环球慢速英语 联合国千年发展目标(5)

Voice 3: Goal three: equal rights for women.

声音3：目标三：女性的平等权利。

Voice 4: Employment for women is improving. But women are still less well represented in politics than men are.

声音4：女性的就业率正在逐步改善。但是与男性相比，女性在政治领域的表现仍较少。

Voice 3: Goal four: to reduce the rate of children dying.

声音3：目标四：降低儿童死亡率。

Voice 4: Child survival rates have not improved very much. But governments are providing more basic health services.

声音4：儿童存活率没有得到太大改善。但是各国政府提供的基础卫生服务有所增加。

Voice 3: Goal five: to improve the health of mothers.

声音3：目标五：改善母亲的健康。

Voice 4: Half a million [500,000] women continue to die each year during pregnancy¹ or childbirth. Mothers need expert care - and in many places this help is still not there for them.

声音4：每年仍然有超过50万的女性在怀孕期间或者分娩之后死亡。母亲们需要专业护理，但是在很多地方，母亲们依然无法得到这种帮助。

Voice 3: Goal six: to fight against HIV/Aids, malaria² and other sicknesses.

声音3：目标六：对抗艾滋病毒/艾滋病、疟疾及其他疾病。

Voice 4: There are now more deaths from HIV/AIDS in parts of Africa. Many HIV/AIDS patients still do not receive treatment. And it seems increasingly difficult to control the spread of the disease.

声音4：非洲部分地区的艾滋病毒/艾滋病死亡率有所增加。许多艾滋病患者仍然没有得到治疗。看起来控制这一疾病的传播越来越困难。

1 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

2 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。