专题 13 猴痘的传播--2023年高考英语外刊时文精读精练

2023年高考英语外刊时文精读精练 (13) A new outbreak of disease: The spread of monkeypox 新的疾病爆发：猴痘的传播 【外刊原文】（斜体单词为超纲词汇，认识即可；下划线单词为课标词汇，需熟记。） SINCE BRITAIN reported a case of monkeypox on May 7th, more than 300 further cases have been reported across the world. The disease, which is usually confined to Africa, is now present in at least 17 countries in Europe and five other non-African ones. The symptoms are similar to those of smallpox(天花), a disease that once troubled humans but has now been wiped out. Some researchers suggest that, ending routine anti-smallpox vaccination (疫苗)  may have opened the door for monkeypox to spread. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the illness rarely kills healthy adults if treated early, but can be dangerous for children, pregnant women and the immunocompromised (免疫缺陷的). Those warnings are important. There is no recorded case of anyone outside Africa having died of monkeypox. But in that land, where health care is often poor, it is fatal 3-6% of the time