美国有线新闻 CNN 美疾控中心主任因利益冲突辞职

The director of the CDC, the U.S. Centers for Disease¹ Control, resigned from her job on Wednesday. Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, an obstetrician/gynecologist from Georgia, had served as head of the CDC since she was appointed last July. But about a month after that, she reportedly bought stock² in a number of companies that included Japan Tobacco, one of the largest tobacco businesses in the world. That's according to a report that came out earlier this week from "Politico", a political news organization.

周三，美国疾病控制中心主任辞职。布伦达?菲茨杰拉德医生是来自佐治亚州的产科医生/妇科医生，她于7月被任命为美国疾病控制中心主任。但是上任约1个月之后，她被曝购买了多家公司的股票，其中包括世界最大烟草企业之一的日本烟草公司。这来自于政治新闻网站Politico在本周初所公布的报告。

Tobacco smoking is the leading caused of preventable death in the U.S. And Dr. Fitzgerald has spoken out against it and offered the government's help in getting people to quit. So, critics say her stockholding in a tobacco company was a conflict of interest.

吸烟是导致美国可预防性死亡的主要因素。菲茨杰拉德医生曾公开反对吸烟，并建议政府帮助人们戒烟。因此，批评人士认为持有烟草公司的股票与她的职位存在利益冲突。

A spokesman³ for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees⁴ the CDC, says the stock purchase wasn't made directly by Dr. Fitzgerald, that her financial account manager did it. And another former director of the CDC says he believes that Fitzgerald didn't know that her financial manager had made the investment⁵ in Japan Tobacco, and that when she found out, she said to sell the stock.

美国卫生与公众服务部是美国疾病控制中心的监管机构，该部门的一名发言人表示，那些股票并不是菲茨杰拉德医生直接购买的，而是她的金融客户经理买的。美国疾病控制中心另一名前主任表示，他相信菲茨杰拉德并不知道她的金融客户经理投资了日本烟草公司，当她发现时她打算抛售该公司的股票。

Another doctor has been brought in to head up the CDC until Fitzgerald's replacement⁶ is named.

在菲茨杰拉德的继任者确定之前，将由另一名医生领导美国疾病控制中心。

1 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

2 stock   

n.存货，储备；树干；血统；股份；家畜；adj.存货的；平凡的，惯用的；股票的；畜牧的；vt.进货，采购；储存；供给；vi.出新芽；进货

参考例句：

• The shop takes stock every week on Friday mornings.这家商店每星期五早晨盘点存货。
• Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.专家已预测股票市场价格有上升趋势。

3 spokesman   

n.发言人，代言人

参考例句：

• The government spokesman gave a quick briefing to the reporters.政府发言人向记者们作了情况简介。
• They drew lots to decide who should be their spokesman.他们抽签决定谁是他们的发言人。

4 oversees   

v.监督，监视( oversee的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网

5 investment   

n.投资，投资额；(时间、精力等的)投入

参考例句：

• It took two years before I recouped my investment.我用了两年时间才收回投资。
• The success of the project pivots on investment from abroad.这个工程的成功主要依靠外来投资。

6 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。