中国报告4个新H7N9病例

中国报告4个新H7N9病例 　　

FUZHOU, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Four new cases of human infection of H7N9 bird flu were reported in east China's Zhejiang and Fujian provinces on Thursday, according to provincial¹ health authorities.

　　The cases involve a 30-year-old man surnamed Zeng and a 60-year-old man surnamed Xu. Both are seriously ill and receiving treatment in the city of Quanzhou, Fujian.

　　The two other cases are a 20-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man in Zhejiang Province. Both are in serious conditions and receiving treatment in the cities of Hangzhou and Taizhou respectively.

　　The total number of cases reported in Zhejiang is 14 so far this year.

　　In 2014, human contractions² of H7N9 have also been reported in the provinces of Jiangsu and Guangdong, as well as the city of Shanghai. A suspected case was also reported in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Monday.

1 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

2 contractions   

n.收缩( contraction的名词复数 )；缩减；缩略词；（分娩时）子宫收缩

参考例句：

• Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing. 缩略词在口语里比在书写中常见得多。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Muscle contractions are powered by the chemical adenosine triphosphate(ATP ). 肌肉收缩是由化学物质三磷酸腺苷(ATP)提供动力的。 来自辞典例句