有關新冠疫情的題目與素材

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InDecember2019,therewasaclusterofpneumonia（肺炎）casesinChina.Investigations

foundthatitwascausedbyapreviouslyunknownvirus-nownamedthe2019NovelCoronavirus.

Inthistext,we'11lakeaquicklookatwhat'scurrentlyknownaboutthevirus.Keepinmind（記

住）thatthisisanewvirusandwhat'sknownaboutthevirusnowmightchangeinthefuture.

Coronaviruses（冠狀病毒）arealargegroupofviruses.Theyconsistofacoreofgenetic

material（遺傳物質）surroundedbyanenvelopewithproteinspikes（蛋白棘突）.Thisgivesitthe

appearanceofacrown.CrowninLatiniscalled“corona“andthat,showthesevirusesgettheir

name.

Therearedifferenttypesofcoronavirusesthatcauserespiratory（呼吸的）andsometimes

gastrointestinal（胃腸的）symptoms.Respiratorydiseasecanrangefromthecommoncoldto

pneumonia（肺炎）.Andinmostpeople,thesymptomstendtobemild.However,therearesome

typesofcoronavirusesthatcancauseseveredisease.TheseincludetheSevereAcuteRespiratory

Syndrome（SARS即嚴重急性呼吸綜合征，俗稱"非典"）coronavirusfirstidentifiedinChina

in2003andtheMiddleEastRespiratorySyndrome（MERS中東呼吸綜合征）coronavirusthatwas

firstidentifiedinSaudiArabia（沙特阿拉伯）in2012.

The2019NovelCoronaviruswasfirstidentifiedinChina.Itinitiallyoccurredinagroupof

peoplewithpneumonia（肺炎）who'dbeenassociatedwithaseafoodandliveanimalmarketinthe

cityofWuhan.Thediseasehassincespreadfromthosewhoweresicktoothers,includingfamily

membersandhealthcarestaff（員工；全體職員）.Therearemanycasesatpresentandthedisease

hasspreadwithinChinaandalsotoanumberofothercountries.

So,wheredidtheviruscomefrom?

It'sknownthatcoronaviruses（冠狀病毒）circulateinarangeofanimals.Sometimesthese

virusescanmakethejumpfromanimalstohumans.Thisiscalledaspilloverandcouldbeduetoa

rangeoffactorssuchasmutations（變異）inthevirusorincreasedcontactbetweenhumansand

animals.Forexample,MERS-CoVisknowntobetransmittedfromcamelsandSARS-CoV,from

civetcats（果子貍）.Theanimalreservoirofthe2019NovelCoronavirusisnotknownyet.

Questions：

1.Whywasthenovelvirusnamed“coronavirus”?

2.Was2019-nCoVtransmittedfrombats（蝙蝠）？

3.Howmanytypesofcoronavirusesareintroducedinthepassage?Pleasecompare

thesecoronavirusesbydrawingaform?

4.Wheredoyouthinkthepassageisfrom?

5.Doyouthinkthepassagehasbeencompleted?Ifnot,whatmaybefollowing?

語篇填空:

Howdowepreventtransmissionofthevirus?

Thisnewviruscurrentlyhasa](limit)geographicspread.2,thereareanumberof

standardhygiene(衛生)practices3havebeenrecommendedtoprotectagainstinfectionand

furtherspread.Theseincludecoveringyourmouthandnosewhencoughingorsneezingwitha

medicalmask,tissueorflexedelbow;avoidingclosecontactwiththosewhoareunwell;the

appropriateuseof4(mask)andpersonalprotectiveequipment,5(especial)ina

healthcaresetting;washinghandsregularlywithsoapandwater,oralcohol-basedhandrub.Actions

thatcanbetakentopreventinfectionfrom6animalsourceinclude:avoidingunnecessary

unprotectedcontactwithanimals;washinghandsaftercontactwithanimalsoranimalproducts;and

ensuringthatanimalproductsarecookedthoroughlybeforethey7(consume).

8isimportanttostayhomeifyou'refeelingunwell.Butifyouhaveafever,cough,and

difficulty9(breath),seekmedicalcareearlyandshareyourprevioustravel

history10yourhealthcareprovider.

