2006年VOA标准英语-Western Countries, UN Agree to Form Bird F

By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
07 March 2006

Animal health experts from the United States, European Union and UN agencies have agreed on the creation of a new crisis and coordinating¹ center to combat the bird flu virus. A top U.S. Agriculture Department official who attended the Rome meeting said not enough has been done to help affected² countries.

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Animal health officials place a domestic bird in container in Borcea, Romania before killing³ it, March 7, 2006
  

As bird flu continues to spread in Europe and new cases of the virus are being reported in cats, animal health experts from the United States, European Union and U.N. agencies are meeting in Rome to discuss urgent new measures.

Ron DeHaven of the U.S. Agriculture Department said agreement has been reached on the need for a new global crisis and coordinating center based at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.

"The avian influenza⁵ virus that we are currently dealing⁶ with, this H5N1 virus, creates some unique needs that haven⁴'t before been addressed," he said. "We have a virus that is now marching across the globe and really requires that there be not just an individual country strategy for all of the affected countries but some way of globally coordinating that whole effort."
 

A cat sits in a cage in animal shelter in Austrian town of Graz, March 6, 2006  
  
So far, the virus has spread mainly among birds. But recently the virus has been detected in cats both in Austria and Germany. Experts fear that the virus will mutate and become easily transmitted to humans.

Ron De Haven says not enough has been done to help affected countries attack the H5N1 virus in birds.

"The best thing that can be done to reduce the potential for this to become a pandemic virus is to attack the virus at its source, in birds, and that means doing a better job of assisting affected countries in attacking the virus at its source," he said. "And by reducing the virus load in birds we reduce the potential for the virus to mutate and become the pandemic virus we are so concerned about."

DeHaven said that within two weeks a draft document outlining how the new coordination⁷ strategy will work should be ready. He said under the new plan, FAO would send experts on animal health to countries where they are most needed to help local officials decide what measures to take, such as culling⁸ or vaccination⁹ of poultry¹⁰.

He said the aim would not be to assume the eradication¹¹ or control effort in a country, but rather help that country with the necessary resources and expertise¹² for them to help themselves.

Financial aid is expected to come from the $1.9 billion pledged at a Beijing donors¹³' conference in January.

1 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

5 influenza   

n.流行性感冒，流感

参考例句：

• They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
• Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。

6 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

7 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

8 culling   

n.选择，大批物品中剔出劣质货v.挑选，剔除( cull的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The mathematicians turned to culling periodic solutions. 数学家们转而去挑选周期解。 来自辞典例句
• It took us a week to find you, a week of culling out prejudice and hatred. 我们花了一个星期的时间找到你们，把偏见和憎恨剔除出去。 来自演讲部分

9 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。

10 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?

11 eradication   

n.根除

参考例句：

• The eradication of an established infestation is not easy. 根除昆虫蔓延是不容易的。
• This is often required for intelligent control and eradication. 这经常需要灵巧的控制与消除。

12 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

13 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》