Bird Flu Analysis

禽流感分析

本則英語影音新聞及出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞

【新聞關鍵字】

1. bird flu n. 禽流感

2. identify: v. 確認

3. microbiology n. 微生物學

4. alarming adj. 警戒性的

5. poultry n. 家禽

Since the beginning of January, three people have been identified with H5N1 bird flu in Beijing, Shanxi Province and Shandong Province. One of them, a woman in Beijing, has died.

從今年一月起，北京、山西省廣東省各發現一位證實 H5N1 禽流感感染的人，在北京受感染的女性已經死亡。

Microbiology Professor Chen Jixiang of Hong Kong Chinese University says the situation is very alarming, primarily because the source of the infections have not yet been identified. None of the locations where people contracted bird flu has had problems with bird flu among their poultry. In the past, the H5N1 virus has primarily been passed from birds to people.

香港中文大學微生物學教授陳吉祥說，這情況具警戒性，因為感染源尚未確定，受感染的人當地並無受感染的家禽。在過去，H5N1病毒主要是由鳥類傳染給人類。

【新聞關鍵字】

6. hidden adv. 隱藏的、隱密的

7. vaccine n. 疫苗

8. dynamic adj. 動態的

9. human-to-human n. 人傳人

10. flu n. 流行性感冒

[ Microbiology Professor Chen Jixiang of Hong Kong Chinese University:]

“Many experts want to understand if there is some hidden infection that does not have any external symptoms in the ducks or chickens. Or is it possible that this infection has come from a vaccine?

陳吉祥說：「很多專家懷疑是否雞鴨的感染沒有外顯的症狀，或是感染來自於疫苗？」

Chen Jixiang points out that the bird flu virus is dynamic, changing constantly.

陳吉祥指出禽流感病毒是活動性的，經常改變的。

[ Microbiology Professor Chen Jixiang of Hong Kong Chinese University:]

“This virus can change from slow human-to-human infection to fast human-to-human infection. This change could happen in a very short period of time. It could be that the virus just needs to make a slight change in order to easily transmit between people.”

陳吉祥說：「禽流感病毒可從緩慢的人傳人，轉變成快速的人傳人，這種轉變可在極短時間內發生，禽流感病毒可以做一點小改變而在人群中間迅速流傳。」

It is flu season in Hong Kong right now. Chen Jixiang knows that it would only be a matter of a bird’s flight or the sale of an infected duck to bring bird flu into Hong Kong. For now, all he can do is hope that Hong Kong remains safe from the virus.

香港現在是流行性感冒流行的季節，陳吉祥知道只要鳥類的飛來或是販售感染的鴨就可以將禽流感帶入香港。現在陳吉祥能做的只是希望香港免於禽流感的感染。

作者：Timothy Liang