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200年前疾病又卷土重来,我们防得住吗?
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Data released by the UK National Health Service last year on patient admissions revealed an alarming rise in various nutritional and communicable diseases in the past decade.
英国国家卫生署去年公布的入院患者的数据显示,各种各样的营养性疾病和传染性疾病在过去十年来以惊人的速度增长着。
reveal [rɪ'viːl]
vt. 显示;透露;揭露;泄露
communicable diseases
传染病
alarming [ə'lɑːmɪŋ]
adj. 令人担忧的;使人惊恐的
nutritional [njuː'trɪʃənəl]
adj. 营养的;滋养的
The infectious disease known as scarlet fever (猩红热) famously reached pandemic(流行) proportions in the 19th century, striking down the young and the weak across the Western world.
被称为红热病的传染病在20世纪盛行,击溃了当时西方国家的幼儿们和体弱者。
infectious disease
传染病
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Recent years have seen a return of the bacterial infection, reaching numbers not seen since the 1960s, with admissions for a primary diagnosis more than doubling between 2010/11 and 2017/18, from 429 to more than 1,300.
近些年来,细菌感染卷土重来,受害者达到了自1960s以来从所未见的最高值,初步确诊者的人数从429跃升至1 300多人,从2010/11年到2017/18年期间的感染人数翻了两倍不止。
diagnosis [ˌdaɪəɡ'nəʊsɪs]
n. 诊断
bacterial [bæk'tɪərɪəl]