十篇素材:

第一篇素材:

ClinicalCourseof2019NovelCoronavirus

Therearealimitednumberofreportsthatdescribetheclinicalpresentation(l)ofpatients

withconfirmed(2)2019-nCoV(3)infection,andmostarelimitedtohospitalized-

patients(4)withpneumonia(5).Theincubationperiod(6)isestimatedat2-14days.Frequently

reportedsignsandsymptomsincludefever,cough,andmyalgia(7)orfatigueatillnessonset(8).

Sorethroathasalsobeenreportedinsomepatientsearlyintheclinicalcourse(9).Lesscommonly

reportedsymptomsincludesputum(10)production,headache,hemoptysis(11),anddiaiThea(12).

Thefevercourseamongpatientswith2019-nCoVinfectionisnotfullyunderstood;itmay

beprolonged(13)andintermittent(14).Asymptomatic(15)infectionhasbeendescribedinone

childwithconfirmed2019-nCoVinfectionandchestcomputedtomography

(CT)(16)abnormalities.

Riskfactorsforsevereillnessarenotyetclear,althougholderpatientsandthosewithchronic

medicalconditions(17)maybeathigherriskforsevereillness.Nearlyallreportedcaseshave

occurredinadults(medianage59years).Inonestudyof425patientswithpneumoniaand

confirmed2019-nCoVinfection,57%weremale.Approximatelyone-thirdtoone-halfofreported

patientshadunderlyingmedicalcomorbidities(18),includingdiabetes(19),hypertension(20),

andcardiovasculardisease(21).

/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-guidance-management-patients.html

Notes

clinicalpresentation:臨床表現

confirmed：確診的

2019-nCoV:(2019NovelCoronavirus)2019新型冠狀病毒

hospitalizedpatients：住院患者

pneumonia：肺炎

incubationperiod：潛伏期

myalgia：肌痛

illnessonset：發病

clinicalcourse：臨床病程

sputum：痰

hemoptysis：咯血

diarrhea：腹瀉

prolonged：持續性的

intermittent：間歇性的

asymptomatic:無癥狀的

computedtomography(CT)：計算機斷層掃描

chronicmedicalconditions：慢性病

comorbidities：并存病

diabetes：糖尿病

hypertension：高血壓

cardiovasculardisease：心血管疾病

長難句翻譯

Therearealimitednumberofreportsthatdescribetheclinicalpresentationofpatientswith

confirmed2019-nCoVinfection,andmostarelimitedtohospitalizedpatientswithpneumonia.

描述2019新型冠狀病毒感染確診患者臨床表現的報告數量有限，旦大多局限于住院患者。

Asymptomaticinfectionhasbeendescribedinonechildwithconfirmed2019-nCoVinfectionand

chestcomputedtomography(CT)abnormalities.

一名確診為2019新型冠狀病毒感染并且胸部計算機斷層掃描異常的兒童出現了無癥狀感染。

Riskfactorsforsevereillnessarenotyetclear,althougholderpatientsandthosewithchronic

medicalconditionsmaybeathigherriskforsevereillness.

盡管老年患者和患有慢性基礎病的患者出現危重病情的風險更高，但具體的風險因素尚不明

確。

第二篇素材：

CurrentStatus現狀

OnDecember31,2019,ChinareportedtotheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)(l)cases

ofpneumonia(2)inWuhan,HubeiProvince,China,causedbyanovelcoronavirus(3),

currentlydesignated(4)2019-nCoV.Mountingcasesanddeathspose(5)majorpublichealthand

governancechallenges.Caseshavenowspreadtoatleast4continents.AsofJanuary28,thereare

morethan4500confirmedcases(6)(98%inChina)andmorethan100deaths.

Chinarapidlyisolated(7)thenovelcoronavirusonJanuary7andsharedviralgenomedata(8)with

theinternationalcommunity3dayslater.Sincethattime,Chinahasreportedincreasingnumbersof

casesanddeaths,partlyattributabletowiderdiagnostictestingasawarenessoftheoutbreakgrows.

