考研翻译
长难句练习4
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考研翻译
长难句练习4
(来源同练习2和3)
Scientists and government officials are usually
supposed to calm people down, but these authorities seem to be
trying to
provoke greater fear, even a little
panic.
文章是练习2的文章:
The official warnings about bird flu have been
growing scarier in the past few days. In a speech last Sunday,
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt advised folks to
stock up on tuna fish and powdered milk in case the bird flu virus
mutates into a form that could easily
infect people. Agriculture
Secretary Mike Johanns recently told reporters, "It would be almost
biblical to think we would be protected." Then there was Robert
Webster, who said on national television Tuesday night that he had
a three-month supply of food and water in his house in case bird
flu becomes a serious human pandemic.
Scientists and government officials are usually
supposed to
calm people down, but these authorities seem to be
trying to
provoke greater fear, even a little panic. This is not
necessarily such a bad thing,
says Peter Sandman, a risk communications consultant based
in
Princeton, N.J., who has
advised HHS officials in the past not to be too
concerned about
alarming the public when
trying to
educate them to a new
danger.
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