Lesson27 Maternal Death Rates听力听力理解Key words:1. maternal 母亲的，母方的2. estimate 估计3. urgent 紧急的4. reproductive 再生的，生殖的5. emergency 紧急情况6. approval 批准7. millennium 一千年Exercises:I. Fill in the blanks with the words you have heard from the report. 1. Pakistan and Afghanistan _ had over _. But the death _ was _ in Africa. 2. In addition, Miss Bellamy says family _ programs would help _ sure pregnancies are _ and _ out over time. 3. Experts say _ deaths could be _ if more women _ birth with the help of _ health workers. 4. The findings _ that Southeast Asia and Northern Africa had the greatest _ in _ years in the use of skilled _. 5. World leaders have _ to try to _ maternal death rates by _ percent over the next _ years.II. Complete the statements with the information you have heard from the report. 1. The rate for industrial countries is _. Better health care would save many lives. 2. Researchers estimate that _ died during pregnancy or childbirth in 2000. 3. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia each had almost _. 4. Researchers say the rate is low _ assist most women. 5. Often, even if life-saving care exists, women may lack money, or a way to reach a medical center, or _.参考答案http:/www.DearEDU.comMaternal Death RatesThis is Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Development Report.A study finds that one out of sixteen women in Africa will die during pregnancy or childbirth. The rate for industrial countries is one out of almost three-thousand women. Better health care would save many lives. The findings are in a report released this month by three United Nations agencies. The World Health Organization joined with the UN Childrens Fund and the UN Population Fund. Researchers estimate that more than half a million women died during pregnancy or childbirth in 2000. They say 95 percent of these deaths were in Africa and Asia.India had the highest number of maternal deaths, one-hundred-thirty-six-thousand. Pakistan and Afghanistan each had over twenty-thousand. But the death rate was highest in Africa. Nearly forty-thousand women died in Nigeria. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia each had almost twenty-five-thousand deaths.Carol Bellamy heads the UN Childrens Fund. She says the numbers show an urgent need to improve reproductive health care for women. In addition, Miss Bellamy says family planning programs would help make sure pregnancies are wanted and spread out over time. Experts say many deaths could be avoided if more women gave birth with the help of skilled health workers. Currently, only about 58 percent of women in developing nations have a trained health worker present during birth.The new report says Latin America had four percent of the maternal deaths in 2000. Researchers say the rate is low because skilled health workers assist most women. The findings show that Southeast Asia and Northern Africa had the greatest improvement in recent years in the use of skilled help. But in Sub-Saharan Africa, less than half of women get such care during childbirth.Carol Bellamy says pregnant women also must be able to receive emergency medical care if problems develop. Often, even if life-saving care exists, women may lack money, or a way to reach a medical center, or approval from their husband. World leaders have agreed to try to reduce maternal death rates by 75 percent over the next twelve years. This promise is part of the UN Millennium Development Goals.This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss. Im Doug Johnson.产妇死亡率这里是由道约翰逊为您报道的美国之音特别英语发展报道。一项研究表明在非洲有1/16的妇女因怀孕或分娩而死亡。发达国家妇女因怀孕或分娩的死亡率大约为1/3000。较好的卫生护理能拯救很多生命。这些发现是由联合国的3个机构于本月发布的，它们是世界卫生组织、联合国儿童基金会和联合国人口基金会。研究人员估计在2000年，有超过50万妇女因怀孕或分娩而死亡，其中95%发生在非洲和亚洲。印度产妇死亡数最高，达到13.6万人。巴基斯坦和阿富汗分别为两万多人。但是非洲死亡率最高。在尼日利亚有近四万产妇死亡。刚果民主共和国和埃塞俄比亚妇女的死亡人数分别接近两万五千人。卡罗尔贝拉米主管联合国儿童基金会。她说这些数字表明迫切需要改善妇女的生育健康。另外，贝拉米小姐还说计划生育能帮助需要怀孕的妇女怀孕，要逐步推广普及。专家说如果妇女分娩时得到熟练卫生工作者的帮助，很多死亡是会避免的。目前，在发展中国家，有大约58%的妇女在分娩时有熟练的卫生工作者在场。新报告说2000年在拉丁美洲有4%的产妇死亡。研究者说低死亡率是因为有熟练的卫生工作者帮助大部分妇女。研究结果表明近几年来东南亚和北非在利用熟练医护人员方面取得了很大的进展。但是在非洲撒哈拉以南地区，只有不到一半的妇女在分娩时有医护人员在场。卡罗尔贝拉米说孕妇分娩时如果出现问题必须能得到紧急医疗处理。但是情况往往是，即使有救命设施，妇女常常没有钱，或者无法到达医疗中心或得到丈夫的同意。世界各国领导人同意努力在未来的12年内将产妇死亡率降低75%。这项承诺是联合国千年发展目标的一部分。本篇美国之音特别英语发展报道由吉尔莫斯撰稿，道约翰逊报道。答案：I. 1. each/ twenty-thousand/ rate/ highest 2. planning/ make/ wanted/ spread 3. many/ avoided/ gave/ skilled 4. show/ improvement/ recent/ help 5. agreed/ reduce/ 75/ twelveII. 1. one out of almost three-thousand women 2. more than half a million women 3. twenty-five-thousand deaths 4. because skilled health workers 5. approval from their husbands用心 爱心 专心 119号编辑 3