Healthofficialshaveidentifiedevidenceoftransmissionalongachainof4"generations"(9)(a

personwhooriginallycontractedthevirusfromanonhumansourceinfectedsomeoneelse,who

infectedanotherindividual,whotheninfectedanotherindividual),suggestingsustainedhuman-to-

humantransmission(10).Currentestimatesarethat2019-nCoVhasanincubationperiod(11)of2

to14days,withpotentialasymptomatictransmission(12).

Notes

WorldHealthOrganization(WHO)：世界衛生組織

pneumonia：肺炎

novelcoronavirus：新型肺炎病毒

designate:定名為

pose：造成

confirmedcases：確診病例

isolate：隔離

viralgenomedata：病毒基因組數據

transmissionalongachainof4"generations"：連續四代傳播

human-to-humantransmission：人際傳播

incubationperiod：潛伏期

asymptomatictransmisHon：無癥狀傳播

長難句翻譯

Sincethattime,Chinahasreportedincreasingnumbersofcasesanddeaths,partlyattributableto

widerdiagnostictestingasawarenessoftheoutbreakgrows.

自那時以來，中國報告的病例數和死亡人數不斷增加，部分原因可以歸因于隨著疫情認識的

加深而開展的更為廣泛的診斷檢測。

Healthofficialshaveidentifiedevidenceoftransmissionalongachainof4agenerations(a

personwhooriginallycontractedthevirusfromanonhumansourceinfectedsomeoneelse,who

infectedanotherindividual,whotheninfectedanotherindividual),suggestingsustainedhuman-to-

humantransmission.

衛生部門官員已經明確了新型冠狀病毒連續四代傳播的證據(一名最初從非人類來源感染病

毒的人感染了其他人，然后又感染了另一個人，然后又感染了另一個人)，表明了病毒存在

持續的人際傳播。

第三篇素材：

CoronavirusrumorstriggerirrationalbehaviorsamongChinesenetizens

InthefaceofChina'sresolute(1)battleagainstthedeadly(2)novel(3)coronavirus(4)outbreakthat

hascausedover17,000confirmedcases(5)ofinfectionsand361deathsnationwide,millionsof

Chinesepeoplehavebeenquarantined(6)duringtheSpringFestivalholidays.Atthesame

time,rumormongering(7)onsocialmediaplatformstriggered(8)irrationalbehavior

amongnetizens(9)astheresearchoneffectivecounter-virus(10)treatmentisstillongoing.

AreportbytheXinhuaNewsAgencyclaimedChinesepatent(ll)medicine,Shuanghuanglianoral

liquid,containingthreeherbalingredients,iseffectiveincontainingthenovelcoronavirusinfection,

citingthelatestjointresearchbetweenShanghaiInstituteofMateriaMedicaunderChinese

AcademyofSciences(12)andWuhanInstituteofVirology(13).Thenewswasalsoreportedby

PeopleJsDailysoonafter.ItemergedasthemostsearchedtopiconWeibo.Peoplerushedto

purchasethemedicineonlineandoffline(14),resultinginittogoofftheshelves(15)in

quicksuccession(16).

Picturescirculating(17)onsocialmediashowedresidentsqueuingupinfront

ofpharmacies(18)late-nightbravingthechillyweather(19)topurchaseShuanghuanglianoralliquid.

Somenetizensevencomfortedeachotherwhentheyfoundthedrugshavebeenallsoldout,

planninganothertryintheearlymorning.

However,thePeople'sDailypublishedacontrast!ng(20)reportthenextmorning,urgingpeople

nottorushtopurchaseShuanghuanglianoralliquid,asthereisnospecificanti-viraltreatment

recommendedagainstcoronavirusinfectionsofar.Besides,researchfortreatmentmeasuresisstill

ongoingbutitisyettopassclinicaltrials(21).

Italsocautionedthepublicagainstconsumingdrugswithoutproperphysicianguidance(22).

