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Doubling Down to Defeat HIV/AIDs

Much has changed in the three decades since HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was identified. Even as recently as a decade ago, a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS seemed like a death sentence for an entire continent, said Secretary of State John Kerry.

“Back then, more than 2 million people died from AIDS-related causes on a worldwide basis. Today, we’ve cut those numbers by 34 percent. Back then, AIDS threatened to wipe out a whole generation, leaving behind 14 million orphans and vulnerable children. Today, we’ve slashed new infections among children in half.”

The tide has turned, said Secretary Kerry.We are fighting the disease, and an AIDS-free generation is in sight:

“PEPFAR is now supporting lifesaving anti-retroviral drug treatment for 7.7 million men, women, and children. We’re providing HIV testing and counseling to more than 14 million pregnant women. We’re training more than 140,000 new health care workers to deliver HIV and other health-related services in AIDS-affected countries.”

But the battle is not yet won, said Secretary Kerry. So the United States is intensifying the fight against this terrible disease, and introducing new strategies.

First, PEPFAR is collaborating with the Nike Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in a $210 million public-private partnership to achieve an AIDS-free future for adolescent girls and young women in up to 10 countries.

Second, we will invest $116.5 million dollars to strengthen the capacity of health workers to deliver life-saving HIV services, and also help address other public health threats across Africa.

Third, through the Accelerating Children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment initiative, PEPFAR and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, over the next two years, we will double the total number of children receiving life-saving antiretroviral treatment across ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We are also working with our partners, to accelerate the development of new pediatric medicines.

Fourth, PEPFAR and the Millennium Challenge Corporation are partnering to invest $21.5 million toward creating country-driven local data hubs that will include data critical to controlling the epidemic, including health, poverty, and gender data, and will be used to improve strategic planning, and quality of care.

“The United States commitment to combatting HIV/AIDS through PEPFAR and our longstanding support of the Global Fund is as undiminished as our work is unfinished. We can achieve an AIDS-free generation,” Said Secretary Kerry. “We can and we will defeat this horrific disease.”

詞匯解析

issue

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.議題；問題；期刊號；一次發(fā)行額；發(fā)行；<律>子女

v.發(fā)表；公布；正式發(fā)給；發(fā)行；流出

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用作名詞 (n.)

Parliament will debate the nationalization issue next week.

議會將在下周辯論國有化議題。

The new issue will be divided into four tranches.

新一批發(fā)行的債券分為四部份。

用作動詞 (v.)

New members will be issued with a temporary identity card.

新成員將配發(fā)臨時身分卡。

Banknotes of this design were first issued 10 years ago.

這種圖案的鈔票是十年前首次發(fā)行的。

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governor

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.統(tǒng)治者；管理者；理事；州長；總督；調(diào)節(jié)器

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用作名詞 (n.)

The mob revolted against the governor.

暴民起來反抗統(tǒng)治者。

Heron's regulator, Drebbel's thermostat, and Watt's governor bestowed on their vessels a wisp of self-control, sensory awareness, and the awakening of anticipation.

海倫的調(diào)節(jié)器，德雷貝爾的恒溫器，還有瓦特的調(diào)控器所給予他們的機器的，是一小束自我控制能力，感官上的醒覺狀態(tài)，以及對預(yù)期能力的喚醒。

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passive

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.被動的；消極的

n.被動性

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

He played a passive role in the marriage.

他在婚姻中扮演了一個被動的角色。

用作名詞 (n.)

Good is the passive that obeys reason.

善是服從理智的被動性。

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collection

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.收集；收取，托收；聚集；收藏品；募捐

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用作名詞 (n.)

The collection of these stamps took ten years.

收集這些郵票花了十年時間。

The firm contributed 10,000 to the collection.

公司拿出10,000元做為募捐。

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reality

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.真實；現(xiàn)實；實際

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用作名詞 (n.)

He describes the scene with startling reality.

他對那景象的描述逼真得令人驚訝。

It seems as if he knew everything, but in reality, he is as stupid as can be.

他似乎是個萬事通,其實他是再愚蠢不過了。

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tribe

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.部落；族；一伙人

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用作名詞 (n.)

A council of elders governs the tribe.

有個叫長老會的組織治理這個部落。

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oppose

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

v.反對；對抗；使對立

參考例句

用作動詞 (v.)

It was courageous of him to oppose his chief.

他敢反對他的上司，真是勇敢。

We're firmly opposed to the practice of powerpolitics between nations.

我們強烈反對在國與國之間實行強權(quán)政治。

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