CNN 美国有线新闻 2014-10-18

 less than 3 weeks away from US midterm elections, we are exploring what exactly Americans will be voting for. First up today on CNN Students News.5 things to know about the midterms:

1.the called midterms, because it happens in the middle of president's 4 year term, so voters aren't choosing their president this year, they are choosing their representatives in congress, as well as many local and state offices.

2.the US house representatives, elected officials serve 2 year terms, that means all of chambers¹ 435 seats are up for election this year.

3.republicans control the house by significant majority. they expect to stay in control after this year's midterms.

4.the US senate. elected officials there serve 6 year terms. so about 1/3 of chambers 100 seats are up for election. Democratics currently control the senate but by a slim majority. so,

5. many analysts² are saying republicans have a good chance of taking senate control this fall. the date of vote, Nov. 4th.

Next today, we've heard from the nurse at hospital in Dallas Texsas, who apparently³ copy Ebola virus from a patient she was treating. 23 years old Nina Pham says she was doing well and thanked everyone for their kind wishes and prayers, she also said she was blessed by the support by family and friends, and care of doctors and nurses at the hospital. Pham also received the blood transfusion⁴ from an American Ebola survival, doctor Kent Brantly. It's possible that antibody from a survival's blood could help someone else with the disease. According to the WHO, about 9000 cases of Ebola have been reported, mostly in the west Afica. About half of those people have died. The WHO expected by Dec between 5000 and 10000 new cases will be reported every week in west Africa.

In the US, the CDC is preparing an emergency response team that it says can be any of American hospital within hours to help treating Ebola and prevent it from spreading. Doctor Sanjee explains how that happens to health care workers.

So when I give you an idea what CDC recommending in terms how to protect yourself this personal protective gear. I am also gonna show you to take it off which some say it's the most dangerous part. I will point out with start to do this, I work in a lab maybe a week. this is different, then what most doctors I think will use to at least in OR. I do wanna to point out that this is a little different than how I was suited up in ?? But we are following the CDC protocal. Now I wanna sure you how am I gonna to take this protective equipment off, I am also gonna put some chocolate sauce on my hand, which could represent a possible Ebola contamination. Take a look. This is a mask I got. So here is (what)will be the most likely contaminated area, will be my gloves and front of my gown a bit like this. OK now I get to treat this if I am potentially contaminated. I come out, what I am do to this particular gown, I rip it off all together, everything will come off simultaneously⁵, but part of gloves sort of brash against my hand, my arm there likely potentially be an exposure. the glove didn't come off properly, I would reach underneath⁶ here as best as I could and get underneath there, but perhaps if I didn't do it exactly right, there could be another potential exposure there. I am reaching behind now as best as I can, but let's see the side of my facial which is contaminated, I touched here, that's could be a potential exposure. Same thing here with the facial mask. So now take a look, right there, see the chocolate sauce, a possible exposure, and over here my neck, one possible exposure.

1 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 transfusion   

n.输血，输液

参考例句：

• She soon came to her senses after a blood transfusion.输血后不久她就苏醒了。
• The doctor kept him alive by a blood transfusion.医生靠输血使他仍然活着。

5 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

6 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。