Duringthecoronavirusoutbreaks,frenzy(23)rumorsaccompaniedtheepidemiccausingsocial

panic.SomeChinesenetizensmocked(24)themselvesrecallingthedifferentinstanceswhenthey

rushedtobuydifferentmedicalsuppliessincethevirusoutbreak,rangingfrommasks

todisinfectant(25)torice,glovesandevenultraviolet(26)lamps.Somenetizenssaidtheyhavebeen

spendinghoursonlinetodigout(27)usefulinformationabouteffectiveanti-virusmeasures.

Someanalystssuggestedrumorsandthesubsequentpanicaremoredangerousthantheepidemic

itselfasdisinformation(28)oftenstrikestheemotionalchord(29)andpeoplearevulnerable(30)to

incorrectjudgmentsatsuchcriticaltimes.

Fatuous(31)rumorsclaimingCoronabeerasamediumofthisvirusresultedinsomenetizensasking

forrefundsfromthebeercompanyonsocialmedia.

“Calmdownandgiveasecondthoughtwhenitcomestobelievingdifferentinformationonline,“

aBeijing-basedresidentSimontoldtheGlobalTimes.ThefirstthingIhavebeendoingeveryday

duringtheseholidaysisrebutting(32)rumorsinvariousfamilyWeChatgroups,asmiddle-agedand

elderlygroupsaremorelikelytobelieveinonlinerumors.

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NOTES

resolute：堅決的，果斷的

deadly：致命的，非常的

novel：新奇的，異常的

coronavirus：冠狀病毒

confirmedcase：確診病例

quarantine：隔離

rumormongering：造謠

trigger：觸發，引起

netizen：網民

counter-virus：抗病毒的

patent：專利權，專利的

ShanghaiInstituteofMateriaMedicaunderChineseAcademyofSciences：中國科學院上海藥物

研究所

WuhanInstituteofVirology：武漢病毒研究所

virology：病毒學

onlineandoffline：線上線下

goofftheshelves：下架

inquicksuccession：緊接著

circulate：流傳

pharmacy：藥房

bravethechillyweather：冒著嚴寒

contrasting：差異大的，形成鮮明對比的

clinicaltrial：臨床試驗

physicianguidance：醫囑

frenzy：狂怒,暴怒

mock：嘲笑

disinfectant：消毒劑

ultraviolet：紫外線的

digout：發現,挖掘

disinformation：虛假信息

chord：和弦

vulnerable：易受傷害的，易受攻擊的

fatuous：愚蠢的，愚昧的，未經認真考慮的

rebut：反駁，揭露，拒絕

長難句翻譯

InthefaceofChina?sresolutebattleagainstthedeadlynovelcoronavirusoutbreak,thathascaused

over17,000confirmedcasesofinfectionsand361deathsnationwide,millionsofChinesepeople

havebeenquarantinedduringtheSpringFestivalholidays.

新型冠狀病毒爆發已在全國范圍內造成L7萬多例確診感染病例和361人死亡。面對中國與

這種致命病毒的堅決斗爭，數百萬中國人在春節期間被隔離。

AreportbytheXinhuaNewsAgencyclaimedChinesepatentmedicine,Shuanghuanglianoral

liquid,containingthreeherbalingredients,iseffectiveincontainingthenovelcoronavirusinfection,

citingthelatestjointresearchbetweenShanghaiInstituteofMateriaMedicaunderChinese

AcademyofSciencesandWuhanInstituteofVirology.

新華社引用中國科學院上海藥物研究所和武漢病毒研究所的最新聯合研究，聲稱包含三個草

藥成分的中成藥雙黃連口服液能有效抑制新型冠狀病毒感染。

Someanalystssuggestedrumorsandthesubsequentpanicaremoredangerousthantheepidemic

itselfasdisinfonnationoftenstrikestheemotionalchordandpeoplearevulnerabletoincorrect

judgmentsatsuchcriticaltimes.

