高中英语 VOA常速听力08月合辑（文本）StudySaysPregnantWomenShouldGetot素材.doc

高中英语 voa常速听力2012年08月合辑（文本）study-says-pregnant-women-should-get-flu-shot素材study says pregnant women should get flu shot研究表明怀孕妇女应该提早接种疫苗the centers for disease control and prevention is watching a strain of flu that contains a gene from the 2009 h1n1 pandemic flu virus. that 2009 virus infected millions of people around the world. pregnant women were especially vulnerable and were urged to be vaccinated. but is the vaccination safe for unborn babies? a new danish study is looking into that question.during the 2009 h1n1 influenza pandemic, pregnant women faced a greater risk of life-threatening complications and many were hospitalized.在2009年甲型h1n1流感大肆流行时,怀孕妇女面临的是严重的并发症的生命威胁风险,而许多人住院接受治疗。dr. michael katz from the march of dimes says influenza is a serious disease for both a pregnant woman and her unborn child. influenza disease in a pregnant woman is very dangerous for the fetus. it can cause spontaneous abortions. it can cause birth defects and prematurity, he said.畸形儿基金会的迈克尔卡茨博士称流感对于怀孕的女人和她未出生的孩子而言是一种非常严重的疾病。“流感疾病对孕妇的胎儿非常危险。它可以导致堕胎。而且会引发出生缺陷和早产。”他说道。thats why u.s. health officials made pregnant women a priority group for getting the h1n1 vaccine during the pandemic. and the us centers for disease control advise women to get the influenza vaccine early in their pregnancy.这就是为什么在流感肆虐期间美国健康官员们安排孕妇优先接种甲流疫苗。而且美国疾病控制中心建议女性在怀孕早期就接种流感疫苗。during the pandemic, european doctors recommended the same thing. thats not normally the case in europe, but dr. bjorn pasternak says the pandemic changed things. during the 2009 h1n1 pandemic we had a special situation; this was actually the first time that pregnant women were recommended vaccination against influenza in many european countries, he said.而在流感肆虐期间,欧洲的医生们也推荐同样的事情。流感在欧洲已经不是通常病例,但比约恩帕斯捷尔纳克博士称这种流行病改变了一切。“在2009年h1n1流感期间，我们处于一种特殊的状况,实际上,这是第一次在许多欧洲国家怀孕妇女们被推荐接种流感疫苗以对抗流感。”他说道。dr. pasternak led a study of the h1n1 vaccine for the staten serums institute in denmark. there was basically no safety data in pregnancy with this specific vaccine prior to its being used in clinical practice, he explained.帕斯捷尔纳克博士领导着丹麦斯塔腾血清研究所的一项h1n1疫苗研究。“在怀孕期间接种这一特定疫苗和临床实践之前接种相比基本上没有什么安全数据，”他解释道。the study compared 330 babies whose mothers received the vaccine in the first trimester of pregnancy with the same number of babies whose mothers were not vaccinated.本研究将怀孕前三个月母亲接种这种疫苗后生下的330名婴儿与相同数量的没有接种疫苗的母亲生育出的婴儿相比较。during the first trimester, a fetus is especially vulnerable to substances a mother might take in.在第一次的3个月期限中,一位胎儿尤其对母亲可能带有的物质脆弱。the researchers found that babies exposed to the vaccine had slightly more birth defects compared to those not exposed. they also found that slightly more babies exposed to the vaccine were born preterm.研究人员发现,受过疫苗影响的婴儿会显现少量的出生缺陷。他们还发现,这些少量婴儿多会早产出生。but the researchers said the difference - between the babies who were and were not exposed to the vaccine - was statistically insignificant, meaning if they compared another group of babies, the results might turn out to be just the opposite.但是研究人员也发现了婴儿间的不同，在统计数字中并不显著,这意味着如果他们比较另一组婴儿,结果可能刚好相反。we found no increased risk of any birth defect, of pre-term birth or of fetal growth restriction associated with h1n1 vaccination in pregnancy, dr. pasternak added.“我们没有发现在怀孕期间接受甲流疫苗任何出生缺陷的风险增加,早产或胎儿生长受限。”帕斯捷尔纳克博士补充道。dr. katz agrees. if the danger of an epidemic were there, in my view, the v