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七月份 第 14 課

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  • Kabul Conference Endorses Goal of Afghan Security by 2014
  • 喀布爾大會擁護阿富汗軍隊負責安全
  •   An international conference has endorsed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's plan for Afghan forces to take charge of their country's security by 2014.
  • 阿富汗總統卡爾扎伊決心在 2014 年之前讓阿富汗軍隊擔負起本國治安責任的計劃在一個國際大會上得到擁護。

  •   During Tuesday's gathering in Kabul, representatives from more than 60 countries and organizations also backed President Karzai's call for the international community to channel at least 50 percent of development aid through the Afghan government.
  • 星期二在喀布爾召開的大會上,來自六十多個國家和組織的代表還對卡爾扎伊敦促國際社會將至少一半的發展援助款項通過阿富汗政府的渠道來分配的呼籲表示支援。

  •   More than $40 billion has been spent on Afghanistan since 2001.
  • 自從 2001 年以來,用於阿富汗的援助金額已經超過了 400 多億美元。

  •   U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told delegates that the United States is encouraged by work the Afghan government has done to improve governance and combat corruption, but said much work remains.
  • 美國國務卿克林頓對與會代表說,美國對阿富汗政府在改進治理和打擊腐敗方面所做的努力感到鼓舞,但是她表示,這方面仍然還有很多的工作要做。

  •   The final communique of the one-day conference endorses a number of Afghan initiatives aimed at giving the country more control of its security and development, including a plan to reintegrate Taliban fighters who lay down their arms, renounce al-Qaida and accept the constitution.
  • 這個為期一天的會議發佈了最後公報,對幾個旨在給予阿富汗更多的控制本國安全和發展的倡議表示支援,其中包括把那些放下武器、脫離基地組織並且接受阿富汗憲法的塔利班武裝人員重新融入社會的計劃。

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  • Vaginal Gel Helps Prevent HIV Infection in Women
  • 陰道凝膠幫助防止女性感染愛滋病
  •   Researchers are reporting a possible breakthrough in the fight against AIDS, with the unveiling of a vaginal gel that has sharply reduced the chances of women getting HIV from an infected partner.
  • 研究人員報告說,在對抗愛滋病方面可能取得突破;研究發現,一種女用陰道凝膠可以大幅度降低她們從一個攜帶愛滋病病毒的伴侶那裏感染愛滋病的機率。

  •   The results of clinical trials on the gel are to be formally released at the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna later Tuesday.
  • 對這種凝膠的臨床試驗結果將於星期二晚些時候在維也納的第 18 屆國際愛滋病大會上正式公佈。

  •   Scientists from South Africa say that women using the gel, which contained the drug tenofovir, had a 50 percent lower infection rate after one year compared to women given a placebo gel.
  • 來自南非的科學家說,使用這種含有泰諾福韋的凝膠一年後的婦女感染愛滋病的機率比使用安慰劑凝膠低 50 %。

  •   The infection rate was 39 percent lower after two and a half years.
  • 而使用兩年半以後,感染率則可降低 39 %。

  •   UN-AIDS chief Michel Sidibe says the new vaginal gel is going to revolutionize HIV prevention for women.
  • 聯合國愛滋病規劃署執行主任西迪貝說,新的陰道凝膠將對婦女預防感染愛滋病病毒產生革命性的影響。

  •   This is the first time researchers have made a successful microbicide -- a substance inserted into the body before sex to prevent transmission of the HIV virus.
  • 這是研究人員第一次研究出有效的殺菌劑,即在性交前放入體內的一種物質以防止愛滋病毒的傳播。

  •   However, experts caution that further scrutiny is needed of the microbicide's safety and effectiveness before it can be released to the public.
  • 不過專家提醒說,在將這個殺菌劑推廣到公眾使用之前還必須對它的安全性和有效性進行更多的審查。

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