VOA慢速英语2011.12.12
[audio]http://sound.yywz123.com/tingbbs/voa/voa20111212.mp3[/audio]Malaria is caused by a parasite spread through the bite of infected mosquitoes. The World Health Organization, in its latest estimate, says the disease caused seven hundred eighty-one thousand deaths in two thousand nine. Most of those deaths were in children in Africa. Worldwide there were two hundred twenty-five million cases of malaria.
疟疾是一种由寄生虫引起的疾病，通过受感染蚊子的叮咬而传播。世卫组织最新预测说，2009年这种疾病导致78.1万人死亡，大多是非洲儿童。当年全球共有2.25亿疟疾病例。
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Malaria remains a major problem in Africa, but there have been some successes. Deaths in Rwanda, for example, have been reduced by sixty percent.
疟疾在非洲仍是个大问题，但已有些成功。比如，卢旺达的死亡率就减少了60%。
注释：
malaria：疟疾，瘴气
parasite：寄生虫，食客
mosquito：蚊子
**** Hidden Message ***** 今天的呀，听听看:loveliness: Malaria is caused by a parasite spread through the bite of infected monquites, the world health organization, in its latest estimate, says the diaease caused seven hundred eighty one thousand deaths in 2009, most of these deaths were in childern in Africa, world ? there were two hundred twenty five million cases of malaria.
Both of these numbers represent improvence, in 2000 there were an estimated two hundred thirty three million cases of malaria, and all most million deaths.
Malaria remains a major problem in Africa, but there happen some successes, deaths in a wonder, for example, have been reduced by sixty percent. Both of these numbers represent improvments, in 2000, there were an estimite 2033 million cases of malaria, and almost of a milllon death.
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