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你方唱罢我登场,动物流感大反扑


从2006年的禽流感到2009年的猪流感, 原本以不同动物为宿主的病毒已开始向人类进军. 大规模爆发的恐慌看似已经过去, 但这是否只是更可怕后续的前奏?
Hints:
Turkey -> Turkish
Indonesia
20秒处的那一段话起始和结束都比较模糊, 请童鞋们以"...submitted开头, 以throats..."结尾.
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答疑:Vechosyhttp://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201206/201206300934551627864.mp3"Human bird flu alert in Turkey, a child with symptoms dies in hospital."
This five-year-old boy is one of six people in eastern Turkey with suspected bird flu. "I made him eat chicken, but the chicken was sick," says his mother.
January, 2006, and a health scare had arrived in Europe.
"...submitted to hospital, developed fevers, coughing and bleeding in their throats..."
"We believe that bird flu has now arrived in France."
Six years ago, bird flu was making headlines. Deaths amongst Turkish children that year marked the first fatalities from avian influenza outside Asia. And though there were but a handful of deaths, new cases in Indonesia during the same outbreak sparked fears that the virus had somehow also acquired the ability to spread directly from person to person.
That turned out not to be the case. But in 2009 it was the turn of swine flu. Once again the virus had jumped from animals to humans, and while it proved far less lethal than expected, it spread like wildfire across the world. To virologists, this cycle of emergence of influenza viruses from animal reservoirs is like the enemy probing their defences in a prelude to war.
The scenario that keeps them awake at night is the outbreak of a new influenza virus that can kill efficiently and spread quickly from person to person.“土耳其发生人类感染禽流感病例。一个出现发病症状的男孩在医院去世了。”
这个五岁的男孩是土耳其东部6名禽流感疑似病患中的一位。“我给他吃了鸡,可那只鸡本来就有病,”男孩的母亲说道。
2006年1月,一场对自身健康的恐慌在欧洲降临。
“……入院病人都有高烧症状、咳嗽、咽喉出血……”
“我们确信,禽流感已波及法国。”
六年前,禽流感占据了各大报章的头条。土耳其儿童死亡是继亚洲之后最先出现禽流感致死的病例。尽管这场病毒大爆发中的死亡人数并不算多,印尼出现的新型病例却引发了人们的恐慌:病毒恐怕已在不觉间具备了人到人直接传播的能力。
后来证实这只是虚惊一场。但在2009年,猪流感登场了。往事重演,病毒从动物身上扑向人类。尽管它远不及人们想象得那么致命,但却像野火一般迅速蔓延全球。对病毒学家们所言,来自动物宿主的流感病毒一轮又一轮地现身,这就像是大战在即,敌军在刺探我们的防线。
他们心神难安,夜不能寐,只怕出现这样的情形:一场新的流感爆发,既具高致命性,又能快速在人与人之间传播。
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