暴雨引起疾病威胁

 

Disease Threat Grows with Aceh Rains

暴雨引起疾病威胁

 

The U.N. aid workers and Indonesian health authorities have moved quickly to prevent an outbreak of measles¹ among children in refugee camps in Indonesia's devastated² Aceh province. But relief officials warn a greater health threat is coming from torrential rain in the province.

 

The U.N. Childrens' Fund - UNICEF - vaccinated³ more than 1,000 children in less than 36 hours to prevent an outbreak of measles in refugee camps in Indonesia's Aceh province.

 

The vaccination⁴ effort followed the discovery of at least one child infected with measles. Unchecked, the virus could sweep through camps filled with children already weakened by injury and emotional distress⁵.

 

Some 80,000 Indonesian children are among the residents of makeshift camps set up after a deadly earthquake and tsunami⁶ two-weeks ago killed more than 150,000 people across the Indian Ocean.

 

John Budd is a UNICEF spokesman working with the relief efforts.

 

John Budd: It is extremely important that we keep this in perspective. It is only one [case] and UNICEF and the Ministry⁷ of Health have acted very quickly in order to actually head off the possibility of an epidemic⁸.

 

Highly contagious⁹, measles kills up to five-percent of children who contract it in developing countries.

 

But Mr. Budd says heavy monsoon¹⁰ rains are increasing fears of outbreaks of water-borne diseases, such as typhoid and cholera¹¹.

 

John Budd: What is making the situation even harder is the fact that it is pouring with rain. The water table is coming up and in many instances people are living in a swamp. We are very concerned that some sort of diarrheal-type of epidemic could easily break out.

 

Aid agencies hope to soon complete 24 improved camps - including modern water and sanitation¹² facilities - to house hundreds of thousands of people living under tarpaulins¹³ and very basic shelters.

 

Michael Diamond, the regional director of the child aid group, Plan International, says in Aceh, a priority now is to get children back in school to help them recover from the trauma¹⁴.

 

Michael Diamond: Through the schools the kids can at least talk and then do the hygiene¹⁵ - water, sanitation, trauma counseling for the kids. Get them back into some sort of regular schedule.

 

Mr. Diamond says the schools can help children re-establish a normal life, even though it may be months before many are living in proper housing.

 

Ron Corben for VOA news, Bangkok.

 

注释：

measles [5mi:zlz] n. 麻疹

torrential rain 倾盆大雨

vaccination [7vAksi5neiFEn] n. 接种疫苗

makeshift [5meikFift] adj. 将就的，凑合的

water-borne disease 水传播病

typhoid [5taifCid] n. 伤寒症

cholera [5kClErE] n. 霍乱

swamp [swCmp] n. 沼泽，湿地

hygiene [5haidVi:n] n. 卫生

sanitation [sAni5teiFEn] n. 卫生设施

1 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。

2 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

3 vaccinated   

[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的

参考例句：

• I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

4 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。

5 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

6 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

9 contagious   

adj.传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
• He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

10 monsoon   

n.季雨，季风，大雨

参考例句：

• The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
• The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。

11 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

12 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

13 tarpaulins   

n.防水帆布，防水帆布罩( tarpaulin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Main wood to aluminum and plexiglass, PC, tarpaulins, toughened glass. 主材以铝型材与进口有机玻璃、PC、防水布、钢化玻璃。 来自互联网
• That means providing tents or other materials, including plastic sheeting, tarpaulins and wood. 这意味着需要帐篷和其他物资，包括塑料布、放水油布和木材。 来自互联网

14 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

15 hygiene   

n.健康法，卫生学 （a.hygienic）

参考例句：

• Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
• He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。