21世纪大学英语应用型综合教程2U1译文

3. 不管是在发达国家，还是在发展中国家，食源
性疾病都是一个普遍且不断恶化的公共健康问题。
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4. The global incidence of foodborne disease is difficult to estimate, but it has been reported that in 2005 alone 1.8 million people died from diarrheal diseases. A great proportion of these cases can be attributed to contamination of food and drinking water. Additionally, diarrhea is a major cause of malnutrition in infants and young children.
9. 食物污染给社区以及医疗系统造
成了巨大的社会和经济负担。1991 年在秘鲁再次爆发的霍乱致使那年 的鱼类和渔业产品出口损失达5亿美 元。
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10-1. The safety of food derived from biotechnology needs to be carefully assessed. To provide the scientific basis for decisions regarding human health, new methods and policies to assess such food need to be developed and agreed upon internationally. The assessment should consider health benefits as well as possible negative health implications.
食品安全和食源性疾病
1. 食品安全是一个越来越重要的公众健康问
题。针对日益增多的食品安全问题以及消费者对
此的担忧日益加剧，世界各地的政府部门都在努
力改善食品安全。
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2. Foodborne illnesses are defined as diseases, usually caused by eating food or drinking beverages contaminated with bacteria or parasites. Every person is at risk of foodborne illness.
of essential nutrients are possible examples of
the former, while antimicrobial markers in some
genetically modified foods have been suggested
to be an example of the latter.
4. 虽然全球的食源性疾病发病率很难 估测，但是据报道，仅2005年一年就 有180万人死于腹泻类疾病，其中大 部分要归咎于摄人了受污染的食物和 饮用水。此外，腹泻是导致婴儿和幼
童营养不良的主要原因。
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5. In industrialized countries, the percentage of the population suffering from foodborne diseases each year has been reported to be up to 30%. In the United States of America (USA), for example, around 76 million cases of foodborne diseases, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, are estimated to occur each year.
derived from biotechnology that has not received
much attention in the past. Likewise, clear
communication of the basis for safety assessment
in this area is generally lacking at national and
10-1. 生物技术食品的安全性需要谨慎评估。 为了给关乎人类健康的决策提供科学基础，
国际社会需要制定和通过评估此类食品的新
方式和新政策。评估应该同时涵盖食品对健
康有益的方面和可能产生的负面作用。
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10-2. Crops modified to resist pests, foods with allergens removed or food with an increase
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Food Safety and Foodborne Illness
1. Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the world are making their efforts to improve food safety. These efforts are in response to an increasing number of food safety problems and rising consumer concerns.
6. 尽管发展中国家的档案记载工作 较为欠缺，事实上，它们深受食源 性疾病之苦，原因在于多种食源性
疾病，包括寄生虫引发的疾病的大
量存在。腹泻类疾病在众多发展中
国家的高发病率说明这些国家存在
着重大的食品安全问题。
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7. While most foodborne diseases are occasional and often not reported, foodborne disease outbreaks may take on massive proportions. For example, in 1994,an outbreak of salmonellosis due to contaminated ice cream occurred in the USA, affecting an estimated 224,000 persons. In 1988,an outbreak of hepatitis A, resulting from the consumption of contaminated clams, affected some 300, 000 individuals in China.
10-2. 前者包括为抗虫而改良的农作物、去过 敏原的食品和添加了必要营养素的食品，而 某些基因改良食品的抗微生物标记则属于后 者。
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10-3 The weighing of potential risks and benefits
is an important aspect of assessment of foods
international levels.
10-3. 对生物技术食品的潜在危害和益处的权 衡是评估的重要方面，这方面在过去未能得到
足够的重视。同样，对于这个领域安全评估的
基础问题，在国内和国际层面都缺乏沟通。
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11. If not properly monitored and assessed, changes in animal husbandry practices, including feeding, may have serious implications for food safety. For example, increased use of ruminant bone and meat meal as feed supplement for cattle appear to have played a role in the emergence of BSE.
5. 据报道，在工业化国家，每年因感 染食源性疾病的人口比例上升至30％。 比如说美国，每年大约有7600万人感
染食源性疾病，其中325000人接受住
院治疗，5000人死亡。
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6. While less well documented, developing countries bear the main impact of the problem due to the presence of a wide range of foodborne diseases, including those caused by parasites. The widespread diarrheal diseases in many developing countries suggest major underlying food safety problems.
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9. Food contamination creates an enormous social and economic burden on communities and their health systems. The re-emergence of cholera in Peru in 1991 resulted in the loss of US $500 million in fish and fishery product exports that year.