ambience: gorilla vocalizations The creatures of the rain forest are at risk from a whole range of human activities -- from hunting to destruction of their habitat. Scientists say that in central Africa, some wild animals are facing another threat fr

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Health Report - Health Risks in a Crowd: Not What You May Think 健康报道 - 大规模集会时的健康风险 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Picture a huge public gathering -- a sea

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The world is getting smaller. And as ever more people travel across continents, an infectious disease threat anywhere can be a threat everywhere. In today's interconnected world, a pathogen can travel around the globe to major cities in as little as

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Ebola outbreaks before the most recent one have been fairly contained: geographically limited, and just a couple hundred cases. The latest outbreak, though, which started in late 2013 and lasted more than two years, was entirely different. There were

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 07 March 2008 An advisory panel for a U.S. government health agency recommends greatly increasing the number of American children who receive the influenza immunization each year. The panel suggests every child from ag

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 26 January 2007 Health experts are warning that infectious diseases in Burma are growing beyond the government's ability to control them, and are spreading beyond the country's borders. Ron Corben reports for VOA from Bangkok, w

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. More than twenty countries have found cases of the new H1N1 influenza virus. In all around one thousand five hundred cases and thirty deaths have been confirmed. But most have been reported in Mexico an

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AS IT IS 2014-04-11 Amnesty International Issues New Guide on Fair Trials 国际特赦组织在公平审判问题上发布新的指南 Hello, my friends, and welcome back. It is time to learn and improve your American English. Im Jim Tedder in Washin

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Stampedes, Heat Pose Biggest Threats in Crowds When vast numbers of people gather for political or sporting events, or for concerts or pilgrimages, not everyone goes home healthy. But a new analysis finds that infectious disease is not the biggest cu

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US Launches Global Effort to Bolster Outbreak Preparedness 全球应对疫情爆发的努力 Controlling disease outbreaks that threaten global public health is the goal of a new, 26-nation partnership launched in Washington. The United States is lea

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Every flu seasonthats now through the springepidemiologists track flu infections as they break out across the country. And they forecast how bad it's going to get: at the national level, regionally, state by state. They even forecast for metro areas,

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By Jessica Berman Washington 04 October 2006 New research suggests that infectious diseases may run in families. Investigators say the discovery represents a major shift in the way scientists view human disease. Experts have always accepted that cer

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