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  • 本周的
    "Speak Up" Story

    		•  No panic over bird flu
     对待禽流感勿需恐慌

    The United Nations health agency sought to restrain fears of bird flu, which is striking large numbers of people.

    "I think it's very important at this stage that we remain calm about worst-case scenarios," said Mike Ryan, head of the global epidemic response network at the World Health Organization "What we're dealing with at the moment is small number of cases associated with exposure to poultry."

    Health officials say the strain of bird flu striking Taiwan and Pakistan is milder and is not considered a serious threat to humans. Cases in humans have been reported only in Vietnam and Thailand.

    "What we're saying is that we're not dealing with an imminent threat to public health, but we are dealing with a potential threat to public health," Ryan said.

    Health officials say destroying infected birds, if safely carried out, is the best way to control the disease, but the mass slaughter and import bans have harmed Asia's poultry industry.

    WHO officials have said people who eat poultry are not at risk from bird flu but that import restrictions on live birds are needed to stop the spread of the disease among farm flocks.

    WHO also is ready to hunt for a bird flu vaccine. Ryan said prototypes developed by the agency will shortly be supplied to pharmaceutical companies so they can begin research on a useable vaccine, which experts expect to be ready within months.


    词汇总结
    seek to
    设法
    restrain
    [v] 抑制
    bird flu
    禽流感
    strike
    [v] 打击；惊吓
    scenario
    [n] 情节
    epidemic
    [n] 流行病
    associated with
    和……有关联
    poultry
    [n] 家禽
    strain
    [n] 紧张
    mild
    [adj] 轻微的
    deal with
    处理；面临
    imminent
    [adj] 即将来临的
    potential
    [adj] 潜在的
    infected
    [adj] 被感染的
    mass slaughter
    大规模屠宰
    import ban
    进口禁运
    WHO
    [n] 世界卫生组织
    at risk
    有……的风险
    restriction
    [n] 限制；约束
    live
    [adj] 活的
    flock
    [n] （禽、畜等的）群
    hunt for
    搜寻
    vaccine
    [n] 疫苗
    prototype
    [n] 原型；试制品
    be supplied to
    供给
    pharmaceutical
    [adj] 配药的

  • 第一步：
    听本周时文

    		•

    请按下播放按钮，确认你的计算机处于联网状态，然后仔细听英文原文。语速很慢，不要担心有生词，让自己处于放松状态，尽量理解和记忆。

    如果您看不见播放器界面请点击此处。

  • 第二步：
    开口说答案

    		•

    听完了？感觉怎么样？
    如果有理解模糊的地方不要轻易放弃，先试着回答一下简单的问题：

    • 问题一：

      1. What did the United Nations’ health agency seek to restrain?

      凭记忆试着回答一下这个问题。对自己的回答满意吗？

      来听听原文的回答吧：

      如果您看不见播放器界面请点击此处。

    • 问题二：

      接着来一个稍难的问题：

      2. According to UN health officials, what is the best way to control the disease?

      原文的回答:

      如果您看不见播放器界面请点击此处。

    • 问题三：

      最后来迎接一下挑战：

      3. What will health agency supply to pharmaceutical companies within months?

      如果您看不见播放器界面请点击此处。

    怎么样？并不象想象地那么简单吧。那时因为英语对中国人来说是第二外语，并不会像母语那样本能反应，我们的注意力被分散在记忆和理解之间，语速再慢也会有理解偏差。记忆力人各不同，在语言学习过程中，我们要做到的是提高理解的效率和准确性。

    如果觉得自己表达还不理想，请再模仿一下原文的回答，让准确、简洁高效地回答成为自己的本能。

  • 第三步：
    进一步提高表达能力

    		•  接下来分析几个本文的闪光句型，争取在最近的英语对话中多多采用:
  • seek to :企图；尝试 They seek to make peace.他们设法讲和。

  • What we are dealing with (at the moment …) is that … 我们现在处理/面临的是……（主语从句表达的很地道）

  • (be) at risk… 有……的风险 看看下面一个句子：
    When surgeons are doing research on SARS vaccine, they are at risk being infected.

  • 小王的
    "Show Off"专栏

    		• 本周的"Killer Sentence"：
    Kelly : Bird flu has caused panic among Chinese. What do you think?

    Xiao Wang: No need to panic. I don not think Chinese are really at risk. Our government is seeking to find out a solution to stop the spread of bird flu.

  • iCanSay
    口语小贴士

    		• 男女之间-永恒的主题
    1. Are you married or single?
    2. Do you have anyone in mind?
    3. I've been dying to see you. (我一直好想见你。)
    4. My girlfriend and I broke up.
    5. How did you get to know her? (你是怎么认识她的。)
    6. How long have you known her?
    7. She is not my kind of girl. (她不是我喜欢的那一种。)
    8. He was our go-between. (他是我们的媒人。)
    9. Miss Park is kind of short, but she has a beautiful personality. (她有点矮，但她个性迷人〖永久的魅力〗。)
    10. She is well built. /She has a good figure. (身材好)
    11. His appearance is impressive. (他的外表印象深刻。)
    12. She looks neat and fresh. (她看起来优雅清新。)
    13. She wears too much make-up.
    14. Forgive me for being 20 minutes late for our date.
    15. You are everything to me. There's no one like you.
    16. Mary and Amold are going steady. (正式成为情侣)
    17. It was love at first sight. (那是一见钟情)
    18. I don't have the heart to tell her. (我没有勇气。)
    19. Our date today was NATO.(No Action, Talk Only)
    20. I love you with all my heart. (我全心全意爱你。)
    21. I'm so happy with you in this starry night. (美丽的夜晚)
    22. They are right matches. (他们是天生的一对。)
    23. She always plays with love. (她总是玩弄爱情。)
    24. She gave me the cold shoulder. (她对我冷淡。)
    25. He makes a pass〖送秋波〗at every girl he meets.
    26. When are you planning to get married?
    27. Where are you going on your honeymoon?
    28. I've got a strange feeling that this marriage won't last very long. (我有一个奇怪的感觉：这婚姻不会长久。)
    29. They are expecting their first child. (怀第一个小孩)
    30. His wife has him under her thumb. (他妻子控制他。)
    31. I'm through with you! (我们到此为止。)
    32. I can't face him after what I've done.
    33. I got a "Dear John" letter〖绝交信〗from her.
    34. I like him the way he was. (我喜欢他过去的样子。)
    35. It was so exciting to meet her again after so many years.
    36. Cry on my shoulders. (把委屈告诉我吧。)
    37. He made up with his girlfriend. (他和女朋友和好)
    38. You are my best friend in the whole world.
    39. You're the only one I can turn to. (能依赖的人)
    40. I am on speaking terns with him. (泛泛之交)
    41. Mr. Park is a devoted husband. (忠实情深的丈夫)
    42. He doesn't take me seriously. (他对我没有诚意。)
    43. She is constantly in love. (她不停在恋爱。)
    44. I don't like the way you are treating me.
    45. He cheated on his wife. /He two-times his wife. (他对妻子不忠。)
    46. I'm too deeply involved〖陷得太深〗.
    47. He is fun to be with. (与他相处很有趣。)
    48. I think I have fallen in love with someone.


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