SectionⅢLesson2&Lesson3EpidemicsthroughouthistoryWithrecentpress①reportsdrawingparallels②betweenBirdFluandakillerepidemic③inthepast,JimSmithlooksthroughthehistoryofepidemicsforcluesaboutwhatthefuturemighthold④
SinceBirdFlufirstappearedin1997,ithastakenmorethanahundredlives⑤
Manypeoplefearitcouldbethenextglobalepidemic,especiallyasscientistswhostudiedtissue⑥fromthebodiesofpeoplewhodiedof⑦the1918SpanishFluprovedthatBirdFluisamodernadaptation⑧ofthesamevirus⑨
BacteriaandviruseshavebeenaroundsincethebeginningoflifeonEarthandmanyoftoday’sdiseaseshaveexistedaslongas⑩humanshave
Itisimportanttolookatthespreadofdiseasesthroughouthistorytodiscoverthecausesandeffectsofepidemics⑪,andhopefully,foresee⑫andpreventtheminthefuture
①press[pres]n.新闻界;报界②parallel['pærəlel]n.极相似之处;平行线③epidemic[ˌepɪ'de