中國出現新型冠狀病毒
A pneumonia outbreak that has struck more than 50 people in the Chinese city of Wuhan may be due to a newly emerging member of the same family of viruses as the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
世界衛生組織（WHO）表示，中國武漢超過50起肺炎病例的群聚感染，可能源於一種新型病毒，與引爆致命嚴重急性呼吸道症候群（SARS）的禍首屬同一家族。
strike-struck-struck(疾病或天災等)襲擊=hitemerge(v.)浮現;出現severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) 嚴重急性呼吸道症候群
A new strain of coronavirus has been found in some of the pneumonia patients in the central city of Wuhan in Hubei province, and it has been preliminarily identified as the pathogen for the outbreak, although the WHO said more information is needed to confirm the type of pathogen causing the infections.
研究人員在湖北省中部武漢市某些感染者身上發現了一種新型的冠狀病毒，初步判定為引起武漢肺炎爆發的病原體，不過世衛組織表示，需掌握更多資訊才能確認引起感染的是何種病原體。
preliminarily(adv.)初步地preliminary(adj.)初步的;起始的;預備的preliminary results 初步的結果preliminary findings初步的發現identify(v.)認出;識別;確認identify A as B 確認A是Bpathogen(n.)病原體pathology(n.)病理學infect(v.)使感染人 be infected with 疾病 感染…infection(n.)感染
There are currently six known types of coronavirus; four of them cause minor illnesses such as the common cold, while the other two could be lethal, leading either to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
目前已知的人類冠狀病毒共有6種，其中4種致病性低，一般會引起類似普通感冒的輕微呼吸道症狀；另外2種則會引起嚴重急性呼吸道症候群（SARS）和中東呼吸道症候群（MERS）。
lethal(adj.)致命的=deadly=fatalleading=and they leadMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) 中東呼吸道症候群
Some coronaviruses transmit easily from person to person, whereas others do not.
某些冠狀病毒容易在人與人之間傳播，而有些則不能。
transmit(v.)傳遞(訊號等)、傳染whereas(conj.)然而=while
The UN health agency said it is not ruling out the possibility that the pathogen that caused the cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan could be a novel coronavirus, since testing by Chinese authorities has eliminated the SARS and MERS coronaviruses as possible causes.
世衛組織表示，不排除引起武漢市肺炎群聚感染的病原體可能是新型冠狀病毒的可能性，因為中國當局的測試已經排除病原體為SARS或MERS冠狀病毒。
rule out將…排除在外=exclude=eliminatethe cluster of pneumonia cases肺炎群聚感染novel(adj.)新穎的、新奇的
So far, the outbreak, which was first detected in Wuhan on December 12, has sickened a total of 59 people.
到目前為止，12月12日武漢爆發群聚感染後，已有59人受到感染。
detect(v.)(通常指用特別設備)探測;檢測;測出detective(n.)偵探smoke detector煙霧偵測器lie detector測謊機
Patients have experienced symptoms such as fever, body aches, breathing difficulties, and other pneumonia-like symptoms.
患者症狀包括發燒、身體疼痛、呼吸困難和類似肺炎的症狀。
symptom(n.)症狀syndrome(n.)症候群
There has been no obvious evidence of human-to-human transmission since no medical workers have been infected.
由於沒有醫務人員被感染，因此沒有明顯證據可證明該病毒可以人傳人。
transmit(v.)transmission(n.) 傳遞(訊號等)、傳染infect(v.)使感染
According to the WHO, questions remain about the source of the virus and how it is transmitted.
世衛組織表示，關於病毒的來源及其傳播方式仍存在疑問，
Several of the people who fell ill had worked at a seafood market in Wuhan’s suburbs.
有好幾位受感染的民眾曾在武漢郊區的海鮮市場工作，
The market also sold other live animals, including birds, rabbits and snakes, raising concerns that the virus might have been transmitted to humans from animals.
該市場還販售其他活體動物，包括禽鳥、兔子、蛇等，病毒傳染途徑有可能是動物傳人。
raise concerns 提出疑慮、引發疑慮might have V.pp對過去事實的肯定推測(語氣較為保守)