双语有声阅读:Aids to kill 'one in two Africans' 艾滋病

Aids to kill 'one in two Africans' 艾滋病将使“一半非洲人”丧生

The UN is cutting life expectancy¹ rates in Africa

非洲人寿命减短 

The Aids virus will kill half of all young adults in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, according to a shocking new report by the United Nations.

It says that the virus is wreaking² social and economic havoc³ on the worst affected⁴ nations.

In the Central African Republic there has been widespread closure of schools because so many teachers have died of an Aids-related illness.

The UN says that $4bn is needed annually⁵ to contain the epidemic⁶, which it says has claimed 19 million lives.

The report also warns against complacency in wealthy countries where it says there are continuing high levels of infection among young homosexual men and drug addicts⁷.

联合国一份最新的报告爆出惊人消息：艾滋病病毒将使博茨瓦纳、南非和津巴布韦的一半年轻人丧生。

报告说，在感染最严重的国家，艾滋病病毒正在造成一场社会和经济大灾难。

在中非共和国，因许多老师死于与艾滋病有关的疾病，各地都有学校关门。

联合国说每年需要花40亿美元控制这一已使1900万人丧生的病灾。

报告同时警告说富裕国家并非安枕无忧，在这些国家年轻的同性恋和吸毒者中间艾滋病感染程度一直很高
 

1 expectancy   

n.期望，预期，（根据概率统计求得）预期数额

参考例句：

• Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
• The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。

2 wreaking   

诉诸（武力），施行（暴力），发（脾气）( wreak的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Coal mining is a messy business, often wreaking terrible environmental damage nearby. 采矿是肮脏的行业，往往会严重破坏周边环境。
• The floods are wreaking havoc in low-lying areas. 洪水正在地势低洼地区肆虐。

3 havoc   

n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱

参考例句：

• The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
• This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

6 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。

7 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册