CNN原文：

The World Health Organization has received reports of 257 confirmed monkeypox cases and about 120 suspected cases in 23 nations where the virus is not endemic as of Thursday, it said in a Sunday update.

世界卫生组织在周日的一份最新报告中说，截至周四，已收到来自23个国家的257例确诊猴痘病例和约120例疑似病例的报告，在这23个国家中，该病毒尚未开始大肆传播。

来看到这段话中的重点词汇

1.World Health Organization 世界卫生组织

2.monkeypox 猴痘

pox n. 痘；疹

small pox 天花

chicken pox 水痘

3.confirmed case 确诊病例

4.suspected case 疑似病例

5.endemic adj. 流行的；地方性的

一些和流行病相关的常用词汇：

6.epidemic n. 流行病；传染病

例句：Hospitals were already fully extended because of the epidemic.

这场流行病已使各医院以最大负荷运转。

7.pandemic n. （全国或全球性）流行病；大流行病

例句：A pandemic is basically a global epidemic -- an epidemic that spreads to more than one continent.

大流行病基本上是一种全球流行病——即蔓延到不止一个大陆的流行病。

8.COVID-19 （Coronavirus disease 2019）新型冠状病毒肺炎

例句：The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 54 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases.

中国大陆于周六报告新增54例本土新冠确诊病例。

9.无症状感染者 asymptomatic patient

例句：Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients refer to those who do not show any symptoms, including fever and cough, but their tests for the novel coronavirus are positive.

新冠肺炎无症状感染者指的是没有发烧和咳嗽等症状，但是新冠病毒检测为阳性的人。