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 　　WINDHOEK, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Although Ebola virus has been contained in some affected¹ African countries, Air Namibia is counting its losses which are said to be at 50 million Namibian dollars (about 5 million U.S dollars).

　　The airline's acting² chief executive³ officer Rene Gsponer said last week that ever since the Ebola virus outbreak, Namibia has seen very few visitors from European countries.

　　"Up to October, because it was a peak season, we increased our booking numbers, out load factors and also our revenue⁴ so all the trends were very good but now we have a bit of a crisis⁵ because we are facing the Ebola effects," Gsponer told the media.

　　Ebola deals heavy blow on Air Namibia

　　Gsponer said there has been a wrong perception⁶ that Namibia is one of the countries that have recorded Ebola cases, but it will not be easy for Namibia to change the perception.

　　"We will have to make more marketing⁷ sales," he added. "We will be selling to the world that there has never been a case of Ebola in Namibia, making people understand that this is the most beautiful place and it is safe."

　　The Ebola virus effect comes at a time when Air Namibia had started making profit of about 5 million Namibian dollars to 25 million Namibian dollars, according to Gsponer.

　　Gsponer continued that if the company has a bad month it will be losing 50 million Namibian dollars.

　　He said Air Namibia's running costs are about 185 million Namibian dollars a month and that they need to be making about 200 million Namibian dollars a month.

　　According to Gsponer, Air Namibia used to make losses of about 600 million Namibian dollars per year but they now target about 200 million Namibian dollars loss per year. (One U.S. dollar equals about 10 Namibian dollars.)

1 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。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

4 revenue   

n.总收入，财政收入，税收；税务局

参考例句：

• The country diminished the revenue by reducing tax.这个国家通过减税而使税收减少了。
• A government's revenue and expenditure should be balanced.政府的财政收入和支出要平衡。

5 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。

6 perception   

n.感知，感觉，觉察(力)；认识，观念，看法

参考例句：

• What's your perception of the matter?你对此事有什么看法？
• He was a man of keen perception.他是一个感觉敏锐的人。

7 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。