台湾苦苦应对登革热疫情

 　　TAIPEI, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan recorded 466 new dengue fever cases on Tuesday, its highest number since May, said the island's disease control agency on Wednesday.

　　The figure was 150 more than that of Monday, the agency said in a daily update. Kaohsiung has reported 14,418 dengue cases so far this year.

　　The whole of Taiwan recorded 496 new cases on Tuesday, taking the total number to 37,720.

　　Taiwan struggling with dengue outbreak

　　The agency said cold weather later this week is likely to limit activity among the mosquitoes that carry dengue, helping¹ control its spread.

　　Though Taiwan is often hit by dengue, this is the island's worst outbreak in years. In 2014, it saw 15,732 cases and 28 deaths from the disease. It had previously² been recording³ around 2,000 a year.

　　Dengue is a mosquito-borne, potentially fatal disease that mainly affects people in tropical and subtropical regions, causing fever, nausea⁴ and muscle and joint⁵ aches.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 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。

3 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

4 nausea   

n.作呕，恶心；极端的憎恶(或厌恶)

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕期常有恶心的现象。
• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。

5 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。