不惧埃博拉：美国男子热衷病毒试验

 　　A man was deliberately¹ injected with the deadly Ebola virus in order to find a cure but rather than rest up afterwards, he decided² to run a marathon.

　　一男子为寻解药特意注射了埃博拉病毒，但他事后没有休息，而是决定去跑马拉松。

　　Peter Hubbard was not contagious³ when he was allowed to go on the run after being injected with elements of the disease on September 9.

　　彼得·哈伯德于9月9日被注射了致病元素，当时他没有传染性，得到允许去参加马拉松。

　　‘I feel great, yeah. In fact, I couldn’t tell where the injection site was thirty minutes after it. I ran a marathon on Sunday. I’m alive and kicking,’ the 35-year-old said while at his Virginia apartment in the United States.

　　“我感觉棒极了，是的。实际上，30分钟后我就找不出注射部位了。星期天我去参加了一场马拉松，我现在活蹦乱跳。”这名35岁的男子在他美国弗吉尼亚的公寓里讲道。

　　Mr Hubbard is part of a low risk trial being ran at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

　　哈伯德先生是“美国国立卫生研究院”的低风险试验计划的一员。

　　It involves him taking a vaccine⁴ developed in partnership⁵ with GlaxoSmithKline.

　　这包括他要注射和葛兰素史克（英国制药公司）合作开发的一种疫苗。

　　This isn’t the first time Mr Hubbard has helped out with the study of deadly diseases.

　　这不是哈伯德先生第一次参与协助致命疾病的研究。

　　He previously⁶ volunteered to test HIV, H1N1 and malaria⁷ vaccines⁸.

　　之前，他自愿测试过艾滋病病毒, 甲型H1N1流感病毒和疟疾的疫苗。

　　He added: ‘I do have a joke that, that with all of these vaccine trials that I’ve done, that if plague and pestilence⁹ were to sweep throughout the land, I’d be the last man standing¹⁰.’

　　他补充道，“我确实有个玩笑要讲，以我做过的所有这些疫苗试验，如果有天瘟疫席卷大陆，我会是活到最后的人。”

1 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 contagious   

adj.传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
• He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

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。

5 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

6 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

7 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。

8 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

9 pestilence   

n.瘟疫

参考例句：

• They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂。
• A pestilence was raging in that area. 瘟疫正在那一地区流行。

10 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。