英语导读1000句[36]:Illness

Section 36
Illness

No one goes through life without getting ill.
We usually think of illness as a bad thing.
Sometimes, thought, it is necessary to be ill, especially when we are young.
That’s because we need to build up immunity¹ against disease and sickness.
Most children will get measles² and mumps³ etc. when they are quite young.
Then the effect of these illnesses is not usually very bad.
If we get them when we are older, it can be much worse for us.
Throughout history, we have fought against diseases and illnesses and many will have been eradicated⁴ from most countries by the end of this century.
But new ones seem to come along to challenge us, or perhaps these new ones were always there but we did not identify them.
AIDS, Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome⁵, for example, we know is a modern disease.
It may take decades to find a really effective cure for it.
However, we can be encouraged by modern science, which has found cures for most illnesses.
What about the common cold?
One of oldest illnesses is still the most illusive⁶ to cure.

1 immunity   

n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权

参考例句：

• The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
• He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。

2 measles   

n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子

参考例句：

• The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
• The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。

3 mumps   

n.腮腺炎

参考例句：

• Sarah got mumps from her brother.萨拉的弟弟患腮腺炎，传染给她了。
• I was told not go near Charles. He is sickening for mumps.别人告诉我不要走近查尔斯， 他染上了流行性腮腺炎。

4 eradicated   

画着根的

参考例句：

• Polio has been virtually eradicated in Brazil. 在巴西脊髓灰质炎实际上已经根除。
• The disease has been eradicated from the world. 这种疾病已在全世界得到根除。

5 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

6 illusive   

adj.迷惑人的，错觉的

参考例句：

• I don't wanna hear too much illusive words.我不想听太多虚假的承诺。
• We refuse to partake in the production of illusive advertisements.本公司拒绝承做虚假广告。