【英音模仿秀】新抗体为开发儿童疟疾疫苗带来希望

模仿文本：  

According to the United Nations, malaria¹ is the biggest killer² of children in the world. In Africa, one child dies from the disease every minute. But could children actually be the key to developing a successful vaccine³? Well, researchers have been looking at children in Tanzania with a naturally acquired immunity⁴ to malaria have been making some interesting discoveries. 

 

译文：  根据联合国资料显示，疟疾是当今世界对儿童生命威胁最大的疾病。在非洲，平均每分钟都会有一名儿童死于疟疾。但是我们能否借由儿童的病状而研制出可以有效抵御疟疾的疫苗呢？话说，一直以来研究先天免疫疟疾的坦桑尼亚儿童的研究人员最近得出了一些颇有意思的发现。

 

1 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。

2 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

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 immunity   

n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权

参考例句：

• The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
• He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。