美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-31

1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it's searching for 80 people who may have come in contact with the man infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis¹. The man is now quarantined but he took two trans-Atlantic flights beforehand.

2. President Bush is calling on Congress to double the country's commitment to fighting AIDS in Africa. The 30-billion-dollar program would treat 2.5 million people and prevent more than 12 million new infections.

3. There is no sign of the two wayward whales that have been lost near San Francisco and that could be a good thing. Rescuers and spectators lost sight of the pair today, making some believe the humpbacks have reentered the Pacific Ocean.

4. Mexico's west coast is preparing for a possible hurricane. Tropical storm Barbara took shape earlier today. Forecasters say it could become a category 1 hurricane in the coming days.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. tuberculosis: N-UNCOUNT
Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease that affects someone's lungs and other parts of their body. The abbreviation TB is also used.

2. quarantine: VERB usu passive, be V-ed
If people or animals are quarantined, they are stopped from having contact with other people or animals. If a place is quarantined, people and animals are prevented from entering or leaving it.

3. category: N-COUNT
If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.

1 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。