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八月份 第 12 课

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  • China Investigates Toy Manufacturers
  • 中国调查玩具生產公司
  •   China's Commerce Ministry is investigating Chinese companies that produced and exported toys the U.S. company Mattel says are unsafe.
  • 中国商务部正在调查生產并出口美国美泰公司所说的不安全玩具的中国公司。

  •   The ministry said Thursday manufacturers and exporters of the toys will not be allowed to operate until their products are deemed safe.
  • 中国商务部星期四说,生產和出口这些玩具的公司在產品达到安全标準之前将停產。

  •   The U.S. toy company Mattel has recalled more 18 million toys made in China due to safety concerns.
  • 美国玩具製造商美泰公司出於安全考虑,召回了 1800 多万件中国製造的玩具。

  •   Mattel says the toys had unsafe amounts of lead paint and small magnets children could choke on.
  • 美泰公司说,这些玩具的含铅量超过安全标準,并带有儿童可能吞嚥而导致窒息的小磁片。

  •   Commerce Ministry spokesman Wang Xinpei says China's toy exports are safe and the media are exaggerating the extent of the problem.
  • 中国商务部发言人王新培说,中国出口的玩具是安全的,媒体夸大了问题的严重性。

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  • Indonesian Woman Dies Bird Flu
  • 印尼一妇女感染禽流感后死亡
  •   Indonesia's Health Ministry says a 17-year old woman has died of bird flu.
  • 印度尼西亚卫生部说,一名 17 岁的妇女死於禽流感。

  •   Authorities say the woman died Tuesday in Tangerang, west of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.
  • 有关当局说,这名妇女星期二在首都雅加达以西的丹格朗地区死亡。

  •   She is the 83rd Indonesian to have died of the virus.
  • 她是印尼第 83 个感染禽流感病毒死亡的人。

  •   Earlier this week, a 29-year old woman living on the island of Bali died of the disease, becoming the resort island's first known human fatality from the often-deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.
  • 本周早些时候,巴里岛一名 29 岁的妇女死於禽流感,成為巴里岛第一个死於致命的 H5N1 型禽流感病毒的人。

  •   More than 190 people worldwide have died from bird flu since the outbreak began in 2003, mostly in Asian nations.
  • 自 2003 年禽流感在世界各地爆发以来,已经造成 190 多人死亡,大部分死亡发生在亚洲国家。

  •   The virus is mainly passed to humans through contact with infected animals.
  • 人类感染禽流感病毒通常是通过接触染有病毒的动物。

  •   But experts fear the virus could mutate into a form that is more easily transmissible by human-to-human contact.
  • 但是专家担心,这种病毒会出现更容易在人与人之间传染的变异。

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