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初中英语Lesson 18 Efforts to Stop Measles 英语听力: asf听力文件无病毒，请放心打开 听力理解 Key words: 1. measles 麻疹，风疹 2. preventable 可预防的，可阻止的 3. virus 病毒 4. session 会议 5. Uganda 乌干达 6. the United Nations Children’s Fund 联合国儿童基金会 7. vaccine 疫苗 8. autism 自闭症，孤独症 Exercises: I. Fill in the blanks with the words you have heard from the report. 1. Heath experts estimate that each year nearly _______ children die from the disease. 2.It says up to _______ people a year get measles. 3. The goal is a _______ percent reduction from the levels in _______. The aim is to reach this goal in _______. 4. Another goal is a _______ reduction in number of children under _______ years of age who die of measles. 5. Officials expect to give the measles vaccine to more than _______ children. II. Answer the questions according to what you have heard from the report. 1. What do international health leaders discuss in the meeting in Cape Town? 2. How can the virus spread? 3. How old were the children that earlier campaigns were aimed at? 4. Why may not children in developing nations get the vaccine? 5. Several years ago, who suggested a possible link between the vaccine and the mental disorder autism? Efforts to Stop Measles This is Phoebe Zimmerman with the VOA Special English Health Report. International health leaders meet in Cape Town, South Africa, this week to discuss efforts to reduce deaths from measles. The World Health Organization organized the special meeting. Health experts estimate that each year nearly seven-hundred-fifty-thousand children die from the disease. More than half are in Africa. The World Health Organization says measles is the leading cause of preventable death among children. It says up to forty-million people a year get measles. Measles is highly infectious. The virus can spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Measles produces a red rash on the skin and high body temperature for several days. It can cause a cough, runny nose, and red,