News Plus慢速英语:脸谱网为博拉疫情捐款 新加坡引进超级计算机

1.Ebola epidemic 埃博拉疫情

In 2007, Congo (Kinshasa) outbreak of the Ebola epidemic, which killed 160 people.
 

2007年，刚果（金）暴发埃博拉疫情，致使160多人死亡。
 

2.co-founder 共同创立者；联合创始人
 

"The system can deliver reports that are relevant to your location, " says Clark Freifield, a Ph.D. student at MIT's Media Lab and a co-founder of HealthMap.
 

“这个系统可以发布和你所在地相关的报道，”麻省理工学院媒体实验室博士生、“健康地图”共同创立者克拉克·弗雷菲尔德说。
 

3.death rate 死亡率

By the turn of the century, Pittsburgh had the highest death rate in the United States.
 

到了世纪交替时，匹兹堡的死亡率居全美之首。
 

4.in a bid to 为了…

The US marines corps recently ordered an energy audit of its operations in Afghanistan, in a bid to reduce enormous fuel costs.
 

美国海军陆战队最近下令对其在阿富汗展开的行动进行能源审计，以减少巨大的燃料成本。
 

5.pilot project 试点项目
 

A psychologist will oversee a pilot project teaching "happiness lessons" from the start of the next academic year.
 

从下个学年初开始，一位心理学家将对“快乐学”的授课试点项目进行监督指导。
 

6.interact with 与……相互作用；互动

Interact with the consumers, challenge and reward them.
 

和消费者互动，挑战并奖励他们。