Health: Swine Flu 健康：猪流感

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Japanese students wearing face masks
These students don"t look overly worried about swine flu

The global pandemic that is Influenza H1N1, more commonly known as swine flu, continues its rapid and virulent spread. The World Health Organisation reported the number of infected people to have reached 9,830 across 40 countries.

The virus, which is thought to have originated in Mexico, has now spread as far south as Australia and as far east as Japan. With over 170 reported cases, Japan has one of the highest instances of infection in Asia.

In response, Japan, like many other badly infected regions, has tried to contain any further spread of the virus. One measure taken has been the temporary closure of 4,000 schools, colleges and nurseries in and around Hyogo and Osaka.

Students have been advised to stay at home until further notice but a few restless individuals have found a more entertaining and musical way to spend their new-found free time.

It appears some Japanese students are not spending their time worrying about the virus, but spending it practising their singing instead.

In fact, a few karaoke club owners in Japan have reported record numbers of customers. One club manager told the AFP news agency: "We suddenly had a number of high school students after 2pm yesterday, right after the announcement that schools would close for a week."

Neither students nor club owners appear overly worried about the virus. So just how concerned should they be?

Well, according to a recent statement from Dr Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization:

"With the exception of the outbreak in Mexico, which is still not fully understood, the H1N1 virus tends to cause very mild illness in otherwise healthy people. Outside Mexico, nearly all cases of illness, and all deaths, have been detected in people with underlying chronic conditions."

GLOSSARY 词汇表 (收听发音, 请单击英语单词)

pandemic
(疾病)普遍流行的
swine flu
猪流感
virulent
致命的，致病性的
infected
被传染了
contain
控制
restless
焦躁不安的
worrying
忧虑
record numbers
创纪录人数
concerned
担心
mild illness
轻微的病状，小病
influenza
(医) 流行性感冒
rapid
迅速的
spread
传播
virus
病毒
temporary closure
暂时关闭
free time
空闲时间
karaoke
卡拉OK
neither…nor…
即不…也不… (两者都不)
outbreak
爆发
underlying chronic conditions
固有的长期疾病

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