The Spanish Flu

西班牙流感

The Spanish flu was a 1918 influenza pandemic that infected nearly one third of the world’s population.

西班牙流感是1918年的流感大流行病，感染了世界上近三分之一的人口sq!HU9xfAs623(gG+r。

The virus that caused the pandemic was unusual, because it mainly caused serious illness in young and healthy people.

引起这次大流行的病毒不同寻常，因为它主要在年轻人和健康的人中引起严重疾病24D-N5pvRv5CYuk。

Despite the name of the disease, this flu virus did not actually come from Spain.

尽管这种疾病被这样命名，但这一流感病毒实际上并非来自西班牙5sSj#2p^4e2K。

Spain was a neutral country during World War I, and Spanish newspapers were simply the first to start reporting on the pandemic.

西班牙在第一次世界大战期间是中立国，它只是第一个开始在报纸上报道疫情的国家s90wM5.Rtvo。

As the situation got worse, more countries began to realize how deadly the new virus was.

随着情况恶化，更多的国家开始意识到这种新病毒的致命程度z!D#2Z(ux8eyx1CL24。

To prevent the spread of the disease, people spent time in quarantine and wore face masks.

为了防止疾病传播，人们花时间进行隔离，并戴上了口罩uc#!Y*!vhcU|LBAuD。

However, there was very limited technology back then.

然而，当时的技术非常有限j(Nq43Y4Fq6I。

Tracking the spread of the virus was very difficult, and there was no way to treat the disease.

追踪病毒的传播非常困难，也没有办法治疗这种疾病AU@hyP,#*bE#W=k8zzqo。

Between 1918 and 1920, about 50 million people died from the Spanish flu, and it is now known as one of the worst pandemics in history.

1918年至1920年间，约有五千万人死于西班牙流感，现在它被认为是历史上最严重的流行病之一Rr6wuKWz9W。