Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit12:Dictation Item(5)

 　　Item Five.

　　Vocabulary. communicable, SARS, Vietnam-France Hospital, Hanoi, Carlo Urbani.

　　On February 28th, 2003, the Vietnam-France Hospital in Hanoi asked Carlo Urbani for help.

　　The Italian doctor was an expert on communicable diseases.

　　He was based in Vietnam for the world Health Organization.

　　The Hospital asked Dr Urbani to help identify an unusual infection.

　　He recognized it as a new threat.

　　He made sure other hospitals increased their infection-control measures.

　　On March 11th, Dr Urbani developed signs of severe acute¹ respiratory syndrome².

　　Four days later, the World Health Organization declared it a worldwide health threat.

　　Carlo Urbani was the first doctor to warn the world of the disease that became known as SARS.

　　He died of it on March 29th, 2003.

　　He was 46 years old.

1 acute   

adj.严重的，激烈的，敏锐的，急性的，尖的

参考例句：

• A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.分娩之后可能会有一段时间的急性抑郁期。
• The publication comes as the answer to an acute demand.这一出版物是为满足急需而出版的。

2 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。