高中英語(yǔ)有關(guān)新冠疫情的題目與素材（20篇 ）

有關(guān)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

?。﹖hatthisisanewvirusandwhat'sknownaboutthevirusnowmightchangeinthefuture.

Coronaviruses（冠狀病毒）arealargegroupofviruses.Theyconsistofacoreofgenetic

material（遺傳物質(zhì)）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(yán)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(yǔ)篇填空:

Howdowepreventtransmissionofthevirus?

Thisnewviruscurrentlyhasa](limit)geographicspread.2,thereareanumberof

standardhygiene(衛(wèi)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).

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Notes

clinicalpresentation:臨床表現(xiàn)

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(fā)病

clinicalcourse：臨床病程

sputum：痰

hemoptysis：咯血

diarrhea：腹瀉

prolonged：持續(xù)性的

intermittent：間歇性的

asymptomatic:無(wú)癥狀的

computedtomography(CT)：計(jì)算機(jī)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(zhǎng)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(xiàn)的報(bào)告數(shù)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(jì)算機(jī)斷層掃描異常的兒童出現(xiàn)了無(wú)癥狀感染。

Riskfactorsforsevereillnessarenotyetclear,althougholderpatientsandthosewithchronic

medicalconditionsmaybeathigherriskforsevereillness.

盡管老年患者和患有慢性基礎(chǔ)病的患者出現(xiàn)危重病情的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)更高，但具體的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)因素尚不明

確。

第二篇素材：

CurrentStatus現(xiàn)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(wèi)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(shù)據(jù)

transmissionalongachainof4"generations"：連續(xù)四代傳播

human-to-humantransmission：人際傳播

incubationperiod：潛伏期

asymptomatictransmisHon：無(wú)癥狀傳播

長(zhǎng)難句翻譯

Sincethattime,Chinahasreportedincreasingnumbersofcasesanddeaths,partlyattributableto

widerdiagnostictestingasawarenessoftheoutbreakgrows.

自那時(shí)以來(lái)，中國(guó)報(bào)告的病例數(shù)和死亡人數(shù)不斷增加，部分原因可以歸因于隨著疫情認(rèn)識(shí)的

加深而開(kāi)展的更為廣泛的診斷檢測(cè)。

Healthofficialshaveidentifiedevidenceoftransmissionalongachainof4agenerations(a

personwhooriginallycontractedthevirusfromanonhumansourceinfectedsomeoneelse,who

infectedanotherindividual,whotheninfectedanotherindividual),suggestingsustainedhuman-to-

humantransmission.

衛(wèi)生部門(mén)官員已經(jīng)明確了新型冠狀病毒連續(xù)四代傳播的證據(jù)(一名最初從非人類來(lái)源感染病

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

持續(xù)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(jiān)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(fā)，引起

netizen：網(wǎng)民

counter-virus：抗病毒的

patent：專利權(quán)，專利的

ShanghaiInstituteofMateriaMedicaunderChineseAcademyofSciences：中國(guó)科學(xué)院上海藥物

研究所

WuhanInstituteofVirology：武漢病毒研究所

virology：病毒學(xué)

onlineandoffline：線上線下

goofftheshelves：下架

inquicksuccession：緊接著

circulate：流傳

pharmacy：藥房

bravethechillyweather：冒著嚴(yán)寒

contrasting：差異大的，形成鮮明對(duì)比的

clinicaltrial：臨床試驗(yàn)

physicianguidance：醫(yī)囑

frenzy：狂怒,暴怒

mock：嘲笑

disinfectant：消毒劑

ultraviolet：紫外線的

digout：發(fā)現(xiàn),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(jīng)認(rèn)真考慮的

rebut：反駁，揭露，拒絕

長(zhǎng)難句翻譯

InthefaceofChina?sresolutebattleagainstthedeadlynovelcoronavirusoutbreak,thathascaused

over17,000confirmedcasesofinfectionsand361deathsnationwide,millionsofChinesepeople

havebeenquarantinedduringtheSpringFestivalholidays.

新型冠狀病毒爆發(fā)已在全國(guó)范圍內(nèi)造成L7萬(wàn)多例確診感染病例和361人死亡。面對(duì)中國(guó)與

這種致命病毒的堅(jiān)決斗爭(zhēng)，數(shù)百萬(wàn)中國(guó)人在春節(jié)期間被隔離。

AreportbytheXinhuaNewsAgencyclaimedChinesepatentmedicine,Shuanghuanglianoral

liquid,containingthreeherbalingredients,iseffectiveincontainingthenovelcoronavirusinfection,

citingthelatestjointresearchbetweenShanghaiInstituteofMateriaMedicaunderChinese

AcademyofSciencesandWuhanInstituteofVirology.

