英语听力教程LISTEN TO NEWS unit6.ppt

1、Unit 6 Public Health,Public health: 1. the outbreak of an epidemic: bird flu/ avian flu, SARS, AIDS, malaria 2. regional or international effort to contain(控制) a deadly disease 3. health problems(pollution, drug abuse, obesity) and government countermeasures.,Vocabulary,outbreak 爆发 infection 感染，传染 i

2、nfluenza 流行性感冒 strain 病菌 immunize 使免疫 vaccinate 接种疫苗 viral 病毒的 epidemic 流行病 pandemic 疾病大流行的 transmit 传播，传染 mutation 变种，突变 contaminate 污染 cull 挑出(病禽)杀死 demographic 人口统计学的 eradicate 根除 hallucination 因患病或吸毒产生的幻觉 infectious 传染性的 insecticide 杀虫剂 livestock 家畜 medication 药物治疗 pathology 病理学 pediatrics 小儿科ph

3、armaceutical 药物的 pollutant 污染物质 quarantine 隔离，检疫 recipient 接受者 respiratory 呼吸道的 screen 筛选 检查 stricken 遭殃的，患病的 terminal 晚期的 trasmissible 可遗传的，可传递的 vial 状液体的封闭小瓶 prescription medicine 处方药 rabies 狂犬病,Pattern,Event: Source: organization or person ( Ministry of Health 卫生部 / WHO 世界 卫生组织 ) Harm: the number

4、 of people affected; related health problems Further details: time, location of the outbreak areas worst affected government countermeasures observations made by health institutions: comments, warnings, tips and predictions,Section D,Item 1 European health experts have gathered in Brussels to formul

5、ate a response to recent bird flu outbreaks among migratory birds 候鸟. The panel endorsed measures that would increase surveillance 监管and toughen (v.) 使困难import bans, such as the European Unions plan, suspending the imports of untreated feathers from non-EU countries. The European Commission has dedi

6、cated an additional 2.2 million dollars for bird surveillance and testing programs. German aothorities today confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in wild swans on an island in the Baltic Sea. Outbreaks have been confirmed in the Balkans 巴尔干吧半岛, Turkey, the Caspian Sea areas and e

7、lsewhere. Several EU contries have ordered farmers to keep poultries indoors to prevent transmission of the disease. But the World Organization for Animal Health in Paris says this is not necessary at the present time.,Item 2 A week after a toxic waste 有毒废物scandle brought down the government of Ivor

8、y Coast 象牙海岸（非洲国家）, teams of Ivorian and French experts are still trying to establish exactly what the material was composed of. Tons of waste from a ship were dumped in leaking drums in at least 11 open air 户外，露天 location in Ivory Coasts biggest city Abidian. Our correspondent James Copnall is ther

9、e. The latest health ministry figures show that nearly 16,000 people have sought treatment and 6 have died as a result of the toxic waste. The numbers increased dramatically each day. This does not necessarily mean that the health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, a state of panic

10、 seem to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian experts were attempting to find out what exactly the toxic waste was composed of. Background note:,Toxic waste trade: For the past three decades, poor African nations have been used as the dumping sites for hazardous toxic waste materials

11、from developed countries who are out to reduce the costs of disposing or recycling these by-products 副产品 of industries. Caught in a stranglehold 抑制 by economic hardship, many African nations have been lured by the potential financial gains of importing waste from the west. D A F T T F T,Item 3 The W

12、hite House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businesses that they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help, and says that a flu pandemic could make up to 40% of the wo

13、rkforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for up to two months. In the worst case, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemics tend to break out when a never-before-se

14、en strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists are currently worried that the Asian bird flu migh mutate into that kind of virus.,Section C,Item 1 The number of people infected with HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS, is still rising and has passed 14 million worldwide for

15、 the first time. The United Nations said there been five million new infections this year and warned that AIDS was outstrippling global and national efforts to contain it. Sub-Saharan 撒哈拉沙漠以南的 African remains the worst affected region. In Asia, where more than 8 million people are infected, the UN s

16、ays infection rate are rising sharply. It warned that Pakistan, in particular, was on the verge of a serious epidemic. A C C,Item 2 The biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in the West African state of Cameroon to discuss the latest scientific findings on the disease which kill

17、s more than 1.5 million people worldwide each year. 75% of those victims are African children. Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Yaounde, 80% are from Africa. The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollar in lost GDP each year. The latest reserch suggests that 41% of the wo

18、rlds population live in areas where malaria in transmitted. T T F F T,Item 3 The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E.coli bacteria. Officials have linked bad spinach from Natural Selection Foods as one source of the E.c

19、oli. The company says the products are sold under the brand name Earth Bound Farm. Doctor David Atchison with the FDA says Natural Selection Foods has voluntarily recalled the spinach. The FDA advises shoppers to get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. At least one person has died.

