1、Unit 6 Section A 1. life expectancy 2. regulators abortion 3. rabies 4. infected with cases 5. bird flu immune 6. outbreaks borne 7. prescription medicines 8. AIDS 9. antiviral 10. medicare Section B Answers:1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.B 1. The problem of obesity is spreading into many different aspects of Am
2、ericans lives. Now researchers have confirmed that some children are so fat they cant fit into car safety seats designed for kids. 2. Two more Indian states have banned the sale of soft drinks produced by U.S.giants Coca-cola and Pepsi-cola after a test by an environmental group showed high pesticid
3、e levels. This brings the total number of states to six where there is a partial r full ban of the soft drinks. 3. An Asian expert says disease and natural disease and natural disasters may pose a greater security threat to the region than conventional political conflicts. 4. The United Nations says
4、 opium cultivation in Afghanistan has declined for the first time since 2001 as tens of thousands of farmers have given up opium poppies for legal crops. 5. The authorities in Iran have warned that if the dangerously high level of air pollution in the capital Teheran continues, there could be thousa
5、nds of casualties. Section C Item 1 Answers: Task1 1.A 2.C 3.CThe number of people infected with HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS, is still rising and has passed 14 million worldwide for the first time. The United Nations said there had been 5 million new infections this year and warned that AID
6、S was outstripping global and national efforts to contain it. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst affected region. In Asia, where more than eight million people are infected, the UN says infection rates are rising sharply. It warned that Pakistan, in particular, was on the verge of a serious epidem
7、ic. Item 2 Answers: task1 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.TTask2 1. International conference; malaria; West African state; scientific findings 2. costs; in lost GDP 3. worlds population; is transmittedThe biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in the West African state of Cameroon to discuss t
8、he latest scientific findings on the disease which kills more than 1.5 million people worldwide each year. 75% of those victims are African children. Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Yaounde, 80% are from Africa. The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollars in lost GDP e
9、ach year. The latest research suggests that 41% of the worlds population live in areas where malaria is transmitted. Item 3 Answers: 1. whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E.coil bacteria2. bad spinach from Natural Selection Foods3. Earth Bound Farm4. It has recalled
10、 the spinach5. get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers6. one person died and dozens were sick in 19 statesThe Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E. coli bacteria. Officials have linked bad spinach from N
11、aturalSelection Foods as one source of the E. coli. The company says the products are sold under the brand name Earth Bound Farm. Doctor David Atchison with the FDA says natural selection Foods has voluntarily recalled the spinach. The FDA advises shoppers to get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or
12、other containers. At least one person has died. Dozens of others have gotten sick in at least 19states. Section D Item 1 Answers:1. Formulate 2.Bird Flu 3.German 4.presence 5.wild swans 6.the Balkans 7.Turkey 8.toughen import bans 9.Dedicate 10.testing programs 11.to prevent transmissionEuropean hea
13、lth experts have gathered in Brussels to formulate a response to recent bird flu outbreaks among migratory birds. The panel today endorsed measures that would increase surveillance and toughen import bans, such as the European Unions plan, suspending the imports of untreated feathers from non-EU cou
14、ntries. The European Commission has dedicated an additional 2.2 million dollars for bird surveillance and testing programs. German authorities today confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in wild swans on an island in the Baltic Sea. Outbreaks have been confirmed in the Balkans, Tu
15、rkey, the Caspian Sea areas and elsewhere. Several EU countries have ordered farmers to keep poultries indoors to prevent transmission of the disease. But the World Organization for Animal Health in Paris says this is not necessary at the present time. Item 2 Answers: task1 1.D 2.A Task2 FTTFTA week
16、 after a toxic waste scandal brought down the government of Ivory Coast, teams of Ivorian and French experts are still trying to establish exactly what the material was composed of. Tons of waste from a ship were dumped in leaking drums in at least 11 open air locations in Ivory Coasts biggest city
17、Abidjian. Our correspondent James Copnall is there. The latest health ministry figures show that the health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, a state of panic seems to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian experts were attempting to find out what exactly the toxic wa
18、ste was composed of. Item 3 Answers: 1. It has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic2. The updated strategy needs cities, states and businesses to prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help3. It could make up to 40% of
19、the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time. The infection could remain active in a community for up to two months4. The pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States5.It tends to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person t
20、o personThe White House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businesses that they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help, and says that a flu pandemic could make up to
21、40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for up to two months. In the worst case, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemics tend to break out when a ne
22、ver-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists are currently worried that the Asian bird flu might mutate into that kind of virus.Section E1. The move is expected / to reduce expenses involved in the drug / that has been hailed as a life-saving treatment2. In th
23、e study / patients who cut their smoking in half / also cut their risk of lung cancer / by 27%3. European Union officials / continue to reassure the public / that the apparent spread of the avian flu virus / is at this point a threat to animals not humans4. One hundred and twenty-three identificatio
24、n cards / had been issued to patients who need them / to prove to law enforcement personnel / that they used marijuana for medical purposes5. Analysts say / total spending on research into malaria last year / accounted for only about one third of one percent of / total medical research and development funding
