VOA常速英语2019--美国支持抗击埃博拉病毒

On August 1, 2018, four cases of Ebola virus were confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC. Since then, health officials have reported well over 3,000 confirmed and 118 probable cases of Ebola in the country’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces. Two thirds of these infected individuals have died. This is the DRC’s worst recorded Ebola epidemic¹ to-date, and the second largest recorded Ebola outbreak globally.

2018年8月1日，刚果民主共和国确诊4例埃博拉病毒感染病例。自那时以来，卫生官员已经报告了该国北基伍省和伊图里省超过3000例确诊病例和118例可能的埃博拉病例。三分之二的感染者已经死亡。这是刚果民主共和国迄今为止有记录的最严重的埃博拉疫情，也是全球有记录的第二大埃博拉疫情。

The United States is committed to stopping this Ebola outbreak, and is working closely with DRC officials and international partners to stop this disease from spreading. Due to the highly contagious² nature of the disease, ongoing³ insecurity in the region, and the need for community buy-in, addressing the epidemic on both regional and community levels is key.

美国致力于遏制埃博拉疫情的爆发，并与刚果民主共和国官员和国际合作伙伴密切合作，阻止这种疾病的蔓延。由于该病的高传染性、该区域持续的不安全以及社区参与的需要，在区域和社区级别处理这一流行病是关键。

The United States is responding to the need for expanded efforts to address additional critical humanitarian⁴ needs in Ebola-affected communities, including supporting primary health-care facilities, rehabilitating⁵ water and sanitation⁶ infrastructure⁷, providing good nutrition and protection services, and finding ways to help people get back on their feet financially, while simultaneously⁸ financing direct medical efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak.

美国正在对扩大努力以满足受埃博拉影响社区额外的紧急人道主义需求的需要作出反应，包括支持初级卫生保健设施、修复水和卫生基础设施，提供良好的营养和保护服务，找到帮助人们在经济上重新站起来的方法，同时为控制埃博拉疫情的直接医疗努力提供资金。

The United States funds critical preparedness efforts in the neighboring countries of Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania, as well as at-risk areas in the DRC.

美国为布隆迪、卢旺达、南苏丹、乌干达和坦桑尼亚等邻国以及刚果民主共和国的危险地区的重要准备工作提供资金。

To help fund these efforts, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, recently provided nearly 56 million dollars in additional humanitarian assistance to the region, bringing the total USAID funding for the effort to respond to this Ebola outbreak to more than 266 million dollars.

为了资助这些努力，美国国际开发署(USAID)最近向该地区提供了近5600万美元的额外人道主义援助，使美国国际开发署用于应对埃博拉疫情的资金总额超过2.66亿美元。

Stopping the spread of Ebola requires a concerted, unified⁹ effort from the entire international community, in close partnership¹⁰ with the Government of the DRC and local communities. The United States strongly encourages other donors¹¹ to provide funding and technical support to help end the outbreak, and calls on the governments of all countries that identify suspected cases of Ebola and other deadly infectious diseases to immediately report them to the World Health Organization, in accordance with the International Health Regulations.

遏制埃博拉病毒的传播需要整个国际社会协同一致的努力，需要与刚果民主共和国政府和当地社区密切合作。美国强烈鼓励其他捐助者提供资金和技术支持,帮助结束爆发,并号召所有国家政府确定疑似病例的埃博拉病毒和其他致命传染病立即按照《国际卫生条例》向世界卫生组织报告。

1 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。

2 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。

3 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

4 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

5 rehabilitating   

改造（罪犯等）( rehabilitate的现在分词 )； 使恢复正常生活； 使恢复原状； 修复

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• She was more concerned about protecting the public than rehabilitating the criminal. 她比较关心保护百姓，而不大关心改造罪犯。

6 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

7 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。

8 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

9 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

10 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。

11 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》