流感英語詞匯
繼禽流感之后，又一個與動物相關的疫情“甲型H1N1流感”正在來勢洶洶地對人類構成威脅，除了重災區墨西哥以及毗鄰的美國已發現不少例“甲型H1N1流感”感染甚至死亡的疫情之外，我國香港地區也在5月1日確認發現了第一起人感染“甲型H1N1流感”病例，而多達189人與香港確診的那位墨西哥籍甲型H1N1流感患者同乘墨西哥飛上海的航班，由此可見，對于“甲型H1N1流感”的危險性，我們切莫等閑視之。
在全球媒體鋪天蓋地的“甲型H1N1流感”疫情報道中，甲型H1N1流感曾被普遍稱為“豬流感”，雖然之后世衛組織就明確表示用“豬流感”表示此次疫情并不合適，但畢竟這已經是一個家喻戶曉的詞語。相信讀者已經注意到，“豬流感”在英語中的說法并非pig flu而是swine flu，也就是說，這里的“豬”不是使用了我國廣大英語學習者很熟悉的pig一詞，而是使用了很多人所不熟悉的單詞swine。
英語中用來稱呼“豬”的單詞除了大家熟悉的pig之外還有swine和hog，就這三個單詞的詞義而言，pig無疑是目前最常用的單詞，“養豬場”就叫做pig farm，養豬的農民就叫做pig farmer，“養豬”是raise pig，“養豬業”就是pig industry等等。Swine的詞義現在更多時候已經發生變化，含有明顯的貶義，通常被用來表示“豬玀”，“下流胚”等。Hog主要是美國英語用法，傾向于指已經養得膘肥體壯可以進入屠宰程序的豬
在上述三個單詞中，swine雖然目前在英語詞匯中已經偏離其表示“豬”的本義，但是許多英語辭典指出它也是一個專業說法，也就是說，它是“豬”的術語說法，如同“豬瘟”在英語中叫做swine fever一樣。因此，“豬流感”就被稱為swine flu而不是pig flu。不過，著名的網絡百科全書wikipedia對“豬流感”有著如下解釋：
Swine influenza (also called swine flu, hog flu or pig flu) refers to an influenza caused by any strain of the influenza virus endemic in pigs (swine). Strains endemic in swine are called swine influenza virus.
上述釋義明確了“豬流感”就是swine flu，但是，hog flu和pig flu這樣的說法也并非不可以。只是相對而言，swine flu更專業更正式一些，也成為媒體所接受的固定用法。從世衛組織對swine flu的定義a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs也可以看出，swine只是一個更加專業的說法，或者說已成為一個約定俗成的說法，但其實質就是pig所感染的呼吸系統疾病，即感冒，其道理也許就如同“禽流感”的專業術語是avian flu而通俗說法為bird flu一樣，前者顯得更正式，而后者體現了大眾化特點。
事實上，與動物相關的流感，一般來說就是用動物的名稱加上flu，如dog flu，horse flu等等，而人類流感則叫做human flu，僅有的差別只是流感病毒的宿主
在此次“豬流感”疫情中，除了學習到了swine flu這一表達之外，我們還可以學習到其他一些相關詞匯，
如flu vaccine
1．Canadaon Wednesday confirmed its first human-to-human spread of A/H1N1 flu infection, as the country' s total cases rise to 19.
2．Researchers have confirmed two cases of human to human transmission of the A/H1N1 influenza virus, raising the possibility that the infection could soon gain a foothold among people, with the potential to strike millions.
3．Scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory have found that the virus appears to have an incubation period of two to seven days.
4．The Canadian public remains calm and the government has urged necessary precautionary measures such as washing hands frequently and avoiding contacts with people having flu symptoms.
5．All new cases are mild, but one of the patients in British Columbia has not been to Mexico recently and is believed to contract the virus from another person.
6．The above comments leave little doubt that the H1N1 flu is being efficiently transmitted human to human in southern California.
7．Hong Kong quarantined hundreds of hotel guests and workers Friday after a tourist from Mexico tested positive for A/H1N1 flu,Asia's first confirmed case of the disease.
8．China will track down the other passengers on the flight from Mexico to Shanghai and quarantine them for seven days, the country's Ministry of Health said in a statement Friday.
9．Governments worldwide raced to contain the spread of a new strain of A/H1N1 flu that has killed over 80 people in Mexico,amid a fresh warning that the virus could mutate into a more dangerous strain.
10．Around the world, governments are scrambling to stem the spread of a new A/H1N1 flu virus that has killed at least 103 people in Mexico, Reuters reported.
11．The World Health Organization declared the outbreak – which has components of classic avian, human and A/H1N1 flu viruses -- a “public health emergency of international concern”.