20、 Dozens of others have gotten sick in at least 19 states.,Section B,1. The problem of obesity is spreading into many different aspects of Americans lives. Now researchers have confirmed that some children are so fat that they cant fin into car safety seats designed for kids. 2. Two more Indian state

21、s have banned the sale of soft drinks produced by US giants Coca-cola and Pepsi-cola after a test by an environmental group showd high pesticide levels. This brings the total number of states to six where there is a partial or full ban of the soft drinks. 3. An Asian expert says disease and natural

22、disasters may pose a greater threat to the region than conventional political conflicts. 4. The Unites Nations says opium cultivation in Afghanistan has declined for the first time since 2001 as tens of thousands of farmers have given up opium poppies for legal crops. 5. The authorities in Iran have

23、 warned that if the dangerously high level of air pollution in the capital Teheran continues, there could be thousands of casualties.,Item 3,Homework 1. dictation 1995, 1996 2. news broadcast: item 17, item 23-30 3. BBC News 4. the rest of Unit 6,News broadcast,Item 17 Malaysian authorities are disc

24、ussing possible salvage efforts with Sun Cruisers, the Singapore owner of a large liner, that sunk off Malaysia last week, a news report said yesterday. Sun Cruisers had received some advice from Malaysia on the matter. The Business Times newspaper quoted the companys spokeswoman Judy Choo as saying

25、. Judy and other Sun Cruisers officials could not immediately be reached for further comment as they were away in Indonesia. The Sun Vista went down in international waters. The nearby Malaysia may have the right to order the wrecks removal, the newspaper said. Salvage experts said the wreck of the

26、Sun Vista, which sank 65 meters of water, poses no threats to ships passing over it, but Malaysia may still want it removed. A,Item 23 A Pakistanian lawyer said the resumption of the trial of 8 foreign aid workers accused of preaching Christianity in Afghanistan has been put off until Sunday. He had

27、 met earlier Saturday with the aid workers, 2 Americans, 2 Australians, and 4 Germans. They insisted they were in Afghanistan to help the poor, not to convert them. The penalty for those captured aid workers could range from expulsion to a jail term or death sentence. A C,Item 24 On the 24th anniver

28、sary of the first official report on AIDS, the head of the United Nations AIDS program warns the deadly disease may only be at its early stages in many parts of the world. Doctor Piot said the disease has already reached staggering proportions since first being indentified in 1981. 58 million people

29、 worldwide have contracted the HIV virus which causes AIDS while 22 million have died from the related illness. The UN estimates the worlds HIV-positive population at 36 million including 25 million in Sub-Sahara Africa. International officials warn the disease will have disastrous political, social

30、 and economic consequences in many developing countries. D B,Item 25 The World Bank is urging governments and the private sector, especially in developing countries, to improve the delivery of basic serices to the poor. A World Bank report entitled, Making Services Work for Poor People, shows what m

31、any people, especially in the development countries, experience on a daily basis: they are commonly and sometimes dramatically shortchanged when it comes to services. The report finds that almost 70 percent of babies in sub-Sahara Africas richest families are born in a health facility, while less th

32、an 20 percent of babies in Africas families are born in hopitals. It says nearly two of every 10 people in developing countries were without access to safe drinking water in 2000, five out of 10 lived without adequate sanitation and nine out of 10 lived without their wastewater treated in any way. C

33、 B,Item 26 Israel has closed borders around the Palestinian town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of troops supported by tanks, earthmovers and attack helicopters entered the town early Monday. Townspeople are fleeing. Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen fired at each other. There w

34、ere no reports of injuries, however. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has called on Israel to cancel its plan to destroy homes in Rafah. He said such destruction would viiolate international laws. Israel says the action is necessary to stop illegal arms transports and attacks by militans.

35、 Also, the Palestinian prime minister has urged the United States to take steps to stop the Israeli operation. He met with American National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice in Berlin, Germany. D A,Item 27 A bomb explosion in Baghdad has killed the head of the United States-appointed Iraqi governin

36、g council. Izzadine Saleem died just outside the headquarters of the American-led coalition. The attack also killed eight other people including the bomber. The bomb was in a car that exploded next to a group of military vehicles. American officials in Iraq say the incident was very similar to attac

37、ks ordered by Jordanian extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The Iraqi governing council has named Chazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer as its new leader. Also in Iraq, kidnappers reportedly have freed two Russian civilian workers in Baghdad. They were seized May tenth. C C,Item 28 European Union foreign ministers

38、 have condemned the bad treatment of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq. The delegates said the actions violate international law, but the foerign ministers also say they welcome plans by the United States to take action against those responsible for the violations. The ministers also denounce

39、d the killing in Baghdad of the head of the United States-appointed Iraqi governing council. The EU officials are meeting in Brussels to discuss proposals for a new constitution. They hope to complete their work before a meeting of EU leaders on June 7th. D D,Item 29 Sonia Gandhi is to be sworn in a

40、s the new prime minister of India on May 19th. Her Congress Partyw on natinoal elections last week. The ousted Hindu nationalist coalition says it will boycott the ceremony to protest the fact that Mrs. Gandhi was not born in India. She is of Italian birth. However, the man Mrs. Gandhi will replace,

41、 prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee says he will attend the event. Also, a Congress party spokesman say Mrs. Gandhi will meet with Indian President Abdul Kalam Tuesday to discuss the formation of a new government. C A,Item 30 Reports say a Chechen rebel leader has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing in Grozni last week. The explosion killed the president of the Russian republic, Akmad Kadyrov and five other people. A statement signed by rebel leader Shamil Basayeve appeared on an Internet website. Rebels in the Caucus area of Russia operate the website. The statement has not been