美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-03-29

 Welcome to CNN student news. We’re glad to see you this Tuesday. I’m Carol Azuz at the CNN center. 

Malaysian government made a tragic¹ announcement yesterday: all lives are lost. It’s ending many peoples’ hopes that there could have been any survivors² aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished more than two weeks ago. Grieving families expressed everything from anguish³ to doubt to anger. One woman left the news briefing asking where is the proof. Malaysia says information from a British satellite company and Accier investigators⁴ indicate that plane crashed somewhere in the Southern Indian Ocean. As of last night, no parts of it had been recovered, though international planes and ships were combing the region. One main search area is about 1500 miles west of Perse, Australia. So, victims’ families will be given the opportunity to travel there … when the wreckage⁵ is recovered.

 

Our next story today concerns ebola, a very deadly virus that was first identified in 1976. It causes hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms are external and internal bleeding and organ failure. Most outbreaks including the most recent in Guinea had been in Africa. But because it spreads easily through contact with body fluids, officials are taking no chances. Ebola seen here under the microscope. It is one of the most highly contagious⁶ and deadly viruses known to man. The name alone elicits⁷ fear and brings summand images of doctors in hazma suits. Now, people in Guinea are battling the West African countries first ever outbreak of the disease. …We immediately sent samples to two laboratories specializing in tropical disease. The health ministry⁸ waited for the laboratory to determine the nature of the virus involved, and then we got confirmation⁹. It was ebola.The virus has killed dozens of people in the southern region of the country. And there are fears ebola may now spread to the capital of Camkrade. Listening to the news and to see the effects of what is happening in the force. It’s true that a mysterious fever is striking people. It’s scaring us. I’m scared. I’m scared because it affects

me. Government officials say samples from several suspected cases in the capital have tested negative for the virus. But doctors without borders is proactively flying in tons of medical aid and equipment to fight the epidemic¹⁰. In Canakry, there is an alarming situation and a little panic. In other places, they are a bit more used to it where it’s epidemic. That’s not easy either, because people are afraid of this epidemic because it’s very deadly. But at least they are a bit used to it. There have been … incidents of ebola … in African countries in recent years, but with the fatality¹¹ rate of up to 90 percent, and no known cure, there’s concern that in Guinea, a poor country with a weak medical infrastructure¹², a widespread ebola outbreak could be devastating¹³. 

 

1 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

2 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 anguish   

n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼

参考例句：

• She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时，她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
• The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。

4 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

6 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。

7 elicits   

引出，探出( elicit的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• You might find that a sympathetic approach elicits kinder and gentler behavior. 你或许会发现用同情的方法，可引出更友善及更温和的行为。
• It presents information, shares ideas and elicits emotions. 它展示信息、流思想和抒发情感。

8 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

9 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

10 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。

11 fatality   

n.不幸，灾祸，天命

参考例句：

• She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
• He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。

12 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

13 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。