新華社引用中國(guó)科學(xué)院上海藥物研究所和武漢病毒研究所的最新聯(lián)合研究，聲稱包含三個(gè)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(rèn)為謠言和隨之而來(lái)的恐慌比疫情本身更加危險(xiǎn)，因?yàn)樘摷傩畔⒊３Ｓ|動(dòng)人們

的情感，在這樣的關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻，人們很容易做出錯(cuò)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.

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NOTES

epidemic:傳染病

peak：高峰

ChineseAcademyofEngineering：中國(guó)工程院

respiratorydiseases：呼吸系統(tǒng)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(shù)

fatalityrate：致歹匕率

earlyidentificationandquarantine：早發(fā)現(xiàn)，早隔離

stayput：不出門(mén)

getthrough：度過(guò)，熬過(guò)（困難時(shí)期等）

長(zhǎng)難句翻譯

It'shardtopredictwhentheepidemicwillreachitspeak,butitmaycomeinaweekor10days,

saidZhongNanshan,amemberoftheChineseAcademyofEngineeringandaprominentexpertin

respiratorydiseases.

中國(guó)工程院院士、著名呼吸系統(tǒng)疾病專家鐘南山說(shuō)，很難預(yù)測(cè)疫情何時(shí)會(huì)達(dá)到拐點(diǎn)，但可能

會(huì)在一周或10天之內(nèi)出現(xiàn)。

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.

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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(shù)，死亡率

chronic：慢性的，長(zhǎng)期的

primitive：原始的，簡(jiǎn)單的

anthem：贊美詩(shī)，圣歌

morale：士氣，斗志

solidarity：團(tuán)結(jié),團(tuán)結(jié)一致

epidemic：傳染病,流行病

large-scale：大規(guī)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(yù)防措施

sequel：后遺癥

pulmonaryfibrosis：肺纖維化

depressivedisorders：抑郁癥

psychologist：心理醫(yī)生

NationalHealthCommissionofChina：中國(guó)國(guó)家衛(wèi)生健康委員會(huì)

bereleasedfromhospitals：出院

deathtoll：死亡人數(shù)

長(zhǎng)難句翻譯

Inspiteofantibodiesinthesystem,patientswhorecoverfromthenovelcoronavirusmaybeinfected

againiftheydon'ttakeprecautionarymeasures,aseniormedicalexpertsaid.

一位高級(jí)醫(yī)學(xué)專家說(shuō)，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(yù)防

措施，他們可能會(huì)再次被感染。

Headded,however,mostoftheproblemswillbeaddressedthankstotheabilityofthelungto

repairingitself,thoughsymptomsmaylingerforanextendedperiodoftimeinatinyminorityof

patientswithextremelyseverecases.

不過(guò)，他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)，盡管極少數(shù)重癥患者的癥狀可能會(huì)持續(xù)很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間，但由于肺的自我修

復(fù)能力，大多數(shù)問(wèn)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(quán)威的

novel：新奇的，異常的

fetus：胎兒

obstetrics：產(chǎn)科學(xué)

prioritize：優(yōu)先處理，優(yōu)先考慮

strain：拉緊，竭力

neonatology：新生兒學(xué)

timeslot：時(shí)間段

mother-to-be：孕婦，準(zhǔn)媽媽

precaution：預(yù)防措施

長(zhǎng)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(guó)的醫(yī)療資源越來(lái)越緊張，人們也越來(lái)

越擔(dān)心醫(yī)院是否有能力處理需要定期產(chǎn)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(diǎn)

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(chǎng)

closecontactofcases:與患者密切接觸

positive：adj.陽(yáng)性

03

China'sNationalHealthCommission(NHC)lsaidonSundaythatthenewCoronavirus

iscontagious2eveninitsincubationperiod3whichlastsupto14days,andthatthevirus'ability

tospreadisgettingstronger.

OTES

ChinarsNationalHealthCommission(NHC)：中國(guó)國(guó)家衛(wèi)生健康委員會(huì)

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(jié)性流感

acuterespiratoryinfection(ARI)：急性呼吸道感染

Theevidenceofhuman-to-humantransmissionincludinginhealthcarefacilitiesisofconcern.

人傳人的證據(jù)令人關(guān)切。

WHOdoesnotyethaveenoughdatatoassessclinicalseveritiesofcases.

世衛(wèi)組織尚無(wú)足夠的數(shù)據(jù)評(píng)估病例的臨床嚴(yán)重性。

第九篇素材:

China'sresponseto2019novelcoronavirus

01

InChina,publichealthcapacitiestorespondandmanagetheou