天津环球教育雅思备考干货|面对疫情大咖有话说(第二十八弹)

　　学生在家里自我隔离的同时不要忘记学习哦，尤其是备考雅思的学生，不要间断自己的备考计划，英语这门科目一段时间不学可能就会生疏，下面天津环球教育大咖老师们为大家整理分享一些雅思备考干货，供大家参考：Novel Coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000 in mainland China.

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　　▪ novel用作形容词表示“新奇的，异常的”, 指之前没有出现过的，与之前所了解不同的

　　▪ death toll 死亡人数

　　▪ surpass 超过

　　The virus: The Wuhan coronavirus has killed more than 1,000 people globally since the outbreak began, according to authorities. More than 40,000 have been infected.

　　▪ more than...超过，多于

　　▪ outbreak爆发

　　▪ authority (authorities) 当局，权威

　　▪ infect 感染，传染

　　Deadlier than SARS: Since its outbreak in December, the Wuhan coronavirus has killed more people than the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, which claimed 774 victims globally from November 2002 to July 2003.

　　▪ deadly (deadlier) 致命的

　　▪ SARS: severe acute respiratory syndrome

　　severe 严重的，严厉的

　　acute 急性的，敏锐的

　　respiratory 呼吸的

　　syndrome 综合症

　　▪ claim 宣称，声称

　　▪ victim (victims) 牺牲者，受害者

　　The Wuhan coronavirus poses a very grave threat for the rest of the world, the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday at the start of a two-day meeting in Geneva on the outbreak.

　　▪ pose a very grave threat for... 对…造成重大的威胁

　　▪ the rest of the world 世界其他地方

　　▪ head 领导人，负责人