BBC环球慢速英语 第373期:淋巴丝虫病(1)

Lymphatic Filariasis, a worm disease
淋巴丝虫病——一种寄生虫病

voice 1: Thank you for joining us today for Spotlight. I'm Rebekah Schipper.
声音1：欢迎大家收听今天的重点报道节目。我是瑞贝卡·席佩尔。

voice 2: And I'm Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
声音2：我是乔舒亚·里奥。重点报道节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。便于全世界各地民众的理解。

voice 1: Antoinette St. Fab sells rice and oil in a market in Haiti. She is thirty years old. She works very hard in the busy market. But Antoinette has a problem. Her legs are swollen. Fluid fills them. They are very large. Her left leg is almost thirty centimetres thick. She has trouble finding shoes to fit her feet. And she has to cut her clothing to fit over her legs. This helps her to walk more easily. Antoinette has Lymphatic Filariasis. Antoinette says:
声音1：安托万内特·圣·非伯在海地的一家市场售卖大米和食用油。她今年30岁。她在这个繁忙的市场中努力地工作。但是安托万内特的身体有问题。她的腿是肿的。里面全是液体。她的两条腿非常肿大。她的左腿几乎有30厘米厚。她很难找到能穿的鞋子。她不得不裁掉衣服套在腿上。这使她可以更方便地走路。安托万内特患有淋巴丝虫病。她说，

voice 3: "In the past, I used to carry (food) like spaghetti and canned milk on my head and walk around selling them. But I can not do that any more."
声音3：“以前，我经常将意大利面和罐装牛奶之类的食物顶在头上，四处走动以卖掉这些食物。可是我现在再也不能这样做了。”