VOA常速英语2015--天主教堂主教抵制天花疫苗

Kenya's Catholic Bishops¹ Call for Polio Vaccine² Boycott³ 天主教堂主教抵制天花疫苗

NAIROBI—

In recent years, the international campaign to rid the world of polio has been hampered⁴ in some Muslim countries by claims from some clerics that the polio vaccine is really an undercover campaign to sterilize⁵ Muslim children. Now, an anti-polio campaign in Kenya is meeting opposition⁶ from another direction – Kenya’s Catholic bishops, who are calling on the faithful to boycott the vaccine in that country.

At mid-morning in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, workers from the Ministry⁷ of Health are doing rounds, immunizing children against polio.

早上10点左右，在肯尼亚首都内罗毕，卫生部的工作人员四处走访，给儿童们注射天花疫苗。

Mary Samula, a teacher, welcomes the team into her home, eager to get her newborn, Shantelle, immunized.

教师玛丽·萨姆拉欢迎这支工作队来到自己家中，她很希望给自己的新生儿香黛儿注射疫苗。

The first round of the campaign ended August 5 and the Ministry of Health said it is on its on its way toward achieving its goal of reaching six million children when the campaign ends September 2.

第一轮疫苗运动于8月5日结束，卫生部称正努力在9月2日运动结束时实现给600万儿童免疫的目标。

But despite calls by the Catholic Church to reject the vaccine, Samula, who is Catholic, welcomes it.

但尽管天主教堂反对该疫苗，作为天主教徒的萨姆拉对它表示欢迎。

“I’d love my baby to be immunized because I don’t want my child to be paralyzed, that’s the first thing. And also I listen to my own voice, I’d like my baby to grow up as a normal child,” she said.

“我希望自己的孩子能得到免疫，不希望孩子瘫痪，这是第一件事。而且我听从自己内心的声音，希望孩子能成长为正常的孩子。”

Objections

As the campaign was beginning, Kenya's Catholic bishops justified⁸ their boycott call by saying it had not been thoroughly⁹ tested. The bishops also alleged¹⁰ that the vaccines¹¹ were birth control in disguise. They had raised similar objections earlier this year to a tetanus vaccination¹² campaign.

就在这项运动开始之时，肯尼亚天主教主教为其抵制行为辩护，称疫苗没有得到详细的测试，这位主教还说疫苗是在为生育控制做掩护，他们还赞扬了今年早些时候对破伤风疫苗接种活动类似的反对。

“We are in the status where now we must be able to kind of determine our own destiny,” said Cardinal¹³ John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi.

内罗毕大主教说，“我们目前必须能够决定自己的命运。”

But Dr. Nicholas Muraguri, the Health Ministry's director of medical services, refuted the bishops' concerns as baseless.

但卫生部医疗服务主任尼古拉斯·马拉古里博士称主教们的担忧是毫无依据的。

“The polio vaccine that is being used in this campaign from the 1st to the 5th of August is safe," he insisted. "It has gone all through the quality assurance system, including our own confirmation¹⁴ in our laboratories that the vaccine is safe."

“从8月1日到5日这次运动中使用的脊髓灰质炎疫苗是安全的，已经经过质量保证体系的详细验证，而且我们在自己实验室的化验表明疫苗是安全的。”

Catholic officials VOA contacted elsewhere in the world would not comment specifically on the Kenyan bishops' position, saying only that local Church leaders have a responsibility to protect their congregations. But writings from Catholic Church leaders approve of vaccines and see them as a both a way to protect individual lives and public health.

美国之音联系的世界其他地区的天主教官员没有对肯尼亚大主教的立场做出专门的评论，只是表示当地教堂领袖有责任保护其会众。但天主教堂领袖撰写的文章批准了该疫苗，称疫苗是保护个体生命和公共健康的办法。

1 bishops   

（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )； （国际象棋的）象

参考例句：

• Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
• "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

2 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

3 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

4 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

5 sterilize   

vt.使不结果实；使绝育；使无效；杀菌，消毒

参考例句：

• Antiseptic is used to sterilize the skin before giving an injection.杀菌剂被用于在注射前给皮肤消毒。
• He pricks the blister on his heel with a sterilize needle.他用一根消过毒的针扎破他脚后跟上的水泡。

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

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 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

9 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

10 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

11 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

12 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。

13 cardinal   

n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的

参考例句：

• This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
• The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

14 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。