英语新闻听力教程Unit 6 原文及答案

Unit 6 Public Health

Section A warming up

1. life expectancy 2. regulators abortion 3. rabies 4. infected with

cases 5. bird flu immune 6. outbreaks -borne 7. prescription

medicines 8. AIDS 9. antiviral 10. Medicare

Section B 1. B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.B

Tapescript: 1. The problem of obesity is spreading into many different aspects of

Americans’ lives. Now researchers have confirmed that some children are so fat they

can’t fit into car safety seats designed for kids.

2. Two more Indian states have banned the sale of soft drinks produced by U.S. giants

Coca-cola and Pepsi-cola after a test by an environmental group showed high

pesticide levels. This brings the total number of states to six where there is a partial or

full ban of the soft drinks.

3. An Asian expert says disease and natural disasters may pose a great security threat

to the region than conventional political conflicts.

4. The United Nations say opium cultivation in Afghanistan has declined for the first

time since 2001 as tens of thousands of farmers have given up opium poppies for

legal crops.

5. The authorities in Iran have warned that if the dangerously high level of air

pollution in the capital ‘’Teheran continues, there could be thousands of casualties.

Section C

Item 1 1. A 2.C 3.C

Tapescript: The number of people infected with HIV, the virus that can lead to

AIDS, is still rising and has passed 14 million worldwide for the first time. The

United Nations said there had been five million new infections this year and warned

that AIDS was outstripping global and national efforts to contain it. Sub-Saharan

Africa remains the worst affected region. In Asia, where more than eight million

people are infected, the UN says infection rates are rising sharply. It warned that

Pakistan, in particular, was on the verge of a serious epidemic.

Item 2 Task 1 1. T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.T

Task 2 1. international conference malaria West African state

scientific findings

in lost GDP

3. world’s population is transmitted

Tapescript: The biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in the

West African state of Cameroon to discuss the latest scientific findings on the disease

which kills more than 1.5 million people worldwide each year. 75 percent of those

victims are African children. Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Yaounde,

80% are from Africa. The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollars in

lost GDP each year. The latest research suggests that 41% of the world’s population

live in areas where malaria is transmitted.

Item 3 1. Whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E.

coli bacteria. 2. Bad spinach from Natural Selection foods 3. Earth Bound Farm 4. It

has recalled the spinach. 5. get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. 6.

One person died and dozens were sick in 19 states.

Tapescript: The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether more than

one food company is responsible for an outbreak of bacteria. Officials have

linked bad spinach from natural Selection Foods as one source of the . the

company says the products are sold under the brand name Earth Bound Farm. Doctor

David Atchison with the FDA says Natural Selection Foods has voluntarily recalled

the spinach. The FDA advises shoppers to get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other

containers. At least one person has died. Dozens of others have gotten sick in at least

19 states.

Section D EU Health Experts Meet to (1) Formulate Measures to contain the (2)

Bird Flu

Recent outbreaks (3)German authorities confirmed the (4) presence of the H5N1

virus in (5) wild swans. Outbreaks have also been reported in (6) the Balkans, (7)

Turkey, the Caspian Sea areas

countermeasures Increase surveillance and (8) toughen import bans (9) dedicate an

additional 2.2 million dollars for surveillance and (10) testing programs

order farmers to keep poultries indoors (11) to prevent transmission of the disease.

Tapescript: European health experts have gathered in Bussel to formulate a response

to recent bird flu outbreaks among migratory birds. The Panel today endorsed

measures that would increase surveillance and toughen import bans, such as the

European Union’s plan, suspending the imports of untreated feathers from non-EU

countries. The European Commission has dedicated an additional 2.2 million dollars

for bird surveillance and testing programs. German authorities today confirmed the

presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in wild swans on an island in the Baltic

Sea. Outbreaks have been confirmed in the Balkans, Turkey, the Caspian Seas and

elsewhere. Several EU countries have ordered farmers to keep poultries indoors to

prevent transmission of the disease. But the World Organization for Animal Health in

Paris says this is not necessary at the present time.

Item 2

Task 1 1. D 2.A

Task 2 1. F 2.T 3. T 4.F 5.T

Tapescript: A week after a toxic waste scandal brought down the government of

Ivory Coast teams of Ivorian and French experts are still trying to establish exactly

what the material was composed of. Tons of waste from a ship were dumped in

leaking drums in at least 11 open air locations in Ivory Coast’s biggest city Abidjan.

Our correspondent James Copnall is there. The latest health ministry figures show that

nearly 16,000 people have sought treatment and 6 have died as a result of the toxic

waste. The numbers increased dramatically each day. This does not necessarily mean

that the health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, a state of panic seems

to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian experts were attempting to

find out what exactly the toxic waste was composed of.

Item 3

1. It has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influence

pandemic.

2. The updated strategy needs cities, states, and businesses to prepare now to keep

operating on their own and not on federal help.

3. It could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time.

The infection could remain active in a community for up to two months.

4. The pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States.

5. it tends to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from

person to person.

Tapescript: The White House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing

with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businesses that

they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help,

and says that a flu pandemic could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work

for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for

up to two months. In the worst place, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many

as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemic tend to break out when

a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists

are currently worried that the Asian bird flu might mutate into that kind of virus.

Section E

1. The move is expected to reduce expenses involved in the drug that has been hailed

as a life-saving treatment.

2. in the study patients who cut their smoking in half also cut their risk of lung cancer

by 27%.

3. European Union officials continue to reassure the public that the apparent spread of

the avian flu virus is at this point a threat to animals not humans.

4. One hundred and twenty-three identification cards had been issued to patients

who need them to prove to law enforcement personnel that they used marijuana for

medical purposes.

5. Analysts say total spending on research into malaria last year accounted for only

about one third of one percent of total medical research and development funding.