2006年VOA标准英语-AIDS and Malnutrition: a Silent Killer Combinat

By Zulima Palacio
Toronto, Canada
18 August 2006
 
watch Malnutrition¹ report

The World Health Organization says 60 percent of childhood deaths in developing countries are related to malnutrition. And the lack of proper food is also playing a role in the fight against AIDS. Experts in the field are discussing the correlation² during this week's International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada. VOA's Melinda Smith narrates³ the report.

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Malnutrition has a devastating⁴ effect on AIDS patients   
  
The World Health Organization says more than six million children under the age of five die from malnutrition each year. Experts at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada say the prevention and treatment of AIDS will be nearly impossible without adequate nutrition.  Stuart Gillespie is a researcher on AIDS and nutrition. 

"There is simply no way that we can engage in HIV response while ignoring nutrition, because we are ultimately not going to be successful," said the expert from the International Food Policy Research Institute.

 
Stuart Gillespie
  
Gillespie says people who are extremely poor or malnourished are at greater risk of being infected with HIV. He says those people are more likely to contract severe illnesses. "There is a vicious cycle within the human body, in the way the virus interacts with nutrition status.  The virus makes the person more malnourished and if the person is malnourished the virus spreads faster."

  
  
Gillespie highlighted the importance of combining nutritional⁵ support with drug therapy for the treatment of AIDS.  He said a malnourished patient is six times more likely to die during treatment that a properly fed patient.

He also says progress is being made on a small scale. But he says there is much more work to be done to combat the deadly combination of malnutrition and AIDS.

1 malnutrition   

n.营养不良

参考例句：

• In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
• It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。

2 correlation   

n.相互关系，相关，关连

参考例句：

• The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
• A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。

3 narrates   

v.故事( narrate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• It narrates the unconstitutional acts of James II. 它历数了詹姆斯二世的违法行为。 来自辞典例句
• Chapter three narrates the economy activity which Jew return the Occident. 第三章讲述了犹太人重返西欧后的经济活动。 来自互联网

4 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

5 nutritional   

adj.营养的，滋养的

参考例句：

• A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
• The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。