英国专家前往西非应对埃博拉

 　　LONDON, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- British military and humanitarian¹ experts will set up a medical treatment centre for victims of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, a British official has announced on Monday.

　　The facility, including a 50 bed medical unit for treating victims and a specialist 12 bed treatment centre for health workers, will be purpose built and operated by military engineers and medical staff.

　　The initial phase of the facility will be constructed and operational within 8 weeks, according to a press release sent by the Department for International Development.

　　UK sends military, experts to West Africa to fight Ebola

　　British military personnel will begin to survey and assess the site later this week. Based near the capital Freetown, the facility will treat victims of the disease, including local and international health workers and medical volunteers.

　　Announcing the deployment², International Development Secretary Justine Greening said: "Britain is at the forefront of the global effort to tackle this deadly outbreak, having already committed 25 million pounds of support, including frontline treatment and funding for medical research to develop a vaccine³."

　　The official added that the scale of the problem requires the entire international community to do more to assist the affected⁴ countries.

　　The UK's support follows a direct request from the World Health Organisation⁵ (WHO) and the government of Sierra Leone for assistance in containing the outbreak.

　　"Ebola has become a global threat which requires urgent global efforts in solidarity⁶ with the affected countries," Dr. Margaret Chan, the WHO chief said last week. She emphasized at that same time that: "This outbreak can and will be controlled. We know what is needed and we know how to do it."

1 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

2 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

3 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

6 solidarity   

n.团结；休戚相关

参考例句：

• They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
• The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。