Rats in C.China lake areas to cause no epidemic

时间：2007-07-21 06:28:42

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July 19 - Central China's Hunan Province said it has taken effective measures to prevent epidemics1 after about 2 billion rats chomped2 their way through cropland around the Dongting Lake, the country's second largest freshwater lake.

 

"It's not possible for rodent3-borne diseases to break out in the lake area," said Chen Xiaochun, vice4 director of the provincial5 health department.

 

Local health authorities have been watching closely over the rodent situation after the rats fled their flooded island homes and invaded 22 counties around the Dongting Lake last week, he told a press conference on Wednesday.

 

Results of their observation are reported daily to the provincial health department and the public, he said.

 

Meanwhile, local health and disease prevention and control authorities have intensified6 management of raticide and pesticide7, for fear they might contaminate food and water, Chen added.

 

No human infection of any rat-borne disease has been reported in the central Chinese province since 1944.

 

The provincial government also ruled out widespread suspicions that rats flooded the area because one of their natural enemies --snakes -- had been served at dinner tables.

 

"The Dongting Lake area is not an ideal habitat for snakes," said Deng Sanlong, a top forestry8 official in the province, "and the only two species that inhabit the region feed largely on fish and frogs."

 

He said the top enemy of the rats is hawk9 that spends winter in the wetland around the lake but fly away in spring.

 

China's Ministry10 of Agriculture and the Hunan provincial government have allocated11 900,000 yuan in total to eradicate12 the rats.

 
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1 epidemics 4taziV     
n．流行病
参考例句：
  • Reliance upon natural epidemics may be both time-consuming and misleading. 依靠天然的流行既浪费时间，又会引入歧途。
  • The antibiotic epidemics usually start stop when the summer rainy season begins. 传染病通常会在夏天的雨季停止传播。
2 chomped 4ede7ee1fe2620d6dc33762acc05782e     
v.切齿，格格地咬牙，咬响牙齿( chomp的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He chomped his way through two hot dogs. 他呼哧呼哧地吃掉了两个热狗。
  • The boy chomped his sandwich. 这个男孩大口嚼着三明治。 来自互联网
3 rodent DsNyh     
n.啮齿动物；adj.啮齿目的
参考例句：
  • When there is a full moon,this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.月圆之夜，这种夜间活动的啮齿类动物会小心地呆在地洞里不出来。
  • This small rodent can scoop out a long,narrow tunnel in a very short time.这种小啮齿动物能在很短的时间里挖出一条又长又窄的地道来。
4 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
5 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
6 intensified 4b3b31dab91d010ec3f02bff8b189d1a     
v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
  • The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 pesticide OMlxV     
n.杀虫剂，农药
参考例句：
  • The pesticide was spread over the vegetable plot.菜田里撒上了农药。
  • This pesticide is diluted with water and applied directly to the fields.这种杀虫剂用水稀释后直接施用在田里。
8 forestry 8iBxk     
n.森林学；林业
参考例句：
  • At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
  • Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。
9 hawk NeKxY     
n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员
参考例句：
  • The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
  • The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。
10 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
11 allocated 01868918c8cec5bc8773e98ae11a0f54     
adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
  • More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。
12 eradicate Ui1zn     
v.根除，消灭，杜绝
参考例句：
  • These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
  • They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。

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