国外媒体:穿黑色紧身裤爱招蚊子

Thailand: Black leggings can carry health hazards

Health authorities in Thailand are urging young women not to wear fashionable black leggings to avoid attracting unwanted attention from dengue-carrying mosquitoes.

"It's worrying how people dress nowadays, especially the youth," Deputy Health Minister Pansiri Kulanartsiri said in a statement issued Sunday, which warned of a dengue outbreak and reminded that mosquitoes are attracted to dark clothing.

Thailand has recorded 43 deaths and more than 45,000 cases of dengue in the first seven months of the year, an increase of about 40 percent from the 31,929 cases and 30 deaths in same period last year. Dengue cases typically rise during the rainy season, which runs roughly from June through September.

Of this year's fatalities¹, 26 were between the ages of 10 and 24, prompting the Public Health Ministry² to warn about the hazards of the must-have fashion item worn by girls and young women.

"I suggest people avoid wearing black leggings - or any dark colored clothing - so as not to attract mosquitoes," Pansiri said, calling the leggings a "Korean fashion phenomenon."

"Wear thick clothing like jeans, particularly during this period," Pansiri said, noting mosquitoes can bite through thin clothing.

Scientists fear rising temperatures and longer rainy seasons will allow more vector-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria³ to flourish.

In tropical Thailand, mosquitoes can lay up to 400 larvae⁴ at one time in vases, flower pots, jugs⁵ and litter-strewn areas that can serve as breeding grounds, but authorities find it difficult to destroy dengue-breeding habitats, he said.

"This is an epidemic⁶ year for dengue fever," Anuttarasakdi said. "But what is more worrying is that people are aloof⁷ when it comes to prevention."

泰国卫生部门敦促年轻女性不要穿时髦的黑色紧身裤，以免招来携带登革热病毒的蚊子的叮咬。

泰国卫生部副部长潘希里·库拉那特斯瑞在上周日发布的一份声明中说：“如今人们的穿着打扮令人担忧，尤其是年轻人的穿着。”该声明发出了有关登革热疫情爆发的警告，并提醒人们蚊子喜欢深色的衣服。

今年前七个月，泰国共发生43例登革热死亡病例，患病人数超过4.5万人，相比去年同期的30例和31929例增加了近40%。登革热一般在每年六月至九月的雨季流行。

在今年的死亡病例中，有26人的年龄在10岁至24岁之间。泰国公共卫生部因此对这种为年轻女性所钟爱的时髦服饰所存在的健康风险发出了警告。

潘希里说：“我建议大家不要穿黑色紧身裤，或者其它深色的衣服，以免招蚊子咬。”他将这种“黑色紧身裤”称为“韩流”。

他说：“大家最好穿像牛仔裤那样厚一点的衣服，尤其在这段时间。”他说质地较薄的衣服抗不住蚊子的叮咬。

科学家担心不断上升的气温和持续的雨季会导致登革热、疟疾等更多病媒传染疾病的流行。

潘希里说，泰国地处热带，蚊子可在花瓶、花盆、水壶、以及垃圾堆等滋生地一次产下400枚卵。但相关部门发现很难摧毁这些可滋生登革热病毒的蚊虫栖息地。

阿努塔拉萨迪说：“今年登革热非常流行，但更让人担心的是，大家对疾病的预防漠不关心。”

1 fatalities   

n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运

参考例句：

• Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
• The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。

4 larvae   

n.幼虫

参考例句：

• Larvae are parasitic on sheep.幼虫寄生在绵羊的身上。
• The larvae prey upon small aphids.这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。

5 jugs   

（有柄及小口的）水壶( jug的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Two china jugs held steaming gravy. 两个瓷罐子装着热气腾腾的肉卤。
• Jugs-Big wall lingo for Jumars or any other type of ascenders. 大岩壁术语，祝玛式上升器或其它种类的上升器。

6 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

7 aloof   

adj.远离的；冷淡的，漠不关心的

参考例句：

• Never stand aloof from the masses.千万不可脱离群众。
• On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd.这小女孩在晚会上一直胆怯地远离人群。