首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、They are determined to play their full part during an emergency. B、They need more knowledgeable researchers to develop vaccine
A、They are determined to play their full part during an emergency. B、They need more knowledgeable researchers to develop vaccine
admin
2021-02-24
47
问题
W: Good evening. One of the sobering lessons of the Ebola crisis was how ill-prepared the world was for such a deadly disease. But it is more terrifying to notice today the world is facing a worrying outbreak of Zika virus, adding to a growing list of diseases that includes SARS and bird flu. [1-1] What should we do with this issue? Now we have Mr. Pike, a governmental official from Public Health Bureau with us.
M: Thank you, hostess. This is the new normal. [1-2] New infectious diseases are becoming more common. When a new outbreak occurs, fear spreads even more rapidly than the virus. Politicians respond, rationally or not, with travel bans or trade blocks. Airlines ground flights. Travelers cancel trips.
W: Can you give us some numbers to illustrate the huge damage and economic loss that Ebola and SARS have caused?
M: Epidemics have devastating effects on the world economy and predicting these losses is hard, but a recent report on global health risks puts the expected economic losses from potential epidemics at around $60 billion a year.
W: I assume the loss in monetary term is not the most important issue though.
M: I couldn’t agree more. [2] America’s National Academy of Medicine suggests that just $4. 5 billion a year devoted to preparing for pandemics would make the world a lot safer.
W: What can we do with the money?
M: [3] Strengthen public-health systems, improve co-ordination in an emergency and fund neglected areas of research, things like that. And I think many of the investments to prepare for pandemics would bring broader benefits in some other fields too.
W: For example?
M: For example, stronger public-health systems would help fight such diseases as tuberculosis, which reduces global GDP by $12 billion a year, and malaria, which takes an even bigger toll.
W: But where should we put the priority of such investments and how can we guarantee this hard-earned money will be well spent?
M: [4] The priority should be to advance vaccines for diseases that are rare today, which scientists know could easily become pandemics in the future: Lassa fever, say, Crimean Congo fever or Marburg.
W: I have never heard of them at all. But I should admit that if there is slightly a chance for them to spread out in the future, the result could be fatal for mankind if we are not fully prepared today. So that is why we should pay attention to them now, right?
M: Exactly. And better sharing of data would help. More important is funding and a review of who has liability if firms rush vaccines or drugs to market. The initial development and early-stage testing of vaccines for the most likely future pandemics would cost roughly $150 million each. [5] Drug firms have little incentive to invest in a vaccine that may never be used.
W: I have to say that for these firms even later-stage testing when a pandemic breaks out is tricky. To encourage drug firms to play their full part during an emergency, governments need to set out how they will share the burden.
M: You are absolutely right.
1. What is this interview mainly about?
2. According to America’s National Academy of Medicine, how much money is needed a year to prepare for pandemics?
3. According to the interviewee, what can we do with the money devoted to preparing for pandemics?
4. Where should we put the priority of investments in preparation of pandemics?
5. What does the interviewee say about drag firms developing vaccines for pandemics?
选项
A、They are determined to play their full part during an emergency.
B、They need more knowledgeable researchers to develop vaccines.
C、They have little incentive to develop vaccines for possible pandemics.
D、They are fully funded by the government when developing vaccines.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/X9IK777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Maslow’sHierarchyofNeedsAbrahamMaslowhasdevelopedafamoustheoryofhumanneeds,whichcanbearrangedinorderof【T
小巷的动人处就是它无比的悠闲。无论谁,只要你到巷里去踟躇一会,你的心情就会如巷尾不波的古井,那是一种和平的静穆,而不是阴森和肃杀。它闹中取静,别有天地,仍是人间。它可能是一条现代的乌衣巷,家家有自己的一本哀乐账,一部兴衰史,可是重门叠户,讳莫如深。夕阳影里
我曾经因为有几个大学生登山迷途丧生,而访问某位登山专家,其中一个问题是:“如果我们在半山腰,突然遇到大雨,应该怎么办?”登山专家说:“你应该向山顶走。”“为什么不往山下跑?山上风雨不是更大吗?”我怀疑地问。“往山顶走,固然风雨可能更大,却不足以威胁你的生命
……合中国旧历的三伏,一年最热的时候。
冬天您若怕冷的话可以到没有酷暑和严冬的“春城”——昆明,那里有引人入胜的石林和滇池,还可以到西双版纳去欣赏亚热带风光。也可以去桂林,沿着漓江顺水而下到阳朔,“桂林山水甲天下,阳朔山水甲桂林”,这个旅游项目不会使你失望。没有见过冰雪的港澳同胞,不妨
A、Forsmallpurchases.B、Formajorpurchases.C、Forhouseholdexpenses.D、Formortgagepayment.B访谈中,Sharon提到拥有夫妻独立账户和家庭共同账户的重要性
A、Privatecars.B、Second-handcars.C、Publicbuses.D、Subway.D题目询问留学生在悉尼应采用什么交通工具。录音原文里提到:Inaddition,thelargercitieshaveex
都十点钟了。起床了,懒虫!
袁良是一位65岁的退休中学生物教师。从1984年起他开始对天津地区的鸟类资源进行统计。天津是中国北方最大的港口城市,东临渤海湾,北部有燕山山脉,东北部有国家级湿地自然保护区,南部有大面积的水域。丰富的地貌使天津成为众多珍稀鸟类难得的栖息之地。袁良的鸟类观测
A、Supportive.B、Dislike.C、Indifferent.D、Suspicous.A态度题。选项A表示赞同;选项B表示不喜欢;选项C表示不关心;选项D表示怀疑。当谈论中西医结合的问题时,王教授评论道:Thishasproven
随机试题
在健康相关行为改变的理论中,知信行模式的内容包括()。
患儿生后7天,在家接生,出现发热,烦躁不安,吸吮困难,苦笑面容,阵发性痉挛,惊厥,脐部发红。该患儿的临床诊断为
淋证的基本病理变化是
患者,女,35岁。性交后阴道流血2个月,妇科检查见宫颈中度糜烂,宫颈活组织检查示异型细胞占据上皮层的下1/3—2/3。应首选的治疗措施是
某地区一栋标志性办公楼地上106层,地下5层,建筑高度为412m,总建筑面积为363000m2,耐火等级一级,屋顶设有直升机停机坪,共设置8个避难层。每层均设有消防电梯。该办公楼按有关国家工程建设消防技术标准配置了消防设施及器材。根据以上材料,回
()是执行对外贸易管制的重要辅助手段。
对申请合格境外机构投资者资格的商业银行而言,应满足的条件是()。
人类基因组测序完成后,生物学家便一直在绘制碱基上的小差异,即单核苷酸多态性,这些小差异成为2007年10余个研究项目的关键内容。在这些被称为广泛关联基因组研究中,研究人员对数千名患病或无病个体的DNA进行了对比,以确定哪些小的基因差异会给人类带来疾病风险。
Thelong-termfortunesofthemodemeconomydependinpartonthestrengthandsustainabilityofthefamily,bothinrelationto
【B1】【B12】
最新回复
(
0
)