一些分析人士認為謠言和隨之而來的恐慌比疫情本身更加危險，因為虛假信息常常觸動人們

的情感，在這樣的關鍵時刻，人們很容易做出錯誤的判斷。

第四篇素材:

Epidemicpeakmaycomeinaweekor10days

ICshardtopredictwhentheepidemic(1)willreachitspeak(2),butitmaycomeinaweekor10

days,saidZhongNanshan,amemberoftheChineseAcademyofEngineering(3)andaprominent

expertinrespiratorydiseases(4)onJanurary28.Afterthat,thenumberofpeopleinfected(5)by

thenovelcoronavirus(6)willnotincreasemassively,hetoldXinhuaNewsAgency(7).Therehave

beenreportsthatearlysymptomsofthenovelcoronavirusdiseasedon'tincludecommonsymptoms

ofrespiratorydiseases,suchasfeverandcough.Zhongsaidhavingafeverisstillamongthemost

commonsymptomsofnovelcoronavirusdisease.10to14daysisaperfectwindowfor

observation(8).Aftertheincubationperiod(9),thosewhohaven'tbeeninfectedwillstayhealthy

andthosewhohavebeeninfectedwillreceivemedicaltreatment.Sopeople'smigration(10)after

SpringFestivalholidaywon'tcauseamassivespreadofthedisease,butcontrolmeasuresmust

continue,headded.

Zhongalsosaidsofarthereisnotargeteddrug(11)forthenovelcoronavirusdisease,butscientist

andmedicalexpertshavethoughtofsomewaystofightit."Withthehelpoflifesupporting

technologies(12),thefatalityrate(13)willdefinitelydrop,"hesaid.Zhongstressedthatthemost

effectivewaytocontroltheepidemicisearlyidentificationandquarantine(14)ofthoseinfected."I

urgedpeopletostayput(15)beforetheSpringFestivalholiday.Istillbelievepeopleshouldn'ttravel,

especiallythosewhoarefromWuhan.It'snotonlyapersonalchoice,butalsosomethingthatmatters

tosociety."Hesaidwiththesupportofpeoplearoundthecountry,Wuhancansurelyget

through(16)theepidemic.

Adaptedfrom

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NOTES

epidemic:傳染病

peak：高峰

ChineseAcademyofEngineering：中國工程院

respiratorydiseases：呼吸系統疾病

infect：感染

novelcoronavirus：新型冠狀病毒

XinhuaNewsAgency：新華社

windowforobservation：觀察窗口期

incubationperiod：潛伏期

migration：遷移

targeteddrug：靶向藥物

lifesupportingtechnologies：生命支持技術

fatalityrate：致歹匕率

earlyidentificationandquarantine：早發現，早隔離

stayput：不出門

getthrough：度過，熬過（困難時期等）

長難句翻譯

It'shardtopredictwhentheepidemicwillreachitspeak,butitmaycomeinaweekor10days,

saidZhongNanshan,amemberoftheChineseAcademyofEngineeringandaprominentexpertin

respiratorydiseases.

中國工程院院士、著名呼吸系統疾病專家鐘南山說，很難預測疫情何時會達到拐點，但可能

會在一周或10天之內出現。

第五篇素材：

Q&A

Tophealthexpertonlatestvirusdevelopments

Renowned(l)ChineserespiratoryexpertZhongNanshanshareshisviewsonthelatest

developmentsinthenovel(2)coronavirus(3)outbreakinaninterviewwithBeijingTelevisionon

January31st.

Q:Shouldpeoplegettestedforthecoronavirusinfectioniftheyhavesymptomsofacoldorfever?

A:Iftheyhaveafever,theyshouldgotogettestedforthevirus,becausethemostcommonsymptom

forthenovelcoronavirusisfever.Othersymptomsincludefatigueandcoughing.Iftheyhavesuch

symptoms,theyshouldgotothefeverclinicstogettested.

IftheyhavehadcontactwithpeoplefromWuhan,theyshouldgettestedeveniftheydonothave

suchsymptoms,sincesomepeopledonotshowanysymptomsattheearlystage.

Q:Somepatientshavebeendischargedfromthehospital.Willtheyhaveanysideeffects?

A:Ihavenotnoticedanyobvioussideeffects.Thediseasenowhasamortality(4)rateofabout2.5

percent.Wearetryingeverythingtosavepatients,especiallythoseincriticalcondition,bygiving

themmedicalandlifesupport.

