VOA慢速英语2014 非政府组织努力制止埃博拉病毒的传播

 

AS IT IS 2014-07-14 NGOs Work to Stop the Spread of Ebola 非政府组织努力制止埃博拉病毒的传播

The aid group Plan International says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa could become a health crisis in other areas. The group is calling on West African countries to work together and appealed to the international community for more support. 

Unni Krishnan is the head of disaster preparedness and response for Plan International. He is very worried about the situation.

“This is a serious outbreak, which has serious regional dimensions now. It is not a global health crisis at this stage, but it has the risk that if we don’t contain it at this stage, it is possible that it can get out of control and even reach other places. So this outbreak needs all the support from the rest of the world, so that we are able to stop its spread and save lives and help people and communities that have been impacted with this.”

Plan International and other organizations are helping¹ local officials with containment² and prevention efforts. They are also treating people, and supplying medicines and medical workers.

But Dr. Krishnan says all of the effort has not been enough.

“You are talking about countries with some of the weakest health systems and health infrastructure³. And with each passing day, the demand on agencies who have been acting⁴ on the ground has been increasing. We are stretched to our limits now. So this outbreak needs a much more coordinated⁵ response at the global level from developed countries and those who can afford both human resource, technical specialists and other infrastructure and machinery⁶ to contain this.”

Dr. Krishnan says health officials need to improve how they identify the disease within affected⁷ communities and at border stations and airports.

He says health workers also need to publicize even more messages about methods for good health and cleanliness. And he says people need to be told how the often-deadly disease is spread.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 containment   

n.阻止，遏制；容量

参考例句：

• Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。
• Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。

3 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

6 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

7 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。