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繼禽流感之后，又一個與動物相關的疫情“甲型H1N1流感”正在來勢洶洶地對人類構成威脅，除了重災區墨西哥以及毗鄰的美國已發現不少例“甲型H1N1流感”感染甚至死亡的疫情之外，我國香港地區也在5月1日確認發現了第一起人感染“甲型H1N1流感”病例，而多達189人與香港確診的那位墨西哥籍甲型H1N1流感患者同乘墨西哥飛上海的航班，由此可見，對于“甲型H1N1流感”的危險性，我們切莫等閑視之。
在全球媒體鋪天蓋地的“甲型H1N1流感”疫情報道中，甲型H1N1流感曾被普遍稱為“豬流感”，雖然之后世衛組織就明確表示用“豬流感”表示此次疫情并不合適，但畢竟這已經是一個家喻戶曉的詞語。相信讀者已經注意到，“豬流感”在英語中的說法并非pig flu而是swine flu，也就是說，這里的“豬”不是使用了我國廣大英語學習者很熟悉的pig一詞，而是使用了很多人所不熟悉的單詞swine。
英語中用來稱呼“豬”的單詞除了大家熟悉的pig之外還有swine和hog，就這三個單詞的詞義而言，pig無疑是目前最常用的單詞，“養豬場”就叫做pig farm，養豬的農民就叫做pig farmer，“養豬”是raise pig，“養豬業”就是pig industry等等。Swine的詞義現在更多時候已經發生變化，含有明顯的貶義，通常被用來表示“豬玀”，“下流胚”等。Hog主要是美國英語用法，傾向于指已經養得膘肥體壯可以進入屠宰程序的豬
在上述三個單詞中，swine雖然目前在英語詞匯中已經偏離其表示“豬”的本義，但是許多英語辭典指出它也是一個專業說法，也就是說，它是“豬”的術語說法，如同“豬瘟”在英語中叫做swine fever一樣。因此，“豬流感”就被稱為swine flu而不是pig flu。不過，著名的網絡百科全書wikipedia對“豬流感”有著如下解釋：
Swine influenza (also called swine flu, hog flu or pig flu) refers to an influenza caused by any strain of the influenza virus endemic in pigs (swine). Strains endemic in swine are called swine influenza virus.
上述釋義明確了“豬流感”就是swine flu，但是，hog flu和pig flu這樣的說法也并非不可以。只是相對而言，swine flu更專業更正式一些，也成為媒體所接受的固定用法。從世衛組織對swine flu的定義a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs也可以看出，swine只是一個更加專業的說法，或者說已成為一個約定俗成的說法，但其實質就是pig所感染的呼吸系統疾病，即感冒，其道理也許就如同“禽流感”的專業術語是avian flu而通俗說法為bird flu一樣，前者顯得更正式，而后者體現了大眾化特點。
事實上，與動物相關的流感，一般來說就是用動物的名稱加上flu，如dog flu，horse flu等等，而人類流感則叫做human flu，僅有的差別只是流感病毒的宿主
在此次“豬流感”疫情中，除了學習到了swine flu這一表達之外，我們還可以學習到其他一些相關詞匯，
如flu vaccine
1．Canadaon Wednesday confirmed its first human-to-human spread of A/H1N1 flu infection, as the country' s total cases rise to 19.
2．Researchers have confirmed two cases of human to human transmission of the A/H1N1 influenza virus, raising the possibility that the infection could soon gain a foothold among people, with the potential to strike millions.
3．Scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory have found that the virus appears to have an incubation period of two to seven days.
4．The Canadian public remains calm and the government has urged necessary precautionary measures such as washing hands frequently and avoiding contacts with people having flu symptoms.
5．All new cases are mild, but one of the patients in British Columbia has not been to Mexico recently and is believed to contract the virus from another person.
6．The above comments leave little doubt that the H1N1 flu is being efficiently transmitted human to human in southern California.
7．Hong Kong quarantined hundreds of hotel guests and workers Friday after a tourist from Mexico tested positive for A/H1N1 flu,Asia's first confirmed case of the disease.
8．China will track down the other passengers on the flight from Mexico to Shanghai and quarantine them for seven days, the country's Ministry of Health said in a statement Friday.
9．Governments worldwide raced to contain the spread of a new strain of A/H1N1 flu that has killed over 80 people in Mexico,amid a fresh warning that the virus could mutate into a more dangerous strain.
10．Around the world, governments are scrambling to stem the spread of a new A/H1N1 flu virus that has killed at least 103 people in Mexico, Reuters reported.
11．The World Health Organization declared the outbreak – which has components of classic avian, human and A/H1N1 flu viruses -- a “public health emergency of international concern”.
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