Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-affected MV Hondius: BBC Learning English from the News · BBC Learning English
本期节目讲述荷兰邮轮MV Hondius因汉他病毒导致三名乘客死亡，引发多国隔离措施。适合练习新闻词汇和疫情相关表达。
From BBC Learning English.
来自 BBC 的“学习英语”（Learning English）项目。
This is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.
这是《从新闻中学习英语》（Learning English from the News）——我们的播客节目，专门聚焦新闻头条内容。
In this programme, passengers leave hantavirus ship.
在这个节目中，乘客们离开了那些被汉坦病毒污染的船只。
Hello, I'm Becca.
你好，我是贝卡。
And I'm Phil.
我是菲尔。
In this programme, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
在这个节目中，我们会重点关注一则重要的新闻事件，以及新闻标题中出现的词汇，这些词汇将有助于你理解该事件的内容。
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode, as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
您可以在我们的网站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到这一集中的所有词汇和新闻标题，同时还有一份配套的学习练习表。
So, let's hear more about this story.
那么，让我们进一步了解一下这个故事吧。
All passengers have now left the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, after a voyage that led to the death of three people from hantavirus,
所有乘客现已离开这艘荷兰游轮“MV Hondius”。在这次航行中，有三名乘客因汉坦病毒感染而不幸身亡。
a virus usually found in rats.
这种病毒通常存在于老鼠体内。
One passenger is thought to have caught the virus while birdwatching in Ushuaia, Argentina, where the ship's journey began.
据信，有一名乘客是在阿根廷乌斯怀亚（Ushuaia）观赏鸟类时感染了这种病毒的。而这艘船的旅程也正是从乌斯怀亚开始的。
The virus does not easily spread between people, but people who do catch it often die.
这种病毒在人与人之间不容易传播，但一旦有人感染上它，往往就会死亡。
The World Health Organisation has said that there is no sign of a larger outbreak at the moment,
世界卫生组织表示，目前没有迹象表明疫情会进一步扩散（即不会出现更大规模的疫情爆发）。
but as the disease takes a long time to develop, this could change.
但由于这种疾病的发展需要很长时间，这种情况可能会发生变化。
Many countries have taken action to isolate, or quarantine, their citizens who returned from the ship.
许多国家已经采取措施，对从那艘船上返回的公民进行隔离或检疫。
Let's have our first headline.
让我们来看第一条新闻标题吧。
This headline is from Le Monde, a French newspaper.
这个标题来自《世界报》（Le Monde），这是一份法国报纸。
Hantavirus: After first positive case in France, government aims to 'break chain' of transmission.
汉坦病毒：在法国出现首例确诊病例后，政府致力于“切断”病毒传播链。
That headline again, and this is from Le Monde, a French newspaper.
再来看那个标题吧，这篇文章来自《世界报》（Le Monde），这是一份法国报纸。
Hantavirus: After first positive case in France, government aims to 'break chain' of transmission.
汉坦病毒：在法国出现首例确诊病例后，政府致力于“切断”病毒传播链。
This headline is talking about the quarantine measures taken by the French government.
这个标题指的是法国政府采取的隔离措施。
We're looking at the expression 'break the chain'.
我们正在研究这个表达：“打破链条”（break the chain）。
To understand this, we need to think about how 'chain' works as a metaphor.
要理解这一点，我们需要思考“链条”这个比喻是如何运作的。
Yes, literally a chain is lots of connected pieces, usually of metal.
是的，链条确实是由许多相互连接的部件组成的，这些部件通常是由金属制成的。
One of the metaphorical uses of 'chain' is to talk about a sequence of connected events.
chain”（链条）的一个比喻用法是用来描述一系列相互关联的事件。
Here we're talking about the chain of transmission, which is describing how infectious illnesses pass from one person to another.
这里我们讨论的是传播链（chain of transmission），它描述了传染病是如何从一个人传播到另一个人的。
If the chain is broken by quarantine, for example, then it stops the disease passing from one person to another.
如果这种“传播链”因为隔离措施而被打断，那么疾病就无法从一个人传播到另一个人了。
There are lots of different kinds of chains that we can talk about in this way, and that we can break.
我们可以从这种角度讨论许多不同类型的链条，这些链条都是可以被破坏的。
If someone interrupts you when you're being creative, they break your chain of thought.
当你在发挥创造力时，如果有人打断你，就会打断你的思维连贯性。
A series of connected negative events could be a chain of events.
一系列相互关联的负面事件可能构成一个事件链。
If you stop those events, you could break the chain of negative events.
如果你阻止了那些事件的发生，就有可能打破这一系列负面事件的连锁反应。
You might also talk about breaking the chain of consequences.
你也可以谈谈如何打破这种“因果循环”（即如何阻止一系列负面后果的持续发生）。
We've had 'break the chain' - stop something continuing.
我们一直倡导“打破链条”的理念，即阻止某种不良现象或负面趋势的持续发生。
For example, don't talk to me now.
例如，现在不要和我说话。
You'll break my chain of thought.
你会打断我的思路（即让我无法继续连贯地思考）。
This is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.
这是《从新闻中学习英语》（Learning English from the News）——我们的播客节目，专门聚焦新闻标题的内容。
Today we're talking about the hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship.
今天我们要讨论的是在荷兰一艘游轮上发生的汉坦病毒疫情。
A number of countries in Europe, the
欧洲的多个国家……
Americas, and Asia are taking measures to
美洲和亚洲正在采取措施……
test or isolate people who were on the ship or who have been in contact with those on the ship.
对那些曾登上该船只的人，或与船上人员有过接触的人进行检测或隔离。