埃博拉试验性疫苗、印第安青少年表演圈舞
Ebola vaccine and Native American dance
Today’s news stories are:
今日提要：
Ebola vaccine on trial is 'highly effective'
埃博拉试验性疫苗测试结果“卓有成效”
Hoop dance inspires Native American youth
印第安青少年表演传统圈舞
Here the words and phrases for you to learn
下面是你可以学习的单词和短语
pioneering
创新的
distracted
受干扰的
A major milestone in the fight against Ebola.
这是人类抗争埃博拉病毒的一个重大转折点。
Tests of an experimental vaccine in Guinea found the pioneering treatment to be up to 100% effective.
在几内亚，试验性疫苗的测试结果发现这种开创性治疗方法的有效率高达100%。
pioneering: doing something never done before
创新的
A major milestone in the fight against Ebola.
这是人类抗争埃博拉病毒的一个重大转折点。
Tests of an experimental vaccine in Guinea found the pioneering treatment to be up to 100% effective.
在几内亚，试验性疫苗的测试结果发现这种开创性治疗方法的有效率高达100%。
Nearly 6,000 people received the vaccine; all were free of the virus 10 days later.
近六千名感染者在接种了此疫苗十天后，已不再携带病毒。
Guinea was at the centre of the largest outbreak of Ebola in history.
几内亚处于史上最大规模的埃博拉疫情暴发的中心地区。
First identified at 2013, it swept through West Africa killing 70% of those infected
2013年，人们首次发现了这种病毒，此后，疫情在西非迅速蔓延，有70%的感染者死亡。
and presenting the World Health Organisation with one of its biggest challenges.
埃博拉病毒给世界卫生组织带来了有史以来最大的挑战之一。
More than 11,000 people died and until now there was no known cure.
目前，死亡人数已超过11000人，而在此试验性疫苗之前，人们还未找到一种能有效治愈该病的方法。
In the interest of preserving culture and identity among Native Americans
为了向印第安群体传达保护本土文化和身份的重要性
Steve LaRance decided to start teaching a traditional hoop dance to young children.
斯蒂夫·拉朗斯（Steve LaRance）决定开始教授印第安儿童表演传统的圈舞。
The artist lives in New Mexico.
他是一位居住在美国新墨西哥州的艺术家。
He started the Pueblo of Pojoaque Youth Hoop Dancers in 2013, at a time when he felt the younger generation was becoming too distracted
他在2013年创立了印第安波瓦基村庄青年圈舞团，那时拉朗斯认为年轻的一代正过多地受到干扰
distracted: having the attention taken by something
受干扰的
In the interest of preserving culture and identity among Native Americans
为了向印第安群体传达保护本土文化和身份的重要性
Steve LaRance decided to start teaching a traditional hoop dance to young children.
斯蒂夫·拉朗斯（Steve LaRance）决定开始教授印第安儿童表演传统的圈舞。
The artist lives in New Mexico.
他是一位居住在美国新墨西哥州的艺术家。
He started the Pueblo of Pojoaque Youth Hoop Dancers in 2013, at a time when he felt the younger generation was becoming too distracted
他在2013年创立了印第安波瓦基村庄青年圈舞团，那时拉朗斯认为年轻的一代正过多地受到干扰
by modern influences and technologies.
——来自现代社会和科技。