Q:HowdoestheviruscomparewithSARS?Whichoneismoredangerous?

A:Thenewcoronavirusislessdangerous.

Q:Manyelderlypeoplehavechronic(5)diseasesandneedtogotothehospitalregularlytoget

medicine.Iftheyrunoutofmedicine,shouldtheygotothehospital?

A:Wefoundthatelderlypeoplewithchronicdiseasehavehigherchancestogetinfected.It'sbetter

forthemtoasktheirchildrentogotothehospitaltogetmedicine.

Q:Arethereanynewtreatmentmethodsyouwanttosharewithus?

A:Thetwomaintreatmentmethodsarestillearlydetectionandearlyisolation.Theyarethe

mostprimitive(6)andeffectiveways.

Q:YoureyeswerefilledwithtearsduringanearlyinterviewwithXinhuaNewsAgency.Couldyou

telluswhathappened?

A:MedicalworkersinWuhanhaveworkedveryhardandpatientsarealsoverydepressed.Italked

tomanyofmystudentswhoaremedicalstaffinWuhanandtheyarenotinagoodmood.

Oneofmystudentstoldmethatpeopleweresingingthenationalanthem(7)onthestreet,"The

Chinesenationhasenteredacriticalstage."Itshowsthatpeoplehavehighmorale(8).Iwasdeeply

touched.Whendealingwithinfectiouspatientsincriticalsituation,morale,solidarity(9)and

cooperationareveryimportant.

Q:Whenwilltheepidemic(lO)end?

A:Thecountryhastakenstrongepidemicpreventionandcontainmentmeasures.OtherthanWuhan,

wehavenotseenlarge-scale(11)infectionsinotherplaces.Ithinkitwillnotlastaslongasthe

SARSepidemicin2003.

Adaptedfrom

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NOTES

renowned：著名的，有聲望的

novel：新奇的，異常的

coronavirus：冠狀病毒

mortality：死亡數，死亡率

chronic：慢性的，長期的

primitive：原始的，簡單的

anthem：贊美詩，圣歌

morale：士氣，斗志

solidarity：團結,團結一致

epidemic：傳染病,流行病

large-scale：大規模的,大范圍的

第六篇素材：

Recoveredcoronaviruspatientsstillmustbevigilant

Inspiteofantibodies(1)inthesystem,patientswhorecoverfromthenovelcoronavirus(2)may

beinfected(3)againiftheydon'ttakeprecautionarymeasures(4),aseniormedicalexpert

said.Antibodieswillbegeneratedinthoseinfectedbythevirustoprotecttheirbodies,butitmay

notlastlong,ZhanQingyuan,headofanexpertteamforpneumoniacontrolatChina-Japan

FriendshipHospital,saidatanewsconferenceonFriday."Thosewhohaverecoveredarestill

confrontedwiththeriskofbeinginfectedandshouldtakestrengthenedprecautionarymeasures,'*

henoted.

Zhanalsodismissedconcernsthatthediseasewillleavesequela(5)inallthoseinfected.There

shouldbenosequelaforpatientswithmildsymptoms.Forthosewithseveresymptoms,theymay

experiencepulmonaryfibrosis(6),hesaid.Headded,however,mostoftheproblemswillbe

addressedthankstotheabilityofthelungtorepairingitself,thoughsymptomsmaylingerforan

extendedperiodoftimeinatinyminorityofpatientswithextremelyseverecases.Somepatients

mayexperiencedepressivedisorders(7)aftertheyarecured.Theyshouldvisitpsychologists(8)to

relievethemselvesifnecessary,hesaid.Healsosuggestedallthosecuredvisitdoctorsregularlyto

havetheirlungschecked.AccordingtotheNationalHealthCommissionofChina(9),171people

ontheChinesemainlandhavebeenreleasedfromhospitals(10)afterrecoveringfromthenovel

coronavirus-causedpneumoniaasofThursdayatmidnight.Thecommissionalsosaid9,692had

beeninfectedbythevirus,andthedeathtoll(11)hasreached213.

