voa标准英语2008年-WHO Warns of Cholera and Measles Epidemics in D

The World Health Organization warns of the risk of outbreaks of cholera¹ and measles² in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn North Kivu Province. The World Health Organization has drawn³ up an emergency plan to try to contain the spread of disease. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from WHO headquarters in Geneva.
　

Children plead with aid workers to get coupons4 for high energy biscuits at a displaced people's camp in Kibati, in eastern Congo, 04 Nov 2008

The World Health Organization says foreign governments are providing large quantities of medical supplies to save lives in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

It says Norway and Italy have made significant contributions in providing medicines to treat more than 200,000 people at risk of diarrheal diseases, malaria⁵, trauma⁶ and other critical conditions for one month.

But, WHO Spokesman Paul Garwood says more support is needed from the international community to curb⁷ health threats in the region.

"We see there that four out four people are not fully⁸ immunized," he said. "That there are high fears for the spread of measles, diarrheal diseases and acute respiratory infections."

"We see that there is a major need for the establishment of a disease early warning system. There is a complete lack of accurate information on the ground in this region and without this information, we do not know the extent of the health needs and where to target our interventions⁹. So, this is crucial," he added.

More than five million people live in North Kivu. About 1.5 million of them have been displaced by the latest emergency and previous long-running hostilities¹⁰ between the government and rebel forces.

WHO reports North Kivu suffered three epidemics¹¹ of cholera and measles in the first nine months of this year. It says there has been an increase in cases and deaths linked to these illnesses during the recent escalation¹² of fighting.

Garwood says these illnesses are deadly and can spread rapidly within displaced populations if adequate healthcare in unavailable. For example, he says the fatality¹³ rate for measles can be as high as 30 percent.

"Our concerns regarding cholera are well-founded," said Garwood. "The last major outbreak of cholera was in 1994 in this region where 12,000 people died from cholera within a period of months. So, it is a major concern for all U.N. actors in the region."

The World Health Organization says medicines, equipment, vaccination¹⁴ programs and personnel are needed to provide 2.5 million displaced and local people with quality health care.

It says a system must be set up to detect and respond to all cholera, measles and whooping¹⁵ cough outbreaks within 72 hours. The World Health Organization says it is sending two epidemiologists and two logisticians from Geneva to support its national staff in North and South Kivu.

1 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。

2 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。

3 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

4 coupons   

n.礼券( coupon的名词复数 )；优惠券；订货单；参赛表

参考例句：

• The company gives away free coupons for drinks or other items. 公司为饮料或其它项目发放免费赠券。 来自辞典例句
• Do you have any coupons? 你们有优惠卡吗？ 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

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 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。

7 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

8 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

9 interventions   

n.介入，干涉，干预( intervention的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Economic analysis of government interventions deserves detailed discussion. 政府对经济的干预应该给予充分的论述。 来自辞典例句
• The judge's frequent interventions made a mockery of justice. 法官的屡屡干预是对正义的践踏。 来自互联网

10 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

11 epidemics   

n．流行病

参考例句：

• Reliance upon natural epidemics may be both time-consuming and misleading. 依靠天然的流行既浪费时间，又会引入歧途。
• The antibiotic epidemics usually start stop when the summer rainy season begins. 传染病通常会在夏天的雨季停止传播。

12 escalation   

n.扩大，增加

参考例句：

• The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句

13 fatality   

n.不幸，灾祸，天命

参考例句：

• She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
• He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。

14 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。

15 whooping   

发嗬嗬声的，发咳声的

参考例句：

• Whooping cough is very prevalent just now. 百日咳正在广泛流行。
• Have you had your child vaccinated against whooping cough? 你给你的孩子打过百日咳疫苗了吗？