比尔盖茨2015年终总结：这6件事情应被记住

 　　Africa Went a Year Without Any Polio

　　非洲没有小儿麻痹症满一年

　　On July 24, Nigeria marked one full year without a single new case of locally acquired polio, the crippling and sometimes fatal disease. It is the last country in Africa to stop transmission of wild polio.

　　小儿麻痹症是种严重的疾病，有时有致命危险，7月24日标志着尼日利亚本土没有爆出任何一例小儿麻痹症病例满一整年。尼日利亚是非洲最后一个野生脊髓灰质炎停止传播的国家。

　　Neil Tyson Made a Stunning¹ Case for Science

　　奈尔·泰森的科学演讲令人耳目一新

　　In April, the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson accepted the National Academy of Science’s most prestigious² award.Inspired by the short and eloquent³ Gettysburg Address, Dr. Tyson makes his case in just 272 words.

　　4月份，天体物理学家尼尔·德葛拉司·泰森接受美国国家科学院的最高荣誉奖项。《葛底斯堡的演讲》篇幅短小、表达有力，泰森受此启发，仅用272个词完成其演讲。

　　Global Health Innovators Won the Nobel Prize

　　全球健康革新人士斩获诺贝尔奖

　　William C. Campbell of the United States and Satoshi ?mura of Japan were honored for work that led to the drug Ivermectin, which is super effective at treating a wide range of diseases caused by parasitic⁴ worms. Tu Youyou of China was honored for developing Artemisinin, which is the centerpiece of treatments that have made malaria⁵ entirely⁶ treatable and save more than 100,000 lives every year.

　　美国威廉·C·坎贝尔和日本大村智的成果——伊维菌素对于治疗由寄生虫引起的众多疾病非常有效。中国屠呦呦因研发了青蒿素而获得殊荣，青蒿素能根治疟疾、每年可以拯救十万多条生命。

　　SAT Test Prep Is Now Free for Everyone

　　SAT备考指南如今人人免费

　　This past June, the company that created the SAT helped the Khan Academy launch a free online learning portal for any student who wants help getting ready for the SAT or PSAT.

　　今年6月，SAT的创始公司助可汗学院给SAT和PSAT应考的学生开启免费的在线学习门户。

　　Mobile Banking⁷ Exceeds Our Optimistic Projections⁸

　　移动银行已超出乐观预计

　　Mobile banking is one of the best tools for helping⁹ people lift themselves out of poverty. Kenya is a good example. Today 75 percent of adults there have accounts with a bank or mobile-money provider, up from only 42 percent in 2011. Other countries that are making huge strides include Brazil, Rwanda, Tanzania, Bangladesh, and India.

　　移动银行是帮助人们摆脱贫困的最佳工具之一。肯尼亚便是一例。如今75%的成年人有银行账户或者有人提供移动货币，而在2011年仅42%的人如此。其它大跨步前进的国家包括巴西、卢旺达、坦桑尼亚、孟加拉国和印度。

　　The Americas Have Eliminated Rubella

　　美洲地区已根除风疹

　　Rubella, also known as German measles¹⁰, leads to death or severe birth defects when women get the disease during pregnancy¹¹. In April, health officials declared the Americas the first region in the world to be free of endemic rubella, thanks to a massive, 15-year effort to vaccinate¹² men, women, and children everywhere in the hemisphere.

　　风疹又称德国麻疹，女性孕期若得此疾病会引胎儿死亡和严重先天缺损。4月，卫生官员称，经过长达15年的努力，在美洲半球各地广泛给成年男女和孩童注射疫苗，美洲地区成为世界首个无流行性风疹的地区。

1 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

2 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

3 eloquent   

adj.雄辩的，口才流利的；明白显示出的

参考例句：

• He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩，胜过最好的演说家。
• These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war.这些废墟形象地提醒人们不要忘记战争的恐怖。

4 parasitic   

adj.寄生的

参考例句：

• Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases?全球变暖是否意味着热带寄生虫病会蔓延呢？
• By definition,this way of life is parasitic.从其含义来说，这是种寄生虫的生活方式。

5 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。

6 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

7 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

8 projections   

预测( projection的名词复数 )； 投影； 投掷； 突起物

参考例句：

• Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
• The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

10 measles   

n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子

参考例句：

• The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
• The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。

11 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

12 vaccinate   

vt.给…接种疫苗；种牛痘

参考例句：

• Local health officials then can plan the best times to vaccinate people.这样，当地的卫生官员就可以安排最佳时间给人们接种疫苗。
• Doctors vaccinate us so that we do not catch smallpox.医生给我们打预防针使我们不会得天花。