英语新闻听写 俄勒冈州附近爆发麻疹

 

According to Business Insider, at least 23 kids and young adults are sick with the measles¹ in areas of Washington state just north of Portland, Oregon.

《商业内幕》消息称，在俄勒冈州波特兰北部的华盛顿地区有至少23名儿童及青年染上麻疹。

Officials in Clark County, Washington have declared a state of emergency and stated that the majority of the 23 cases are in kids who aren't vaccinated².

华盛顿克拉克县官方已经宣布进入紧急状态并称23名感染者多为没有接种疫苗的儿童。

This is exactly the kind of scenario³ public health experts have been warning about.

这正是公共卫生专家一直警告会出现的一种情况。

Hundreds of children died every year, and millions more suffered symptoms, prior to 1963 when the U.S. first developed a vaccine⁴.

在美国1963年首次开发出疫苗之前，每年有数百名儿童死于该疾病，更有数百万人出现麻疹症状。

1 measles   

n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子

参考例句：

• The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
• The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。

2 vaccinated   

[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的

参考例句：

• I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

3 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

4 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。