世界节假日博览 第12期:世界防治麻风病日
World Leprosy Day started in 1954 and takes place on January 29th. It aims to raiseawareness about the disease leprosy. In particular, it is an opportunity to inform people that leprosy is a curable disease and is not passed on by touching leprosy sufferers. For hundreds of years, people have wrongly thought they can catch leprosy through contact with those who have the disease. They are afraid of anyone with leprosy. Because of this, people with leprosy have been made to live outside of society in special colonies, often on remote islands. Other sufferers become outcasts in their communities. Leprosy affects millions of peoplearound the world today, often the poorest people in society. Having the disease means they cannot find work, which adds to their poverty.
世界防治麻风病日设立于1954年，定在1月29日，为提高人们对麻风病的认识而设立。此外，该节日也能让人们了解麻风病，麻风病是可治之症，触摸麻风病病人是不会感染的。几百年来，人们总是错误地认为人们可以通过与麻风病病人接触而患病。他们害怕任何患有此病的人。出于这个原因，病人通常会居住在远离社会的特殊地区，或者是遥远的海岛。其他病人被社会所遗弃。如今，麻风病影响了全球上百万人的生活，麻风病病人通常是社区中的贫困者。患有麻风病就意味着没有人愿意雇佣他们，没有工作，他们的生活也就更加贫困。
Leprosy is also known as Hansen’s Disease, named after doctor G.H.A. Hansen, who discovered the disease. It is a bacteria that is carried in water vapor through the air. Most people are naturally immune to the disease but those in poorer countries can have weaker immune systems and so have little immunity. If it is not treated, it causes permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs and eyes. It can cause permanent disability and reduce life expectancy by 50 per cent. For centuries, people believed leprosy caused parts of thebody to fall off, but this is totally untrue. This is another part of the fiction and social stigma that surrounds the disease. Medicine can prevent the spread of the disease. More than 14 million people have been cured with a multi-drug therapy since the early 1980s.
麻风病也叫汉森氏病，他是以G.H.A.汉森医生的名字命名的，是汉森发现了麻风病。这是一种携带在水蒸气中的细菌。绝大部分人天生对这种疾病免疫，但是贫困国家的人民免疫力较差，他们对这种病没有免疫能力。如果治疗不得当，麻风病将对人的皮肤、神经、眼睛和四肢造成永久的伤害。它还会造成永久性瘫痪，减少50%的寿命。几个世纪以来，人们相信部分身体器官将会衰退，但是这是完全不正确的。这是关于这一疾病的又一个伪命题。药物可以避免疾病的传播。在20世纪80年代早期，有超过1400万人都接受了药物治疗。
1.because of 由于
例句：It is mainly because of my fault.
这主要是我的过错。
2.cure with 治疗
例句：Can the treatment of: the ability to cure with antibiotics.
可否治疗：能够用抗生素治愈。
3.pass on 传递
例句：If you want to pass on values to your team, start by defining what those values mean to you.
如果你想要让你的团队接受你的价值观，你可以先讲讲你的价值观对你的意义是什么 。
4.fall off 衰退
例句：The quality of these goods has fallen off since last year.
去年以来，这些货物的质量开始下降。
世界防治麻风病日设立于1954年，定在1月29日，为提高人们对麻风病的认识而设立。此外，该节日也能让人们了解麻风病，麻风病是可治之症，触摸麻风病病人是不会感染的。几百年来，人们总是错误地认为人们可以通过与麻风病病人接触而患病。他们害怕任何患有此病的人。出于这个原因，病人通常会居住在远离社会的特殊地区，或者是遥远的海岛。其他病人被社会所遗弃。如今，麻风病影响了全球上百万人的生活，麻风病病人通常是社区中的贫困者。患有麻风病就意味着没有人愿意雇佣他们，没有工作，他们的生活也就更加贫困。
Leprosy is also known as Hansen’s Disease, named after doctor G.H.A. Hansen, who discovered the disease. It is a bacteria that is carried in water vapor through the air. Most people are naturally immune to the disease but those in poorer countries can have weaker immune systems and so have little immunity. If it is not treated, it causes permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs and eyes. It can cause permanent disability and reduce life expectancy by 50 per cent. For centuries, people believed leprosy caused parts of thebody to fall off, but this is totally untrue. This is another part of the fiction and social stigma that surrounds the disease. Medicine can prevent the spread of the disease. More than 14 million people have been cured with a multi-drug therapy since the early 1980s.
麻风病也叫汉森氏病，他是以G.H.A.汉森医生的名字命名的，是汉森发现了麻风病。这是一种携带在水蒸气中的细菌。绝大部分人天生对这种疾病免疫，但是贫困国家的人民免疫力较差，他们对这种病没有免疫能力。如果治疗不得当，麻风病将对人的皮肤、神经、眼睛和四肢造成永久的伤害。它还会造成永久性瘫痪，减少50%的寿命。几个世纪以来，人们相信部分身体器官将会衰退，但是这是完全不正确的。这是关于这一疾病的又一个伪命题。药物可以避免疾病的传播。在20世纪80年代早期，有超过1400万人都接受了药物治疗。
1.because of 由于
例句：It is mainly because of my fault.
这主要是我的过错。
2.cure with 治疗
例句：Can the treatment of: the ability to cure with antibiotics.
可否治疗：能够用抗生素治愈。
3.pass on 传递
例句：If you want to pass on values to your team, start by defining what those values mean to you.
如果你想要让你的团队接受你的价值观，你可以先讲讲你的价值观对你的意义是什么 。
4.fall off 衰退
例句：The quality of these goods has fallen off since last year.
去年以来，这些货物的质量开始下降。
