NBC晚间新闻 疾病控制中心建议人们接种流感疫苗

At New York's Maimonides Medical Center, Dr.Eitan Dickman is on the front line of the flu season. Nationwide the flu is starting to kick in right now. It's early January, is that the same thing you're seeing here? We have definitely seen an uptick in the nerve cases related to the flu over the past few weeks. According to the CDC, this year the H1N1 strain, also known as swine flu, is responsible for the majority of cases, particularly in those under 40.

Just last month, 26 year old conservative journalist Bre Payton died from it. We've already seen thousands of hospitalizations this year and we will expect a whole lot more because that's what influenza¹ does. With last year's flu season one of the deadliest, the CDC recommends everyone six months and older get the flu vaccine². If someone out there still hasn't gotten a flu shot you're still strongly recommending that they go and get the flu vaccine. If you do get sick, there's a new drug called Xofluza, unlike Tamiflu it only takes one dose. It's not even peak flu season yet, that's usually late January or February. So the worst possibly is still ahead if you haven't gotten your flu vaccine. It's definitely not too late.

在纽约的玛摩利医院，埃坦·迪克曼正在流感季的前线奋战。现在，流感开始在全国范围内流行起来。现在是1月初，流感的情况一直是这样吗？在过去的几周中，跟流感有关的神经病例确实增多了。据美国疾病控制中心称，今年，H1N1病毒，也被称为猪流感，是大多数病例的罪魁祸首，尤其是那些40岁以下的人。就在上个月，26岁的保守派记者布雷·佩顿死于猪流感。今年，我们这里已经有成千上万的人因流感住院。而且接下来会有更多的住院患者，这就是流感带来的后果。去年的流感季是人们经历的最致命的流感季之一，美国疾病控制中心建议每个年龄在6个月以上的人都接种流感疫苗。对于那些还没有接种流感疫苗的人，我们强烈建议你去接种流感疫苗。如果你真的不幸染上流感，推荐你一种新药Xofluza，跟达菲不同，它只需要吃一粒。现在甚至还不是流感的高峰期，高峰期一般是在1月末或2月。所以如果你还没有打疫苗的话，最遭的情况可能还在后面。现在打疫苗真的还不晚。

1 influenza   

n.流行性感冒，流感

参考例句：

• They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
• Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。

2 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。