.en/a/202002/01/WS5e3502b2a310128217273fd0,html

Notes

antibody：抗體

novelcoronavirus：新型冠狀病毒

infect：感染

precautionarymeasures：預防措施

sequel：后遺癥

pulmonaryfibrosis：肺纖維化

depressivedisorders：抑郁癥

psychologist：心理醫生

NationalHealthCommissionofChina：中國國家衛生健康委員會

bereleasedfromhospitals：出院

deathtoll：死亡人數

長難句翻譯

Inspiteofantibodiesinthesystem,patientswhorecoverfromthenovelcoronavirusmaybeinfected

againiftheydon'ttakeprecautionarymeasures,aseniormedicalexpertsaid.

一位高級醫學專家說，盡管被治愈的新型冠狀病毒患者的身體存在抗體，但如果不采取預防

措施，他們可能會再次被感染。

Headded,however,mostoftheproblemswillbeaddressedthankstotheabilityofthelungto

repairingitself,thoughsymptomsmaylingerforanextendedperiodoftimeinatinyminorityof

patientswithextremelyseverecases.

不過，他補充說，盡管極少數重癥患者的癥狀可能會持續很長一段時間，但由于肺的自我修

復能力，大多數問題都將得到解決。

第七篇素材：

Mother-to-childtransmissionofcoronavirus(l)notyetclear

Thereisnodefinitive(2)answerastowhetherthenovel(3)coronaviruscantransmitbetween

pregnantwomenandtheirfetuses(4),aChineseobstetrics(5)specialistsaidrecently.

Thecurrentapproachregardingtreatmentofpregnantwomenconfirmedtohavethevirusis

toprioritize(6)thesafetyoftheadultwhiletakingacomprehensiveviewofherhealthconditions

todecidewhethertoterminatethepregnancy,saidZhaoYangyu,headoftheobstetricsdepartment

ofPekingUniversityThirdHospital,atanewsconferenceheldbytheNationalHealthCommission.

"Itisalsoworthnotingconsistentfeverandvirusinfectionsarealwaysharmfultofetusesduring

earlypregnancy,"shesaid."Specialattentionshouldbepaidinthisregard."

Astheincreasingnumberofconfirmedandsuspectedcasesofthenovelcoronavirus

isstraining(7)medicalresourcesinChina,concernshavealsorisenoverhospitals*capacitytohandle

pregnantwomenwhoneedregularhealthcheck-ups.

WangLiang,anofficialwiththecommission'smaternalandchildhealthdepartment,saidsome

localauthoritieshavedesignatedinstitutionsspecializinginobstetricsandneonatology(8)todeliver

servicestothepregnantandensuretheirsafety.

"Forpregnantwomenwhoaresuspectedof,orconfirmedtobe,infectedwiththevirus,theyshould

seektreatmentathospitalsdesignatedlorcoronaviruspatients,"headded.

Zhao,theobstetricsspecialist,addeddespitethespreadoftheillness,pregnantwomenshould

followadviceofdoctorstoconductexaminations,especiallythoseathighrisk.

"Somehospitalshavetakenmeasurestodistributepatientsintodifferenttimeslots(9)inorderto

avoidlargegatheringsandreducetheirwaitingtime,'*shesaid,addingmothers-to-be(10)arealso

suggestedtotakeprecautions(l1)suchaswearingmasksandcooperatingwithhealthscreeningsat

medicalinstitutions.

Adaptedfrom

.en/a/202002/01/WS5e356563a310128217274190.html.

NOTES

coronavirus：冠狀病毒

definitive：最后的,最佳的,最權威的

novel：新奇的，異常的

fetus：胎兒

obstetrics：產科學

prioritize：優先處理，優先考慮

strain：拉緊，竭力

neonatology：新生兒學

timeslot：時間段

mother-to-be：孕婦，準媽媽

precaution：預防措施

長難句翻譯

Astheincreasingnumberofconfirmedandsuspectedcasesofthenovelcoronavirusisstraining

medicalresourcesinChina,concernshavealsorisenoverhospitals'capacitytohandlepregnant

womenwhoneedregularhealthcheck-ups.

