Surge in hearing problems expected將要激增的聽力問題

周艷霞

世界衛(wèi)生組織有史以來的第一份全球聽力報(bào)告指出，到2050年，世界上四分之一的人口將有聽力問題，報(bào)告呼吁在預(yù)防和治療方面增加投資。

1 The first ever global report by the World Health Organization warned that one in four of the world？蒺s population will suffer from hearing problems by 2050， calling for extra investment in prevention and treatment. The report on hearing said the causes of many of the problems such as infections， diseases， birth defects， noise exposure， and lifestyle choices could be prevented.

2 The report warned that during the next three decades the number of people with hearing loss may increase to 2.5 billion people， up from 1.6 billion in 2019. Of the 2.5 billion， 700 million would in 2050 have a serious enough condition to require some kind of treatment， from 430 million in 2019， it added.

3 A major contributor to hearing problems is a lack of the access to care， which is particularly striking in low income countries where there are far fewer professionals available to treat them. Since nearly 80 percent of people with hearing loss live in such countries， most are not getting the help they need. Even in richer countries with better facilities， the access to care is often uneven， the report said.

4 A lack of accurate information and the stigma（恥辱感） related to ear diseases and hearing loss also prevent people getting the care they need. Even among health care providers， knowledge relevant to prevention， early identification and management of hearing loss and ear diseases is commonly lacking.

5 The report proposed a package of measures， including public health measures from reducing noise in public spaces to increasing vaccinations（種痘） against diseases that can cause hearing loss. Among children， it said， hearing loss could be prevented in 60 percent of cases.

6 “An estimated $1 trillion is lost each year due to our collective failure to adequately address hearing loss，” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in the report. “While the financial burden is enormous， what cannot be certain is the suffering caused by the loss of communication， education and social interaction.”

Ⅰ. Fill in each blank with only one word according to the text.

Ⅱ. Discussion

As students， do we also face the risk of hearing loss？ What should we do to avoid it？

Ⅰ. Analyze difficult structures in the text

1. A major contributor to hearing problems is a lack of the access to care， which is particularly striking in low income countries where there are far fewer professionals available to treat them. 聽力問題的一個(gè)主要原因是缺乏獲得護(hù)理的機(jī)會(huì)，這在低收入國家尤為突出，因?yàn)檫@些國家可用于治療這些問題的專業(yè)人員要少得多。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句中，which引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)非限制性定語從句，指代的是“a lack of the access to care”;where引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)定語從句，先行詞為low income countries。

2. While the financial burden is enormous， what cannot be certain is the suffering caused by the loss of communication， education and social interaction. 雖然財(cái)政負(fù)擔(dān)巨大，但失去溝通、教育和社會(huì)交往所造成的痛苦是無法確定的。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句中while引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)讓步狀語從句，要放在句首;what引導(dǎo)的是名詞性從句;“caused by...interaction”為過去分詞短語作定語，修飾suffering。

Ⅱ. Memorize some text centered chunks

suffer from 遭受

call for extra investment 需要格外的投資

increase to 增加到

a lack of 缺少……

the access to 進(jìn)入……;獲得……

（be） related/relevant to 與……有關(guān)

prevent sb （from） doing 阻止某人做……

a package of 一套的……;一攬子的……