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高中英语 VOA常速听力2012年08月合辑（文本）Study-Looks-at-Role-Airports-Play-in-Spread-of-Disease-Pandemics素材 Study Looks at Role Airports Play in Spread of Disease, Pandemics 麻省理工学院着手机场传播疾病的研究 Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have studied the role airports play in spreading disease and pandemics. They found that airports in New York, Los Angeles and Honolulu can spread disease more aggressively than others. Airports and planes move more than only people. They have also transported diseases such as influenza, SARS, and turburculosis. 机场和飞机不仅仅肩负着运送乘客的重任。这些设施还可以传播疾病,比如流行性感冒，SARS及肺结核病等。 Yatta Montrell is flying to Hong Kong and Malaysia from Los Angeles. Every time she travels, she worries about getting sick. 雅塔?蒙特里尔正从从洛杉矶飞往香港和马来西亚。每次她出差,她总是担心会感染疾病。 “I try to take travelers shots and carry hand sanitizer,” she said. “我尝试着要旅客们的照片并携带洗手液,”她说道。 Some airports in the United States are able to spread disease more quickly, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 据麻省理工学院的研究者称，美国的一些机场疾病传播变得更加迅速。 They looked at the volume of traffic, the amount of long-range travel and connections from certain airports. New York’s Kennedy airport and LAX in Los Angeles ranked highest by those measurements. 他们密切留意交通流量,远途旅行的数量和某些机场的关联。纽约肯尼迪机场和洛杉矶机场在那些测量值中排名最高。 Researcher Ruben Juanes was surprised that Honolulu’s smaller airport ranked third in its ability to spread a pandemic. In a Skype interview with VOA, Juanes explains why. 令研究员鲁本?胡昂斯感到惊讶的是,檀香山小型机场的传播流行疾病能力排名第三。在通过Skype接受美国之音采访时,胡昂思道出了其中原因。 “It’s in the middle of the ocean so virtually every connection is a long-range connection that can take away infected passengers very quickly over many thousands of kilometers. And even though the number of connections is small, a large fraction of them are hubs in Asia or North America,? Juanes stated. “它地处海中，因此几乎每个连接都是远距离连接,可以很快携带身染疾病的乘客达几千公里。尽管连接的数量很小,但绝大部分都是在亚洲和北美中心。”胡昂思表示。 MIT factored in the travel patterns of individuals: the length of their trips and layovers. 麻