2020高考英语外刊时文精读：新冠疫情；预防病毒勤洗手和戴口罩一样重要.doc

1、每日外刊精选精读 短文精读： How to Avoid the Coronavirus? Wash Your Hands By Elisabeth Rosenthal As a New York Times correspondent in China, I covered the SARS outbreak in 2002 and 2003 during which a novel coronavirus was first detected in Guangdong. My two children attended elementary school in Beijing through

2、out the outbreak. The International School of Beijing, where my children were students, was one of the few in the capital that stayed open throughout the SARS outbreak. The school instituted a bunch of simple precautionary policies: a stern note to parents reminding them not to send a child to schoo

3、l who was sick and warning them that students would be screened for fevers with ear thermometers at the school door. There was no sharing of food at lunch. The teacher led the kids in frequent hand washing throughout the day at classroom sinks, while singing a prolonged “hand washing song” to ensure

4、 they did more than a cursory pass under the faucet with water only. With those precautions in place, I observed something of a public health miracle: Not only did no child get SARS, but it seemed no student was sick with anything at all for months on end. The World Health Organization declared the

5、SARS outbreak contained in July 2003. But, oh, those habits persisted. The best first-line defenses against SARS or the new coronavirus or most any virus at all are the ones that Grandma and common sense taught us, after all. (c) 2020 The New York Times Company 生词好句生词好句： 1.avoid /vd/ vt. 防止；避开，躲开（to

6、 stay/keep away from） avoid traffic 避开拥堵 avoid crowds 避免人群密集地 avoid public gathering 避免公众聚集 2.correspondent /krspndnt/ n. 通讯员，记者（reporter/journalist） correspond vi 通信 3.attend /tend/ vt. 上学；参加；照顾 attend college 上大学 attend the meeting 参会 Each nurse attends 15 patients. 每名护士照顾 15 名病人。 4.elementary sch

7、ool 小学（北美地区常用） primary school 小学（英国、印度、澳大利亚 预防病毒，勤洗手和戴口罩一样重要。面对新冠肺炎，在各类口罩脱销之 际，一位经历过“非典”的驻华记者却表示，对于防范病毒，勤洗手同样重要、 有效，但大众却没有足够地重视。作者为什么这么认为？怎样才算正确的洗手 方式呢？请看下文。 每日外刊精选精读 等地区常见） 5.institute /nstitut/ vt. 建立一套系统/规则/法律程序（to start sth. such as a system, rule, or legal process） institute n. 机构，学院 institute

8、new measures 制定新措施 institute criminal proceedings 提起刑事诉讼 6.a bunch of 一堆（a number of things of the same type） a bunch of flowers 一束花 a bunch of keys 一串钥匙 7.precautionary /prkneri/ adj. 预防性的，小心的 构词：pre-（往前的）+ cautionary（警 告、劝诫的） a precautionary step/measure 预防性措施 8.stern /strn/ adj. 严厉的，坚定的 a stern w

9、arning 严厉警告 a stern expression 严肃的表情 9.screen /skrin/ vt. 筛查 screen n. 屏幕 screen sb. for sth. 检查某人是否携带某物 All babies are to be screened for the infection. 所有婴儿都要接受感染筛查。 10.ear thermometer 耳温枪/耳温计 forehead thermometer 额温枪 11.prolonged /prld/ adj. 长时间的，拖长的 12.cursory /krsri/ adj. 粗略的，草率的（hasty） a curso

10、ry glance 匆匆瞟了一眼 13.faucet /fst/ n.（美式）水龙头（英式：tap） tap water 自来水 14.in place 生效（being used or active） ；在恰当的位置（in the proper position） 15.on end 持续地（without interruption） It rained for days on end. 雨连续下了好多天。 16.contain /knten/ vt. 控制（control） ；容纳 contain the epidemic 控制疫情 containable adj. 可控的 contain

11、er n. 容器 17.persist /prsst/ vi. 继续（continue to exist） If symptoms persist, seek medical attention. 症状一直存在的话，你要早点去看医生。 18.first-line adj. 首选的 first-line treatment/therapy 首选疗法 19.defense against 防御 The immune system is the bodys defense against infection. 免疫系统是身体面对感染的防御。 短文翻译： How to Avoid the Corona

12、virus? Wash Your Hands 如何预防冠状病毒？勤洗你的手 By Elisabeth Rosenthal As a New York Times correspondent in China, I covered the SARS outbreak in 2002 and 2003 during which a novel coronavirus was first detected in Guangdong. My two children attended elementary school in Beijing throughout the outbreak. 每日外刊精

13、选精读 作为一名纽约时报驻华记者，我报道过 2002 年至 2003 年爆发的 SARS 疫情，那一 次的新型冠状病毒首先发现于广东。整个疫情期间，我的两个孩子都在北京上小学。 The International School of Beijing, where my children were students, was one of the few in the capital that stayed open throughout the SARS outbreak. 我孩子就读的北京顺义国际学校是首都为数不多的在整个 SARS 疫情期间一直没停课 的学校。 The school ins

14、tituted a bunch of simple precautionary policies: a stern note to parents reminding them not to send a child to school who was sick and warning them that students would be screened for fevers with ear thermometers at the school door. There was no sharing of food at lunch. The teacher led the kids in

15、 frequent hand washing throughout the day at classroom sinks, while singing a prolonged “hand washing song” to ensure they did more than a cursory pass under the faucet with water only. 学校制定了一系列简单的预防措施： 一份措辞严厉的通知书提醒家长不要送生病的孩子 去上学， 并预先告知他们学校会在校门口用耳温计检查学生是否发烧； 午餐时不许共享食物； 老师全天会频繁带领孩子在教室里的水池洗手，边洗边唱加长版的“

16、洗手歌” ，以确保孩子 们不仅仅是在水龙头下沾沾水就完事。 With those precautions in place, I observed something of a public health miracle: Not only did no child get SARS, but it seemed no student was sick with anything at all for months on end. 采取了这些预防措施后，我发现了一个公共卫生奇迹：不仅没有孩子感染 SARS，而且 连续几个月里似乎没有学生患任何其它的病。 The World Health Org

17、anization declared the SARS outbreak contained in July 2003. But, oh, those habits persisted. The best first-line defenses against SARS or the new coronavirus or most any virus at all are the ones that Grandma and common sense taught us, after all. 世界卫生组织于 2003 年 7 月宣布 SARS 疫情得到控制。但是呢，这些好习惯留存了下 来。毕竟，不论是抵抗 SARS 病毒、新型冠状病毒，或是绝大多数其它病毒，最好的首选防 护措施还是那些祖母和常识早就教给我们的东西。 (c) 2020 The New York Times Company