盖茨夫妇基金会捐款五千万对付埃博拉病毒_社会生活

盖茨夫妇基金会捐款五千万对付埃博拉病毒

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-09-11 08:50 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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The Gates Foundation is committing $50m to help step up efforts to tackle the Ebola virus in the affected¹ countries.

盖茨夫妇基金会承诺将捐助五千万美元帮助被埃博拉病毒蔓延影响的国家。

This comes on top of other funds announced by the UK and US governments, as well as the European Union.

But some aid charities say that the most urgent need in Africa is for expert teams in bio-hazard containment².

The Gates Foundation - set up by the Microsoft founder³ Bill Gates and his wife Melinda - says it will immediately release "flexible funds" to United Nations agencies and other organisations involved in the work against Ebola, so they can buy badly needed supplies.

And it says it will work with partners to speed up the development of drugs and vaccines⁴ against the virus, which has claimed almost 2,300 lives so far.

Nearly half of the deaths have been in Liberia. The country's defence minister has said it is facing a threat to its national existence.

And Sierra Leone's finance minister said the Ebola crisis had devastated⁵ the economy.

The CEO of the Gates Foundation, Sue Desmond-Hellmann, said: "We are working urgently with our partners to identify the most effective ways to help them save lives now.

"We also want to accelerate the development of treatments, vaccines and diagnostics that can help end this epidemic⁶ and prevent future outbreaks."

Wednesday's announcement is the latest financial commitment from international donors⁷.

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1 affected
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。 His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 containment
n.阻止，遏制；容量
参考例句：
Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。 Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。

3 Founder
n.创始者，缔造者
参考例句：
He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。 According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

4 vaccines
疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。 The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

5 devastated
v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的
参考例句：
The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。 His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

6 epidemic
n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的
参考例句：
That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。 The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

7 donors
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者
参考例句：
Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。 About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。来自《简明英汉词典》

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