万花筒 2013-04-29&04-30 世卫组织：无H7N9人际传播证据

 Three elderly Chinese patients who contracted bird flu prepare to leave a Shanghai hospital. According to state media,the men have maDe a full recovery with this man seen on Sunday.He felt in fine spirits.

 

The news comes as the World Health Organization reported two more deaths from the H7N9 virus which brings the death toll¹ to 20.There are at least 102 people infected with bird flu across China. According to researches Monday,half of cases were found in people over the age of 60.

 

And one thing which is very striking² is the age distribution of confirmed cases.So many of the H7N9 cases have been in older people,around half of the confirmed H7N9 cases being in people above the age of 60. Experts also believe there could be as many as 120 unidentified mild H7N9 infections in the country's mainland.However,the WHO has not found any evidence the virus has spread human to human as of yet.

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 striking   

adj.显著的，惹人注目的，容貌出众的

参考例句：

• There is a striking difference between Jane and Mary.简和玛丽之间有显著的差异。
• What is immediately striking is how resourceful the children are.最令人注目的是孩子们的机智聪明。