VOA慢速英语2014 艾滋病研究专家在马航事故中丧生

 

AS IT IS 2014-07-26 AIDS Researcher Killed in Malaysia Airlines Crash 艾滋病研究专家在马航事故中丧生

Several medical researchers were on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down July 17 in eastern Ukraine. The researchers were traveling to a yearly international conference on AIDS. Among those killed was Dr. Joep Lange, a top AIDS researcher.

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Dr. Lange had been an HIV/AIDS researcher for 30 years. He helped to change worldwide opinions about who should receive the drugs that treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. He had planned to join more than 12,000 people at the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. The conference opened July 20th.

Dr. Clifford Lane works at the National Institute of Allergy¹ and Infectious Diseases, part of the United States National Institutes of Health. He says Dr. Lange was one of the first medical experts to understand the importance of doing HIV research in developing countries. Dr. Lane says many people did not believe such research was valuable.

He says Dr. Lange led the effort to provide drugs to poor people with HIV in developing countries. Before the efforts of Dr. Lange and others, the drugs had only been given to people in the developed world. Dr. Lane says Dr. Lange believed everyone with HIV should have access to drugs that keep them from developing AIDS.

The United Nations AIDS organization says 39 million people worldwide have died from the disease. Researchers still have not found a cure for AIDS since the virus was first recognized 30 years ago.

Dr. Lange was the president of the International AIDS Society from 2002 to 2004. He helped create the PharmAccess Foundation. The non-profit organization works to provide help to people with HIV and AIDS in developing countries.

The International AIDS conference honored Dr. Lange and other delegates killed on the Malaysia Airlines flight.  The gathering² held a worldwide minute of remembrance.

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi is the current president of the International AIDS Society.  He spoke³ to reporters in Melbourne Saturday. Mr. Barre-Sinoussi said that Dr. Lange spent his life working to end AIDS. He said Dr. Lange would want the conference to go forward.

The theme of this year’s AIDS conference is “stepping up the pace” or, speeding, in the fight against AIDS.

1 allergy   

n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症

参考例句：

• He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
• The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。