TEENS共同战“疫”好文精选 | Don’t let your fear go viral
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Don’t let your fear go viral
疫情当头，团结才是解决之道。
本文音频由华东师范大学第二附属中学紫竹校区高一学生徐行霈朗读
Fear and misinformation are proving to be as contagious as the novel coronavirus. China is the country of origin for the novel coronavirus, and its people have experienced a newfound level of racism (种族歧视) during this epidemic.
In times of fear, it’s not uncommon for people to think illogically. ①Singling someone out who doesn’t look like you and falsely believing they are more susceptible (易受影响的) to the virus is more comforting than facing the facts: The virus doesn’t discriminate when infecting people.
②“This new virus has triggered (引起) something that is always latently (潜伏地) there, under the surface, which is this fear of the other and the idea that bad things come from elsewhere,” Roger Keil, a professor in the environmental studies department at York University, said to The Verge.
There is also a history of xenophobia – a fear or dislike of foreigners – in the West, in relation to people from China. The reaction today is similar to the SARS outbreak, which began in Guangdong province in 2002. However, the history of discrimination goes even further back than that: China was once referred to as “the sick man of Asia” in the 19th century. Of course, outbreaks occur in other countries as well: H1N1 first emerged (出现) in North America and mad cow disease mostly affected the UK – but these diseases didn’t cause the same discrimination as those from China.
“This is a time when we need to be pulling together as a multicultural, inclusive (包容性的) and diverse community to support each other and people affected by the outbreak, and not use an event like this to promote division and xenophobia,” Simon Judkins, the immediate past president of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, said to the Guardian.
Rather than pointing fingers to people who look a certain way, some prominent (著名的) leaders and organizations are using their heads and donating money toward relief efforts. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for example, have pledged (许诺) $100 million (nearly 700 million yuan) to help find a vaccine (疫苗) for the virus. China now has over 80 running or pending (即将发生的) clinical trials on potential treatments for the virus, according to Nature.
In our globalized world, we are all in this together.
BY MATT SADOWSKI,
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长难句分析 1
Singling someone out who doesn’t look like you and falsely believing they are more susceptible to the virus is more comforting than facing the facts: The virus doesn’t discriminate when infecting people.
分析
本句的主语是两个并列的动词-ing短语：Singling someone out … and falsely believing …；谓语部分为is more comforting；
who引导定语从句，修饰先行词someone；
believing后接了省略了连接词that的宾语从句；
冒号后说明facts的具体内容。
释义
挑出与自己看起来不一样的人，并误认为他们比自己更容易感染病毒，这样做比面对“病毒面前人人平等”的事实更令人感到宽心。
长难句分析 2
“This new virus has triggered something that is always latently there, under the surface, which is this fear of the other and the idea that bad things come from elsewhere,” Roger Keil, a professor in the environmental studies department at York University, said to The Verge.
分析
本句直接引语部分的主句是：This new virus has triggered something；
第一个that与下文的which都引导定语从句，修饰something；
第二个that引导同位语从句，说明idea的具体内容。
释义
“新病毒激发了一些长期潜伏在人们潜意识里的东西，即对他人的恐惧以及将坏事归咎于别处的想法，”约克大学环境研究系教授罗杰·基尔对The Verge（美国科技媒体网站）说。
Quiz:
Choose the best answer
01
What is the main reason for the rise of racism during this epidemic according to the text?
A. The infectivity of the coronavirus.
B.The connection of the virus with SARS.
C.The lack of effective vaccines for the virus.
D.Misinformation and the deeply rooted xenophobia.
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D
02
By mentioning H1N1 and mad cow disease, the author intended to ______.
A.illustrate the negative impact of xenophobia
B.show different outbreaks across the world
C.prove the world’s discrimination against Chinese people
D.compare their effects with those of the novel coronavirus
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C
03
What are the last three paragraphs mainly about?
A.Giving support as a global community.
B.Reducing the impacts of the virus.
C.The importance of preventing discrimination.
D.The contributions of some leaders and organizations.
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A
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