剛果爆17人死亡
At least 17 people died after contracting Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
剛果民主共和國至少有17人因染上伊波拉病毒而死亡。
contract(v.)患上、 感染(疾病)Democratic Republic of the Congo剛果民主共和國
The disease was identified in Bikoro, not far from the border with the Republic of Congo.
今年剛果的伊波拉病例在離剛果共和國邊境不遠的比科羅鎮發現。
identify(v.)確定;發現the Republic of Congo剛果共和國
According to the WHO, the earliest known cases of the disease have been traced to the iIkoko Iponge health facility, located about 30 kilometers from the town.
世界衛生組織指出，最早所知的病例均來自距離比柯羅鎮約30公里的伊科科伊彭吉衛生所。
trace(v.)查明…的起因(或源頭);追溯located(adj.)位於=situated
The WHO cited 21 cases of hemorrhagic fever and 17 deaths in the region.
世衛組織指出，該區域發生了21例病毒性出血熱，共有17人死亡。
h(a)emorrhagic(adj.)大出血的;出血的hemorrhagic fever出血熱
Dr Peter Salama, WHO Deputy Director-General for Emergency Preparedness and Response, said that it was the organization’s “top priority” to control the outbreak at its source.
世衛組織負責突發事件防範和應對事務的副總幹事彼得·薩勒馬說，世衛組織的當務之急是在源頭就控制住疫情。
top priority首要之務
“Working with the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and responding early and in a coordinated way will be vital to containing this deadly disease,” he said in a statement.
他在一項聲明中說：「為遏制這一致命疾病，至關重要的是與剛果民主共和國政府合作，及早採取協調一致的應對方法。」
coordinated(adj.)協調一致的contain(v.)控制，遏制，制止(有害物蔓延)
Bikoro is in a remote part of the country with little connection by road to more densely populated areas of the country.
比柯羅鎮地處偏遠，人口密度相對較低，且對外交通不便。
densely populated 人口密集的sparsely populated 人口稀疏的
While that could be good news, it is also a market town and has a thriving port situated on lake Tumba.
雖然這是個好消息，但比柯羅是個定期舉行市集貿易的小鎮，有一座繁榮的漁港就位於通巴湖上。
while(conj.)雖然situated on=which is situated on…位於
The WHO has allocated US$1 million in emergency funds, and 50 experts have been deployed to the region to help respond to the outbreak.
世衛組織劃撥了100萬美元的緊急資金，並派出50名專家到該區域，協助應對疫情。
deploy(v.)部署;調動respond to~回應;應對
This is the ninth time that Ebola has been recorded in the DRC since it was first identified by a Belgian team in 1976.
自1976年一支比利時團隊發現伊波拉病毒後，這是第九次伊波拉疫情在剛果民主共和國爆發。
The disease is commonly found in fruit bats, and is passed on to humans through close contact with the bodily fluids of dead or infected animals.
伊波拉病毒通常在果蝠身上發現，透過接觸死亡或受感染動物的體液傳染給人。
be passed on to…被傳染給=be transmitted to...bodily fluid體液
The world’s worst EVD epidemic happened between 2014 and 2015, killing over 11,300 people out of 29,000 cases after it spread quickly across several West African countries.
世界最嚴重的伊波拉大流行在2014年到2015年間發生，病毒肆虐西非數國，2萬9千個案例中，有超過1萬1300人死亡。
epidemic(n.)(疾病的)流行、傳染