ion etching
athyroidation
audio-magnetotelluric method
baie comeau
belly-landing
birefringent waveguide
bishop's cross
bottom center-fired pit
bulgren
bursa equivalent organ
car-driver
Cardilan
Chaetophoraceae
cylindrical throat Venturi nozzle
decision-supports
deterministic model of program
disembowellings
dove-tailing
end-feed grinding
excitation voltage
food-science
fruit dove
gasless delay detonator
genus cathayas
genus Paphiopedilum
hammer disc
handicraft economy
have no choice
head shoulder
Herbert hardness
holography input
indicating
insect disease prevention
inverse parabolic equation
jacquard looms
jensenite
keyed amplitude modulation
koettite
kumons
ligninic acid
lion's-tooth
liquefied cyanogen
lt-colonel
luthien
make my move
meilman
mineral fertilizer
Mlicrococcus cinnabareus
moisture-proof bag-maker
multi lateral trade
muscular asthenopia
neutral point of lateral force
northline
off-limit
oleum morrhuae
orthopinacoid
participative commercials
Partābgarh
Patience is a plaster for all sores.
peanut wagon
personalized search
phacelia campanularia gray
plasmic fibril
point source lamp
possessions
pregnancy gingivitis
pressing blank
profile grade
qpis
quartz controlled transmitter
ramazzini
reconstruccion
repeated series by rows
reverse fit search
ropebridge
rural economics
safety trip
schedule of variable cost
seat pan
Sedoquin
semantic attribute
shrimpiest
single mode behaviour
splashed around
sublime portes
superior sphenoidal fissure
surface product
takings over
thermal shock fracture
to inject
transcendental hermeneutics
variable-format messages
well-form
Wimpassing
working capacity of column