隨著新型冠狀病毒確診以及疑似病例的不斷增加，中國的醫療資源越來越緊張，人們也越來

越擔心醫院是否有能力處理需要定期產檢的孕婦。

第八篇素材：

Whatweshouldknowaboutthecoronavirus

01

Coronaviruses1,socalledbecausetheyvaguely?resemble3monarchicalcrownswhenexamined

underanelectronmicroscope4,areawidespreadgroupthatinfectmanyspeciesofmammaland

bird.Thetwohumanexamplesknownofbefore2003bothcausecolds,butarenotregardedaslife-

threatening.Adiligent5searchaftertheemergenceofSARSdiscoveredtwoothersthathad

beencirculating6,previouslyunnoticed,inthehumanpopulation.Then,in2012,asixthhuman

coronaviruswasdiscoveredandshowntoberesponsiblefornewlydescribedsymptomsnow

calledMiddleEastrespiratorysyndrome(MERS)7thatkillaboutathirdofthoseinfected.Theagent

responsiblefortheoutbreakinWuhan,whichhasyettobenamedformally,appearstobethe

seventh.

NOTES

coronavirus:n.冠狀病毒

vaguely：adv.含糊地;有點

resemble：v.與...相像

electronmicroscope：電子顯微鏡

diligent：adj.辛勤的,孜孜不倦的

circulate：v.傳播

MiddleEastrespiratorysyndrome(MERS)：中東呼吸綜合征

02

On7thJanuary2020,theChineseauthoritiesidentifiedanewtypeofcoronavirus(novel

coronavirus1,2019-nCoV)fromaclusterofpneumoniacases2inWuhancity,Hubeiprovince,

China.2019-nCoVisanewstrainofcoronavirusandhasnotbeenpreviouslyidentifiedinhumans.

Accordingtotheinformationprovided,theinitialcases3inWuhanwerelinkedtoHuananseafood

market4inWuhan(temporarilyclosedsincethen),butinthelastfewdays,closecontactof

cases5becamepositive6andsomecaseshadnotravelhistorytoWuhan.

NOTES

novelcoronavirus：新型冠狀病毒

aclusterofpneumoniacases：一組肺炎病例

theinitialcases：最初的病例

seafoodmarket：海鮮市場

closecontactofcases:與患者密切接觸

positive：adj.陽性

03

China'sNationalHealthCommission(NHC)lsaidonSundaythatthenewCoronavirus

iscontagious2eveninitsincubationperiod3whichlastsupto14days,andthatthevirus'ability

tospreadisgettingstronger.

OTES

ChinarsNationalHealthCommission(NHC)：中國國家衛生健康委員會

contagious：adj.傳染的

incubationperiod：疾病潛伏期

04

ThepossiblesourceoftheoutbreakorhostlisstillunderinvestigationbyChineseauthoritiesand

itmayhaveemergedfromananimalspeciesasothercoronaviruses2.Thenumberofcasesinthe

currentepidemicislikelytohavebeenunderestimatedsincethesymptomaresimilartoseasonal

influenzas3oranyotheracuterespiratoryinfection(ARI)4;aninabilitytoidentifytheinfection

initiallyispossible,thereforetheexactextentoftheoutbreakstillremainsimprecise.Theevidence

ofhuman-to-humantransmissionisofconcerns.WHOdoesnotyethaveenoughdatatoassess

clinicalseveritiesofcases6.

n

t-^NOTES

host：n.宿主；受體

coronavirus：n.冠狀病毒

seasonalinfluenza：季節性流感

acuterespiratoryinfection(ARI)：急性呼吸道感染

Theevidenceofhuman-to-humantransmissionincludinginhealthcarefacilitiesisofconcern.

人傳人的證據令人關切。

WHOdoesnotyethaveenoughdatatoassessclinicalseveritiesofcases.

世衛組織尚無足夠的數據評估病例的臨床嚴重性。

第九篇素材:

China'sresponseto2019novelcoronavirus

01

InChina,publichealthcapacitiestorespondandmanagetheou