患愛滋病的母親不宜母乳喂養(yǎng)嬰兒
DATE=3-19-01
TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Breastfeeding and AIDS
BYLINE=Jill Moss
(Start at 1'00")This is a the VOA Special English Development Report.
Some scientists believe that a mother with the disease (1)AIDS who breastfeeds her baby increases the baby's chance of getting the disease. However, a new report has found that women infected with the AIDS (2)virus put their babies in greater danger by not breastfeeding them.
Michael Latham is a professor of international (3)nutrition at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He and another expert went to Africa last year to examine AIDS programs and policies. The two scientists spoke with government and non-government (4)officials in Kenya, Uganda, (5)Namibia and (6)Botswana. They discovered an unnecessary fear that breastfeeding causes higher cases of the H-I-V AIDS virus among babies. Instead, Mister Latham says only three to six percent of babies are likely to become infected if they receive breast milk from an infected mother.
Peter Lamptey leads AIDS prevention programs for an international public health organization in North Carolina. He says another study has results similar to Mister Latham's report. The study was done in South Africa in Nineteen-Ninety-Nine among mothers with H-I-V and their babies. The researches discovered that a baby's chances of getting H-I-V depends on what the baby is fed.
The study found that only eight percent of babies given only breast milk in their first three months of life became infected with the AIDS virus. Thirteen percent of babies given only processed milk for babies, or (7)formula, became infected. But twenty percent of babies who were given both formula and breast milk became infected with H-I-V.
Doctors call this last method "mixed feeding." They say it may cause AIDS to be (8)spread quickly from mother to baby for two reasons. First, formula may damage the walls of the baby's (9)intestine. Second, the breast milk of a mother with H-I-V can cause her baby's intestine to become even more infected.
Instead of "mixed feeding," doctors say breast milk is the best way to protect against the AIDS virus. Even if the mother is infected, her body (10)develops (11)antibodies against the disease that are passed on to her baby.
Experts say more studies are needed. However, Mister Latham hopes his research will teach mothers with AIDS that breastfeeding is a safe and helpful (12)process.
This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss.
(1) AIDS[eIdz]abbr.愛滋病, 獲得性免疫功能喪失綜合癥(Acquired Immure Deficiency Syndrome)
(2) virus[ 5vaiErEs ]n.[微]病毒, 濾過性微生物, 毒害, 惡毒
(3) nutrition[ nju:5triFEn ]n.營養(yǎng), 營養(yǎng)學
(4) official[ E5fiFEl ]n.官員, 公務員adj.職務上的, 公務的, 官方的, 正式的
(5) Namibia[ nE5mi:biE ]n. 納米比亞
(6) Botswana[ bCt5swB:nE ]n.博茨瓦納(位于南非共和國內(nèi),于1966年獨立)
(7) formula[ 5fC:mjulE ]n.公式, 規(guī)則, 客套語
(8) spread[ spred ]n.伸展, 展開, 傳播, 蔓延, 酒席, 宴會, 桌布v.伸展, 展開, 鋪, 涂, 敷, 擺, 傳播, 散布
(9) intestine[ in5testin ]adj.內(nèi)部的, 國內(nèi)的n.[解, 動]腸
(10) develop[ di5velEp ]vt.發(fā)展, 發(fā)達, 發(fā)揚, 進步, 逐步展開(情節(jié),音樂主題,方程式等)洗印, 顯影vi.發(fā)展, 生長, 發(fā)育, 逐步顯示出來
(11) antibody[ 5Anti7bCdi ]n.抗體
(12) process[ prE5ses ]n.過程, 作用, 方法, 程序, 步驟, 進行, 推移vt.加工, 處理
DATE=3-19-01
TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Breastfeeding and AIDS
BYLINE=Jill Moss
(Start at 1'00")This is a the VOA Special English Development Report.
Some scientists believe that a mother with the disease (1)AIDS who breastfeeds her baby increases the baby's chance of getting the disease. However, a new report has found that women infected with the AIDS (2)virus put their babies in greater danger by not breastfeeding them.
Michael Latham is a professor of international (3)nutrition at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He and another expert went to Africa last year to examine AIDS programs and policies. The two scientists spoke with government and non-government (4)officials in Kenya, Uganda, (5)Namibia and (6)Botswana. They discovered an unnecessary fear that breastfeeding causes higher cases of the H-I-V AIDS virus among babies. Instead, Mister Latham says only three to six percent of babies are likely to become infected if they receive breast milk from an infected mother.
Peter Lamptey leads AIDS prevention programs for an international public health organization in North Carolina. He says another study has results similar to Mister Latham's report. The study was done in South Africa in Nineteen-Ninety-Nine among mothers with H-I-V and their babies. The researches discovered that a baby's chances of getting H-I-V depends on what the baby is fed.
The study found that only eight percent of babies given only breast milk in their first three months of life became infected with the AIDS virus. Thirteen percent of babies given only processed milk for babies, or (7)formula, became infected. But twenty percent of babies who were given both formula and breast milk became infected with H-I-V.
Doctors call this last method "mixed feeding." They say it may cause AIDS to be (8)spread quickly from mother to baby for two reasons. First, formula may damage the walls of the baby's (9)intestine. Second, the breast milk of a mother with H-I-V can cause her baby's intestine to become even more infected.
Instead of "mixed feeding," doctors say breast milk is the best way to protect against the AIDS virus. Even if the mother is infected, her body (10)develops (11)antibodies against the disease that are passed on to her baby.
Experts say more studies are needed. However, Mister Latham hopes his research will teach mothers with AIDS that breastfeeding is a safe and helpful (12)process.
This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss.
(1) AIDS[eIdz]abbr.愛滋病, 獲得性免疫功能喪失綜合癥(Acquired Immure Deficiency Syndrome)
(2) virus[ 5vaiErEs ]n.[微]病毒, 濾過性微生物, 毒害, 惡毒
(3) nutrition[ nju:5triFEn ]n.營養(yǎng), 營養(yǎng)學
(4) official[ E5fiFEl ]n.官員, 公務員adj.職務上的, 公務的, 官方的, 正式的
(5) Namibia[ nE5mi:biE ]n. 納米比亞
(6) Botswana[ bCt5swB:nE ]n.博茨瓦納(位于南非共和國內(nèi),于1966年獨立)
(7) formula[ 5fC:mjulE ]n.公式, 規(guī)則, 客套語
(8) spread[ spred ]n.伸展, 展開, 傳播, 蔓延, 酒席, 宴會, 桌布v.伸展, 展開, 鋪, 涂, 敷, 擺, 傳播, 散布
(9) intestine[ in5testin ]adj.內(nèi)部的, 國內(nèi)的n.[解, 動]腸
(10) develop[ di5velEp ]vt.發(fā)展, 發(fā)達, 發(fā)揚, 進步, 逐步展開(情節(jié),音樂主題,方程式等)洗印, 顯影vi.發(fā)展, 生長, 發(fā)育, 逐步顯示出來
(11) antibody[ 5Anti7bCdi ]n.抗體
(12) process[ prE5ses ]n.過程, 作用, 方法, 程序, 步驟, 進行, 推移vt.加工, 處理