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2023/05/01
TIME閱讀解析 11 - 是否染上非COVID-19或流感的某種疾病？這疾病有可能會是什麼
Sick With Something That Isn’t COVID-19 or the Flu?
Here’s What It Might Be
是否染上非COVID-19或流感的某種疾病？這疾病有可能會是什麼
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Flu season is wrapping up, and weekly COVID-19 diagnoses are declining. But if you’re currently sick with a respiratory illness, you’re not alone.
Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that a mixture of respiratory viruses are circulating right now, including common coronaviruses (other than SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19), respiratory adenovirus, and parainfluenza (which is distinct from influenza).
All of these viruses can cause cold-like symptoms including fever, runny nose, sore throat, and cough, so “it’s very, very hard to tell the difference between any of them clinically,” says Dr. Helen Chu, an associate professor of infectious disease at the University of Washington and a principal investigator at the Seattle Flu Alliance, which tracks respiratory disease spread. (Norovirus and rotavirus are also going around right now, but they cause gastrointestinal issues such as vomiting and diarrhea.)
BY JAMIE DUCHARME MARCH 20, 2023
全文連結:https://time.com/6264539/respiratory-virus-not-covid-spring-2023/
單字
1. decline (vi.) 減少
With the ever-changing development of technology, the demand for
traditional labor declines markedly.
隨著科技日新月異的發展，對傳統勞動力的需求明顯下降。
2. circulate (vi.) (疾病)傳播
To prevent this fatal disease from circulating rapidly, strict health measures must be taken shortly.
為防止這種致命疾病迅速傳播，必須立測採取嚴格的衛生措施。
3. track (vt.) 追蹤
The researchers have kept tracking the movements of these wild birds for days.
研究員這幾天以來一直在追踪這些野生鳥類的活動。
片語
1. wrap up 結束
The worst-case scenario is that the long-term economic slump will not wrap up in the near future.
最壞的情況是，長期的經濟衰退並不會在不久的將來結束。
2. a mixture of + N ……的混合(體)
Overcome by a mixture of emotions, the man burst into tears, failing to contain himself.
男子五味雜陳，淚流滿面，不能自己。
3. other than + N 除了……
My family rarely dines out other than on important days such as birthdays and yearly grand reunion.
除了像是在生日和每年大團圓的重要日子，我們家很少外出用餐。
4. be distinct from + N 與……不同
The two proposals put forward for the most part are distinct from each other.
所提出的兩項提案大體上是截然不同的。
句型
1. S + V..., including + N ... 包括……
*including為介系詞(prep.)
cf.
The police have rescued five people, including a doctor and a teacher.
= The police have rescued five people, inclusive of a doctor and a teacher.
= The police have rescued five people, a doctor and a teacher included.
*including + N = inclusive of + N = N + included
文法點
1. 關係代名詞which
... SARS-CoV-2, and it causes COVID-19, ...
*it = SARS-CoV-2
→... SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, ...
*and it = which
cf.
... SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, ...
→... SARS-CoV-2, causing COVID-19, ...
(1)省略關代“which”；
(2)動詞“causes”主動，改為現在分詞“causing”
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