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2020年年初开始，疫情开始蔓延全球，各个国家都受到各种影响和打击，2015年，Bill Gates就传染病的问题进行了演讲，在全球疫情肆虐的今天，演讲的内容仍发人深省，小编为大家分享了演讲内容，本文为第二部分，供大家学习参考，雅思学习也可以参考哦！
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So next time, we might not be so lucky. You can have a virus where people feel well enough while they're infectious that they get on a plane or they go to a market. The source of the virus could be a natural epidemic like Ebola, or it could be bioterrorism. So there are things that would literally make things a thousand times worse. In fact, let's look at a model of a virus spread through the air, like the Spanish Flu back in 1918. So here's what would happen: It would spread throughout the world very, very quickly. And you can see over 30 million people died from that epidemic. So this is a serious problem. We should be concerned.
l natural epidemic 自然流行
l spread through the air 空气传播
l serious problem 严重的问题
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But in fact, we can build a really good response system. We have the benefits of all the science and technology that we talk about here. We've got cell phones to get information from the public and get information out to them. We have satellite maps where we can see where people are and where they're moving. We have advances in biology that should dramatically change the turnaround time to look at a pathogen and be able to make drugs and vaccines that fit for that pathogen. So we can have tools, but those tools need to be put into an overall global health system. And we need preparedness.
l good response system 良好的反应系统
l satellite maps 卫星地图
overall global health system 整体全球卫生系统
l need preparedness 需要准备
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What are the key pieces? First, we need strong health systems in poor countries. That's where mothers can give birth safely, kids can get all their vaccines. But, also where we'll see the outbreak very early on. We need a medical reserve corps: lots of people who've got the training and background who are ready to go, with the expertise. And then we need to pair those medical people with the military, taking advantage of the military's ability to move fast, do logistics and secure areas. We need to do simulations, germ games, not war games, so that we see where the holes are. The last time a germ game was done in the United States was back in 2001, and it didn't go so well. So far the score is germs: 1, people: 0. Finally, we need lots of advanced research and development in areas of vaccines and diagnostics. There are some big breakthroughs, like the Adeno-associated virus, that could work very, very quickly.
l give birth safely 安全分娩
l medical reserve corps 医疗后备队
l take advantage of 利用
l do logistics 做物流
l advanced research and development in areas of 在…领域的先进研发
l big breakthroughs 大突破
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Now I don't have an exact budget for what this would cost, but I'm quite sure it's very modest compared to the potential harm. The World Bank estimates that if we have a worldwide flu epidemic, global wealth will go down by over three trillion dollars and we'd have millions and millions of deaths. These investments offer significant benefits beyond just being ready for the epidemic. The primary healthcare, the research and development, those things would reduce global health equity and make the world more just as well as safer. So I think this should absolutely be a priority. There's no need to panic. We don't have to hoard cans of spaghetti or go down into the basement. But we need to get going, because time is not on our side. In fact, if there's one positive thing that can come out of the Ebola epidemic, it's that it can serve as an early warning, a wake-up call, to get ready. If we start now, we can be ready for the next epidemic.
l potential harm 潜在危害
l worldwide flu epidemic 全球流感流行
l offer significant benefits 提供重大好处
l primary healthcare 基本保健
l There's no need to panic. 不必惊慌
l hoard cans of spaghetti 囤积罐装意面
l serve as an early warning 作为预警
l wake-up call 警钟
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