万花筒 2011-06-09&06-11 1982年的艾滋病报道，当世界还未认识艾滋

 Scientists at the National Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta today released results of a study which shows that the life style of some male homosexuals has triggered an epidemic¹ of a rare form of cancer. Robert Bazell now in Atlanta. 

 

Boby Cambo of San Francisco and Billy Workurf of New York, both suffered from a scariest newly discovered disease which infects mostly homosexual men, but it's also been found in heterosexual men and women. The conditions severely² weakens the body's ability to fight disease. Many victims get a rare form of cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma, others get infection on these pneumolysis pneumonia³. Researchers know 413 people who have contracted the condition in the past year. One third have died and none have been cured. 

 

--Death didn't scare me, it was living with this for a long time, that's more frightening than death. 

 

Investigators⁴ examined the habits of homosexuals for clues.

 

--That I wasn't in fast lane in one time in terms of the way I look my life and now I'm not. 

 

The best guess is that some infectious agent is causing it. 

 

Today researchers here at the National Center for Disease Control said they've found several cases with people who have been sex partners both had the condition. The scientists say this probably means they're dealing⁵ with some new deadly sexually transmitted disease. 

 

The investigators see this is a serious public health problem. 

 

--From epidemic point of view, there have been more death from Kaposi's sarcoma and Pneumosistic pneumonia than have occurred with all the cases of attacks and shocks syndrome⁶ and the Philadelphia outbreak of Legionnaire's disease combined. 

 

Researchers are now studying blood and other samples from victims, trying to learn what's causing the disease. So far, they've had no luck. 

 

Robert Bazell. NBC's News Atlanta.

1 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

2 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

3 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

4 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。