英语新闻听力教程Unit 6 原文及答案

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

2.costs 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.

英语新闻听力教程Unit 6 原文及答案

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 E.coli bacteria. Officials have linked bad spinach from natural Selection Foods as one source of the E.coli. 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 Fren …… 此处隐藏：5843字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……