VOA慢速英語: 埃博拉對經(jīng)濟的影響可能是毀滅性的

Ebola: Economic Impact Could Be Devastating
埃博拉對經(jīng)濟的影響是毀滅性的
From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report.
這里是美國之音慢速英語經(jīng)濟報道。
The World Bank is warning that the West Africa Ebola crisis could severely harm the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone unless action is taken quickly. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim spoke to reporters recently to discuss the effects of the Ebola spread.
世界銀行警告稱，如果不迅速采取行動，西非埃博拉病毒可能會嚴(yán)重損害幾內(nèi)亞、利比里亞和塞拉利昂的經(jīng)濟發(fā)展。最近，世界銀行行長吉姆·勇·金姆和記者交談討論了埃博拉病毒傳播所造成的影響。
"Our findings indicate that if the virus continues to spread the economic cost to these countries could grow eight-fold by 2015. This would deal a potentially catastrophic blow to their already fragile economies," said Kim.
他說：“我們的研究結(jié)果表明，如果此病毒繼續(xù)傳播，到2015年，給這幾個國家?guī)淼慕?jīng)濟損失可能會增長8倍。這樣會對它們原本脆弱的經(jīng)濟造成毀滅性的打擊。”
Mr. Kim says, "saving lives and preventing new infections" is most important. The bank has released $117-million for an "immediate humanitarian response." The World Bank President says the SARS outbreak between 2002 and 2004 showed how a disease could damage economies. 800 people died from SARS and the economic losses were estimated to be $40-billion.
金姆先生說：“拯救生命和預(yù)防新的感染”是最重要的。該銀行已經(jīng)將1.17億美元用于“緊急人道主義救助”。世界銀行行長表示，在2002年到2004年爆發(fā)的非典疫情就向我們展示了疾病可能對經(jīng)濟所造成的損害。當(dāng)時，有800人死于非典，所造成的經(jīng)濟損失估計為400億美元。
Mr. Kim says SARS and the H1N1 outbreak of 2009 taught that fear and avoidance resulted in about 90-percent of the economic losses. That means the disease is causing two levels of economic damage.
金姆先生稱，非典和2009年甲型H1N1流感疫情的爆發(fā)所給與我們的教訓(xùn)就是恐懼和回避所導(dǎo)致的經(jīng)濟損失約為90%。這就意味著這種疾病會導(dǎo)致兩個層面的經(jīng)濟損失。
"There are two kinds of contagion. One is related to the virus itself and the second is related to the spread of fear about the virus," said Kim.
金姆先生稱，“有兩種病毒在傳播，一種是埃博拉病毒本身，一種就是對該病毒傳播的恐懼。”
The World Bank predicts the losses to the economies of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will be a combined $360-million. Mr. Kim says losses could be limited to about $97-million next year with quick action to contain the virus. However, if there is not what he calls an "immediate massive effort," losses could reach $800-million in 2015.
世界銀行預(yù)算此次利比里亞、塞拉利昂和幾內(nèi)亞的經(jīng)濟損失總計約為3.6億美元。金姆稱，如果可以迅速采取行動來遏制該病毒的傳播，那么到明年的經(jīng)濟損失預(yù)計可以被控制在約9700萬美元。然而，如果沒有他所說的“迅速采取巨大行動”，那么到2015年損失可能會達到8億美元。
The World Bank's research includes only Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. But early estimates show that losses could reach billions of dollars if the Ebola virus spreads widely to other African nations.
世界銀行的研究國家只包括利比里亞、幾內(nèi)亞和塞拉利昂。但是早期的估計，如果埃博拉病毒廣泛傳播到其他非洲國家，那么經(jīng)濟損失可能會達到數(shù)十億美元。
Mr. Kim says fast action is necessary. He says getting the disease under control is still far away. That is because there are not enough health care workers in the affected areas. The World Bank President says the most important issue is to act quickly in order to limit economic losses.
金姆先生稱，需要立即采取行動。并稱，想要控制住該疾病還需要很長一段時間，因為這些地區(qū)沒有足夠的醫(yī)護人員。他稱，最重要的就是要迅速采取行動以控制經(jīng)濟損失。
"However many cases there are right now, if we get an effective response on the ground in the next few months, we can really blunt the vast majority – 80 to 90-percent – of the economic impact," said Kim.
金姆先生說：“但是現(xiàn)在還有很多病例，如果我們可以在未來幾個月里進行有效地應(yīng)對，我們才能夠真正的減少80%—90%的經(jīng)濟損失。”
There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola. However, Mr. Kim says an effective effort could also sharply reduce the high death rate of about 53-percent for Ebola infections. He says the effort only needs more people, more money, more attention and more commitment.
現(xiàn)在還沒有可以治療埃博拉病毒疫苗，但是金姆先生稱，采取有效地行動就可以大幅度降低埃博拉病毒的高死亡率，大約可以降低53%。并稱，這個有效地行動只是需要更多的人力，更多的資金，更多的關(guān)注和更多的承諾。
And that's the VOA Learning English Economics Report. I'm Mario Ritter.
這就是本期的美國之音慢速英語經(jīng)濟報道，我是馬里奧·里特。