CCTV9英语新闻：提高意识，预防疾病

Friday is the 29th National Child Vaccination 1 Awareness 2 Day in China. It coincides with the World Health Organization’s "World Immunization Week" and this year’s theme is “Stop Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer; Vaccinate 3 at Birth.”

 

The World Health Organization is reminding parents of the importance of protecting children through timely immunization, especially after the birth of their babies.

 

The purpose of getting vaccines 5 for my child is to prevent my daughter from being exposed to infectious diseases from other children. I think it is important.

 

The focus of this year’s immunization campaign is Hepatitis B, the virus that can cause liver cancer.

 

WHO data show everyday about 3,500 babies are born to mothers with chronic 6 hepatitis B in China, and these babies are likely to become lifelong carriers of the hepatitis B virus. Experts say few babies suffer adverse 7 side effects from vaccines, and staff is on hand to treat any child who has a reaction.

 

"Some children may get adverse reaction from getting some type of vaccines, but that ratio is fairly low, parents should not forego the chance to protect their children," said Cheng Min, Director of The CDHT Fangcao Community Health Service Center, Sichuan.

 

“Experts say to prevent people from being exposed to the Hepatitis B, newborns should get a timely dose of the hepatitis B vaccine 4. This, followed by two more doses during infancy 8, will lead to lifelong protection from the deadly virus," said reporter Liu Yang.

 

China has made tremendous progress on disease prevention. The WHO says the rate of hepatitis B infection has declined 90% among children under 5 years old since inoculations were introduced nation wide.

 

"Nowadays, getting vaccinated 9 is the best way to protect us from getting sick, to build up a protective screen, we need to educate these children and let them know," said Qiu Jiping, physician at The CDHT Fangcao Community Health Service Center, Sichuan.

 

Experts say diseases such as polio, measles 10, and whooping 11 cough have been eliminated or brought under control by vaccines in China. According to the experts from Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, they are considering whether to add vaccines for chickenpox and some flu shot to the current list of 14 vaccines now administered to children under the national program.

 

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1
vaccination

  
 


n.接种疫苗，种痘


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Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。












2
awareness

  
 


n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智


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There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。












3
vaccinate

  
 


vt.给…接种疫苗；种牛痘


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Local health officials then can plan the best times to vaccinate people.这样，当地的卫生官员就可以安排最佳时间给人们接种疫苗。
Doctors vaccinate us so that we do not catch smallpox.医生给我们打预防针使我们不会得天花。












4
vaccine

  
 


n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的


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The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。












5
vaccines

  
 


疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )


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His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。












6
chronic

  
 


adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的


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Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。












7
adverse

  
 


adj.不利的；有害的；敌对的，不友好的


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He is adverse to going abroad.他反对出国。
The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.用药不当会产生严重的不良反应。












8
infancy

  
 


n.婴儿期；幼年期；初期


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He came to England in his infancy.他幼年时期来到英国。
Their research is only in its infancy.他们的研究处于初级阶段。












9
vaccinated

  
 


[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的


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I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？












10
measles

  
 


n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子


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The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。












11
whooping

  
 


发嗬嗬声的，发咳声的


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Whooping cough is very prevalent just now. 百日咳正在广泛流行。
Have you had your child vaccinated against whooping cough? 你给你的孩子打过百日咳疫苗了吗？