國(guó)士無(wú)雙 鐘南山

特別增刊 | 國(guó)士無(wú)雙鐘南山 
 

@夏鵬

“他讓大家不要去武漢，自己卻義無(wú)反顧?！边@個(gè)人就是走上武漢疫情前線的“非典英雄”鐘南山。如今83歲的他，承載著社會(huì)對(duì)戰(zhàn)勝疫情的信心，“有鐘南山在，我們就不怕”。一起來(lái)聽這篇外媒對(duì)鐘南山的報(bào)道。

本篇課程首發(fā)于2020年1月26日

文本難度：★★★☆☆

China SARS fighter returns to spotlight in coronavirus battle

Zhong Nanshan, an 83-year-old doctor who became a household name 17 years ago for “daring to speak” in the fight against SARS, is the public face of China’s effort to control a new strain of coronavirus.

Despite his advanced age, Zhong was appointed to lead the investigation into the new virus, which has rattled millions of Chinese who are traveling for the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. His announcement on Monday that the virus could spread between humans ratcheted up worries about the outbreak, after which Beijing has warned officials of public shame if they cover up any infections.

That marks a departure from 2003, when in an atmosphere of fear and suspicion, Zhong, a respiratory diseases specialist, gave media his candid, pessimistic assessment of the severity of the SARS crisis.

Zhong was hailed for his integrity and has remained a public figure ever since, weighing in on public health issues such as air pollution and food safety.

1. SARS UK /?sɑ?z/ US /?sɑ?rz/ n. 非典型肺炎（Severe Acute Respiratory Syndromes）

severe adj. 嚴(yán)重的

acute adj. 急性的

respiratory adj. 呼吸道的

syndrome n. 綜合癥狀

2. spotlight UK /?sp?tla?t/ US /?spɑ?tla?t/ n. 聚光燈，舞臺(tái)的中央（the centre stage）

epicenter n. 中心

ground zero 中心

3. coronavirus UK /k??r??n??va??r?s/ US /k??ro?n??va?r?s/ n. 冠狀病毒

corona- 冠狀的

virus n. 病毒

4. a household name 一個(gè)家喻戶曉的名字

household adj. 家庭的

household account 家庭賬目

household expenditure 家庭開銷

household appliance 家用電器（home appliance）

household word 家喻戶曉的事

5. dare to do sth. 敢做某事（have courage to do sth.）

How dare you! 

你好大的膽子啊！

6. public face 公眾形象（public image）

7. a strain of 一種（a type of）

a strain of rice 一種水稻

strain v. 拉，壓

8. despite UK /d??spa?t/ US /d??spa?t/ prep. 即使，盡管

9. advanced age 高齡（感情色彩：老驥伏櫪）

old age 高齡

10. appoint UK /??p??nt/ US /??p??nt/ vt. 任命；指定（nominate/choose）

11. investigation into... 對(duì)......的調(diào)查

12. rattle UK /?r?t?l/ US /?r?t?l/ vt. 使焦慮（make sb. nervous）

13. Lunar New Year holiday 春節(jié)假期

近義表達(dá)：Spring Festival、Chinese New year

lunar adj. 月亮的

lunar calendar 農(nóng)歷，陰歷

14. ratchet up 穩(wěn)步增加（increase steadily）

ratchet down 逐步減少

ratchet n. 小齒輪

15. warn sb. of sth. 警告某人注意某事

16. public shame 公眾羞恥

17. a departure from...  與......不同

a departure from standards 遠(yuǎn)離標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

18. atmosphere UK /??tm?sf??/ US /??tm?sf?r/ n. 氣氛；大氣層

19. candid UK /?k?nd?d/ US /?k?nd?d/ adj. 坦誠(chéng)的，坦率的（truthful/straightforward/frank）

candidate n. 候選人（羅馬時(shí)期候選人身著白色長(zhǎng)袍的習(xí)俗）

20. sb. be hailed for sth. 某人因某事廣受稱贊（sb. be praised for sth.）

21. weigh in 帶著意見參與公共事務(wù) （intervene with opinions）