Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute

72 约翰斯·霍普金斯疟疾协会

DATE=7-19-01
TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT - Johns Hopkins Malaria¹ Institute
BYLINE=Jill Moss²

(Start at 01'0")This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Science Report.
Johns Hopkins University in (1)Baltimore, (2)Maryland has received one-hundred-million dollars to develop new medicines to (3)prevent and (4)treat the disease³ (5)malaria. The (6)identity of the person who gave the money to Johns Hopkins is a secret.   It is the largest (7)financial gift given to the university for one single (8)purpose - to fight malaria.   Officials say the amount of money for the research will probably increase because of (9)assistance from the National Institutes of Health.
Alfred Sommer heads the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.   He says the person who gave the money wanted it to be used to make a real difference in the world.
The money will (10)establish the Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute.  Four researchers already working at the school of public health will begin the project.  Three or four more scientists will be added⁴ each year for several years. There will be at least one-hundred people (11)involved in the project. They will (12)include graduate students, assistant researchers and laboratory⁵ (13)technicians.
Doctor Sommer says many experts in medicine, (14)genetics and human populations will be working at the new Malaria Institute.  Many of them will have no earlier experience studying the disease.  Doctor Sommer says this is good because the institute wants to develop a new way to attack the disease. He says there will be a lot of creative thinking from people with different kinds of training.
(15)Mosquito insects spread malaria to people by biting them. The disease attacks the liver⁶ and destroys red blood cells⁷.  The World Health (16)Organization says the disease (17)infects as many as five-hundred-million people every year.   It kills more than one-million people each year. The W-H-O says most cases are in developing⁸ countries in very warm areas of the world. 
Doctor Sommer says malaria also (18)affects the (19)productivity of (20)communities. The W-H-O (21)estimates that the production of goods and services in southern Africa would be thirty-two percent larger if malaria had been ended thirty-five years ago. 
Doctor Sommer says he does not expect the Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute to completely⁹ end the disease in the next ten years.  But he says the goal is to develop a (22)vaccine or drug to prevent or treat the disease.  He says this would be a huge step forward in the (23)struggle against malaria. 
This VOA Special English Science Report was written by Jill Moss. This is Bill White.

(1)Baltimore [ 5bC:ltimC: ]n.巴尔的摩, 美国马里兰州的一城市
(2)Maryland [ 5mZErilAnd ]n.马里兰
(3)prevent [ pri5vent ] v.防止, 预防
(4)treat [ tri:t ] vt. 治疗
(5)malaria [ mE5lZEriE ]n.疟疾, 瘴气
(6)identity [ ai5dentiti ]n.身份
(7)financial [ fai5nAnFEl, 7fi- ]adj.财政的, 金融的
(8)purpose [ 5pE:pEs ]n.目的
(9)assistance [ E5sistEns ]n.协助
(10)establish [ is5tAbliF ] v.建立
(11)involve [ in5vClv ]vt.包括
(12)include [ in5 klu:d ] vt.包括, 包含
(13)technician [tek5nIF(E)n] n.技术员, 技师
(14)genetics [ dVi5netiks ]n.遗传学
(15)mosquito [ mEs5ki:tEu ]n.蚊子
(16)organization [ 7C:^Enai5zeiFEn ]n.组织
(17)infect [ in5fekt ]vt.[医]感染
(18)affect [ E5fekt ]vt.影响
(19)productivity [ 7prCdQk5tiviti ]n.生产力
(20)communities [ kE5mju:niti ]n.社会
(21)estimate [ 5estimeit ]v.估计
(22)vaccine [ 5vAksi:n ] n.疫苗
(23)struggle [ 5strQ^l ]n.斗争

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 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。

3 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

4 added   

adj.更多的，附加的，额外的

参考例句：

• They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
• The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。

5 laboratory   

n.实验室，化验室

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a laboratory.她捐款成立了一个实验室。
• Our laboratory equipment isn't perfect,but we must make do.实验室设备是不够理想，但我们只好因陋就简。

6 liver   

n.肝；肝脏

参考例句：

• He has a weak liver.他的肝脏不好。
• The largest organ in the body is the liver.人体最大的器官是肝脏。

7 cells   

n.细胞( cell的名词复数 )；小牢房；（修道士或修女住的）小房间；电池

参考例句：

• Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells. 细菌一进入血液里，就附着在红细胞表面上。
• an amorphous mass of cells with no identity at all 不知何物的杂乱一团的细胞

8 developing   

adj.发展中的

参考例句：

• Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。

9 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。