地道美语听力播客866：按照学校要求接种疫苗

Getting Immunizations Required by Schools

按照学校要求接种疫苗

Jonas: Hi, Jenny. Are you getting your kids ready for school, too?

乔纳斯:你好!珍妮!你的孩子也准备好去学校了吗?

Jenny: Yes, as you can see, we’re buying lots of school supplies.

珍妮：准备好了。正如你所看到的，我们买了很多的学习用品。

Jonas: Did you get the school letter reminding parents to submit proof of immunization before the first day of school? I know that your youngest is starting school this year.

乔纳斯：你收到提醒家长们，在第一天开学前提交免疫证明的通知信了吗?我知道今年你家最小的孩子开始上学。

Jenny: Yes, she is, but I’m thinking of getting an exemption. I’m not sure vaccines are safe and I don’t want to take a chance with her health.

珍妮：对，但是我再考虑不接种疫苗。我不敢确定疫苗是否安全，我不想拿孩子的健康冒险。

Jonas: The immunizations required by the school are standard – measles, mumps, chicken pox, polio – all vaccines your other children have had.

乔纳斯：学校要求孩子们接种的免疫疫苗是正规的——麻疹、流行性腮腺炎、水痘———所有的这些疫苗其他孩子已经接种过了。

Jenny: But when I looked at the list, there were a few I didn’t recognize – diphtheria, hepatitis, and rubella. Who knows what our kids are getting!

珍妮：但是，但是通知单上很多疫苗我并不认识——白喉、肝炎、风疹。我们不知道孩子们注射的这些是什么啊!

Jonas: The ones you mentioned are standard, too. Don’t you remember the outbreak of whooping cough last year? If our kids had been immunized, they wouldn’t have gotten sick.

乔纳斯：您刚刚提到的这些疫苗也是符合规范的。您难道不记得去年肆虐的百日咳了吗?如果当时我们的孩子接种了疫苗，就不会生病了。

Jenny: I’ve read somewhere that vaccines might be dangerous. I just don’t want to jeopardize their future.

珍妮：我听说疫苗可能是危险的。我只是不想影响他们的未来。

Jonas: That’s precisely what you’d be doing if you opted out of immunizations.

乔纳斯：但是如果您选择让他们不接种疫苗的话，就是在危害他们的未来。

Jenny: Why’s that?

珍妮：为什么呢?

Jonas: Because your children won’t be getting an education. The school is barring any children who don’t get immunized from attending school.

乔纳斯：因为您的孩子就不会接受教育了。这所学校禁止没有接种疫苗的孩子上学。

Jenny: I call that irresponsible!

珍妮：太不负责任了!

Jonas: That’s exactly the word that came to my mind.

乔纳斯：我的脑海里恰好也浮现这个词语。

注释：

submit.vt.提交，呈送;

例句：I had asked everyone to submit questions in advance of the meeting.

我已请每个人在会议之前提交问题

exemption.n.(义务等的)免除;

例句：She was given exemption from the final examination.

她已获准期末免试。

jeopardize.vt.危及，损害;

例句：He would never do anything to jeopardize his career.

他决不会做任何有损于他事业的事。

bar.vt. 阻碍，封锁;

例句：Harry moved to bar his way.

哈里走过去挡住了他的路。