来！做个小测试：“哪个词可表达以下含义——‘强化（训练）’、‘突击（课程）’、‘精（耕）细（作）’、‘特护（病房）’？” 提醒一下，翻译时千万别逐字对号，“强化”不用strengthening，“特护”也不是special care，其实，仅用“intensive”一词足矣。看下面一段外电报道：

A Nigerian passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff from the capital Abuja on Sunday, killing¹ 99 people including the leader of the nation's 70 million Muslims.

The director of Abuja's National Hospital, speaking on state television, said seven survivors² had been brought in, of whom six were in a stable condition and one was in intensive care.

新闻选自“尼日利亚空难”报道。报道说，此次空难仅7人幸免于难，生还者中6人伤势稳定，1人情况危急，正接受重病特别护理。

报道中的“intensive care”就是我们所说的“特护”，相应的，“intensive care unit”则是“特护病房”或“加护病房”。

其实，对于“intensive”，我们并不陌生。大学课程里的“精读”就是“intensive reading”，而自上世纪末开始红遍中国大地的“集约经济”则为“intensive economy”。再回到刚才的小测试，“强化训练”可表达为“intensive training”，“突击课程”则是“intensive course”，“精耕细作”可表示为“intensive cultivation”。看下面一个例句：

The accident victims are in intensive care.（事故受害者在特别护理中。）