《中英對照讀新聞》China educates farmers on pig-borne disease 中國教育農民對治豬瘟

◎魏國金

Sichuan province in southwestern China has launched a campaign to educate poor, illiterate farmers not to slaughter sick pigs or eat their meat after an outbreak of swine flu hit about 100 villages and killed more than 30 people.

在爆發衝擊100個村莊、造成超過30人死亡的豬瘟後，中國西南部的四川省已展開教育貧困的文盲農民不要屠宰或吃病豬的活動。

Sichuan, the country's top pork-producing province, has been forced to suspend all exports of chilled and frozen pork from Ziyang city and surrounding Neijiang prefecture to Hong Kong, where there have been 10 infections since 2004.

中國豬肉生產量居冠的省份四川，已被迫暫停自資陽市與鄰近內江縣出口冷凍豬肉至香港，從2004年以來，香港已出現10起感染案例。

More than 2 million notices have been issued in affected areas informing farmers of the dangers, the China Daily reported, quoting a vice mayor of Ziyang. About 50,000 health workers and officials have been sent to the areas to inspect and register every pig, and authorities have set up 39 temporary roadside quarantine stations to stop dead pigs from reaching markets.

在疫區，已發出逾200萬件告知農民豬瘟危險性的公告，中國日報引述資陽市副市長的話報導。大約5萬名衛生人員與官員被派遣至疫區，檢查、登記每頭豬，當局並且設置了39個路邊臨時檢疫站，以阻絕死豬流入市場。

Pork is China's favourite meat and the country consumes more of it than anywhere else in the world. Of 618 million pigs slaughtered in 2004, Sichuan accounted for about 14 percent. Authorities say victims were suffering from Streptococcus suis bacteria, or swine flu, an infection contracted from slaughtering, handling or eating infected pigs.

豬肉是中國人最喜愛的肉品，中國的豬肉消耗量勝於世界任何地區。在2004年屠宰的6億1千8百萬頭豬中，四川佔了14%。當局指出，受害者因豬鏈球菌，或豬隻流行性感冒而罹病，他們因屠宰、處理或吃染病的豬而遭感染。

新聞辭典

pig-borne disease：豬隻帶源的疾病，borne是bear的過去分詞。

swine flu：豬的流行性感冒，即豬流感，bird flu則是禽流感。

affected areas：遭受衝擊的地區，在此則指豬瘟疫區。tsunami affected areas，海嘯災區。

accounted for：（在數量上）佔…多大的比例。

Streptococcus suis bacteria：豬鏈球菌。