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初中英语Lesson 27 Maternal Death Rates asf听力文件无病毒，请放心打开 听力理解 Key words: 1. maternal 母亲的，母方的 2. estimate 估计 3. urgent 紧急的 4. reproductive 再生的，生殖的 5. emergency 紧急情况 6. approval 批准 7. millennium 一千年 Exercises: I. Fill in the blanks with the words you have heard from the report. 1. Pakistan and Afghanistan _________ had over _________. But the death _________ was _________ in Africa. 2. In addition, Miss Bellamy says family _________ programs would help _________ sure pregnancies are _________ and _________ out over time. 3. Experts say _________ deaths could be _________ if more women _________ birth with the help of _________ health workers. 4. The findings _________ that Southeast Asia and Northern Africa had the greatest _________ in _________ years in the use of skilled _________. 5. World leaders have _________ to try to _________ maternal death rates by _________ percent over the next _________ years. II. Complete the statements with the information you have heard from the report. 1. The rate for industrial countries is _________. Better health care would save many lives. 2. Researchers estimate that _________ died during pregnancy or childbirth in 2000. 3. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia each had almost _________. 4. Researchers say the rate is low _________ assist most women. 5. Often, even if life-saving care exists, women may lack money, or a way to reach a medical center, or _________. Maternal Death Rates This is Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Development Report. A study finds that one out of sixteen women in Africa will die during pregnancy or childbirth. The rate for industrial countries is one out of almost three-thousand women. Better health care would save many lives. The findings are in a report released this month by three United Nations agencies. The World Health Organization joined with the UN Children’s Fund and the UN Population Fund. Researchers estimate that more than half a million