VOA标准英语2008年-World Bank Launches New Strategy to Combat AIDS

By Zulima Palacio
Washington
16 May 2008
 

With the HIV/AIDS epidemic¹ now 25-years-old, the World Bank has launched a new strategy to combat the disease where it is the most prevalent -- Africa. Nearly two million have died on the continent and HIV has cost the World Bank $1.6 billion. In Washington this week, World Bank officials said it's time to move away from an initial "emergency response" to a new four-year action agenda. Producer Zulima Palacio has the story. Carol Pearson narrates².

1 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

2 narrates   

v.故事( narrate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• It narrates the unconstitutional acts of James II. 它历数了詹姆斯二世的违法行为。 来自辞典例句
• Chapter three narrates the economy activity which Jew return the Occident. 第三章讲述了犹太人重返西欧后的经济活动。 来自互联网