VOA慢速英语: 埃博拉对经济的影响可能是毁灭性的

Ebola: Economic Impact Could Be Devastating
埃博拉对经济的影响是毁灭性的
From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report.
这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。
The World Bank is warning that the West Africa Ebola crisis could severely harm the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone unless action is taken quickly. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim spoke to reporters recently to discuss the effects of the Ebola spread.
世界银行警告称，如果不迅速采取行动，西非埃博拉病毒可能会严重损害几内亚、利比里亚和塞拉利昂的经济发展。最近，世界银行行长吉姆·勇·金姆和记者交谈讨论了埃博拉病毒传播所造成的影响。
"Our findings indicate that if the virus continues to spread the economic cost to these countries could grow eight-fold by 2015. This would deal a potentially catastrophic blow to their already fragile economies," said Kim.
他说：“我们的研究结果表明，如果此病毒继续传播，到2015年，给这几个国家带来的经济损失可能会增长8倍。这样会对它们原本脆弱的经济造成毁灭性的打击。”
Mr. Kim says, "saving lives and preventing new infections" is most important. The bank has released $117-million for an "immediate humanitarian response." The World Bank President says the SARS outbreak between 2002 and 2004 showed how a disease could damage economies. 800 people died from SARS and the economic losses were estimated to be $40-billion.
金姆先生说：“拯救生命和预防新的感染”是最重要的。该银行已经将1.17亿美元用于“紧急人道主义救助”。世界银行行长表示，在2002年到2004年爆发的非典疫情就向我们展示了疾病可能对经济所造成的损害。当时，有800人死于非典，所造成的经济损失估计为400亿美元。
Mr. Kim says SARS and the H1N1 outbreak of 2009 taught that fear and avoidance resulted in about 90-percent of the economic losses. That means the disease is causing two levels of economic damage.
金姆先生称，非典和2009年甲型H1N1流感疫情的爆发所给与我们的教训就是恐惧和回避所导致的经济损失约为90%。这就意味着这种疾病会导致两个层面的经济损失。
"There are two kinds of contagion. One is related to the virus itself and the second is related to the spread of fear about the virus," said Kim.
金姆先生称，“有两种病毒在传播，一种是埃博拉病毒本身，一种就是对该病毒传播的恐惧。”
The World Bank predicts the losses to the economies of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will be a combined $360-million. Mr. Kim says losses could be limited to about $97-million next year with quick action to contain the virus. However, if there is not what he calls an "immediate massive effort," losses could reach $800-million in 2015.
世界银行预算此次利比里亚、塞拉利昂和几内亚的经济损失总计约为3.6亿美元。金姆称，如果可以迅速采取行动来遏制该病毒的传播，那么到明年的经济损失预计可以被控制在约9700万美元。然而，如果没有他所说的“迅速采取巨大行动”，那么到2015年损失可能会达到8亿美元。
The World Bank's research includes only Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. But early estimates show that losses could reach billions of dollars if the Ebola virus spreads widely to other African nations.
世界银行的研究国家只包括利比里亚、几内亚和塞拉利昂。但是早期的估计，如果埃博拉病毒广泛传播到其他非洲国家，那么经济损失可能会达到数十亿美元。
Mr. Kim says fast action is necessary. He says getting the disease under control is still far away. That is because there are not enough health care workers in the affected areas. The World Bank President says the most important issue is to act quickly in order to limit economic losses.
金姆先生称，需要立即采取行动。并称，想要控制住该疾病还需要很长一段时间，因为这些地区没有足够的医护人员。他称，最重要的就是要迅速采取行动以控制经济损失。
"However many cases there are right now, if we get an effective response on the ground in the next few months, we can really blunt the vast majority – 80 to 90-percent – of the economic impact," said Kim.
金姆先生说：“但是现在还有很多病例，如果我们可以在未来几个月里进行有效地应对，我们才能够真正的减少80%—90%的经济损失。”
There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola. However, Mr. Kim says an effective effort could also sharply reduce the high death rate of about 53-percent for Ebola infections. He says the effort only needs more people, more money, more attention and more commitment.
现在还没有可以治疗埃博拉病毒疫苗，但是金姆先生称，采取有效地行动就可以大幅度降低埃博拉病毒的高死亡率，大约可以降低53%。并称，这个有效地行动只是需要更多的人力，更多的资金，更多的关注和更多的承诺。
And that's the VOA Learning English Economics Report. I'm Mario Ritter.
这就是本期的美国之音慢速英语经济报道，我是马里奥·里特。