ChinesePod Today: Measles on the Rise (simp. characters)
  • 5 years ago
ChinesePod News (April 18, 2019)

In the U.S., 555 new cases of measles have been reported for 2019. The Centers for Disease Control has linked the increase in national cases to the “anti-vaxer” movement. There has also been a sharp rise in the number of measles cases globally over the past two years.

NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at https://youtu.be/4G4cbFtJmEg

This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:

激增 to increase dramatically
重灾区 epidemic site
并发 to develop a complication
反弹 backlash
走回头路 to turn back the clock

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