2014英语四级听力练习:慢速英语8.26(2)_大学英语听力

2014英语四级听力练习:慢速英语8.26(2)

　　From Learning English, this is the Health Report.

　　On Thailands border with Myanmar, also known as Burma, a malaria research and treatment center is increasing efforts to kill, or eliminate, a drug-resistant form of the parasite before it spreads abroad. correspondent Steve Sandford reports from Thailand.

　　A health center near a busy border crossing in Thailand has had great success over the last 20 years in reducing the effect of malaria.

　　Cases of the disease have greatly decreased. But doctors like Cindy Chu remain worried.

　　We used to see a lot of malaria at the Wangpha clinic but now with efforts of elimination and active surveillance and even the setting up of malaria posts on the other side of the border, the malaria rates have really gone down. So we dont see as much malaria as we used to. On the other hand, the malaria that we do see is more complicated. And because of artemisinin resistance, the cases we see here require additional therapy.

　　Medicines called Artemisinin have been highly effective against malaria when used in combination with other drugs. Using a combination of drugs is called a cocktail.

　　But in five countries in Southeast Asia -- Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos -- the malaria organism, or parasite, has developed a resistance to the treatment. Drug-resistant means that the drug no longer treats the disease.