Medical Information on the Internet

73 国际互联网上的医药信息

DATE=7-23-01
TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Medical Information on the Internet
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach

(Start at 01'0")This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Development Report.
Six major (1)publishers have (2)announced an agreement to provide developing¹ countries with medical (3)publications² on the (4)Internet computer system. The agreement includes about one-thousand of the top medical publications in the world. Some of the six publishers also plan to place medical books on the Internet in a (5)similar way.
The World Health Organization asked the publishers to take the action so doctors and researchers in poor countries could improve health care in their nations. The agreement is expected to help at least six-hundred institutions in one-hundred developing countries. These (6)include universities, medical schools, hospitals and research centers. The program also includes teaching³ people how to find the medical (7)information using a computer.  It will go into (8)effect in January.
(9)Scientific magazines have published medical research for more than fifty years.   But many medical schools in developing countries cannot get the publications. One (10)W-H-O official says most American medical schools get one-thousand or more publications. Most medical schools in developing countries get fewer than one-hundred.
One reason is cost.   Most scientific publications cost between two-hundred and one-thousand-five-hundred dollars a year.  Some cost even more.  An (11)extreme example is the magazine "Brain Research."  It costs seventeen-thousand dollars a year.  It is among the publications included under the new agreement. More than sixty of the poorest countries will receive the publications on the Internet for free.  More than thirty other countries will pay a reduced cost for the scientific magazines. 
The publications will be on the Internet in a special place being created by the W-H-O.  It will (12)guarantee (13)security and provide search tools.  The W-H-O also is concerned that some countries still will not be able to get the information because they do not have computers.  Officials say they are working on a plan to (14)solve that problem. They plan to ask technology companies for help in providing more computers for researchers in developing countries. 
W-H-O director⁴ Gro Harlem Brundtland says the agreement is the biggest step ever taken to (15)equalize health information among rich and poor countries. 
This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Nancy Steinbach.  And this is Bill White.

(1)publisher [5pQblIFE(r)]n.出版者, 发行人
(2)announce [ E5nauns ]vt.宣布
(3)publication [ 7pQbli5keiFEn ]n.出版物
(4)Internet [5IntEnet]因特网, 国际互联网络, 网际网
(5)similar [ 5similE ]adj.相似的, 类似的
(6)include [ in5 klu:d ]vt.包括, 包含
(7)information [ 7infE5meiFEn ]n.信息
(8)effect [ i5fekt ]n. 实施
(9)scientific [ saiEn5tifik ]adj.科学的
(10)W-H-O= World Health Organization n.世界卫生组织
(11)extreme [ iks5tri:m ]adj.极端的
(12)guarantee [ 7^ArEn5ti: ] vt.保证
(13)security [ si5kjuEriti ]n.安全
(14)solve [ sClv ]vt.解决
(15)equalize [ 5i:kwElaiz ]vt.使相等

1 developing   

adj.发展中的

参考例句：

• Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。

2 publications   

n.发表( publication的名词复数 )；公布；出版；出版物

参考例句：

• The related publications are far too numerous to list individually. 相关出版物太多，没法一一列举。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request. 我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

4 director   

n.主管，导演；主任；理事；董事；处长

参考例句：

• The director has taken the visitors off to his office.经理把客人带到他办公室去了。
• The new director is easy to get along with.新来的主任很好处。