拥抱代握手，可以防流感？Flu to trigger hugs in British churches: report

awake

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6 H+ k3 c- {0 G& ^4 ?LONDON — Some British parishioners are being advised to hug rather than shake hands "as a sign of peace" in measures by churches to try to stop the spread of swine flu, a report said Wednesday.
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4 K6 x- i" A( f8 ^1 u" d  V) YThe Church of England has introduced the measure in its Southwark diocese in southeast London as concerns mount about the spead of swine flu in Britain, the Financial Times said.
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Some churches have also begun to allow "intinction" or dipping bread in communion wine rather than sharing the chalice, while others have stopped offering wine altogether, the newspaper said.
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A British bishop has already advised his diocese to suspend holy water from churches in a bid to halt the spread of the A(H1N1) virus.
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The measures follow ones being introduced in other countries, including in Portugal where church goers are to take communion by having the host placed in their hands, not their mouth.
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: }1 g0 o# ^0 }1 W7 y8 s: zSwine flu has now killed more than 700 people around the globe, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, as experts debated whether schools should be closed to contain the pandemic.
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本周三有报道称，一些英国教堂建议教区居民用拥抱代替握手来传递“和平的信号”，以防止猪流感的传播。

《金融时报》说，由于越来越多的人担心猪流感在英国扩散，英国教会在伦敦东南部的南华克主管教区推荐了这一方法。

报纸上说，有的教堂已经开始允许用面包蘸圣餐酒，不再共用圣餐杯，而其他一些教堂则完全停止供应集体圣餐酒了。
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: z) d, g; ^# L. y7 l- j. s; g一位英国主教已经建议他主管教区的教堂暂停供应圣水，从而防止甲型H1N1流感病毒的传播。
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这些措施效法了其他国家的做法，例如葡萄牙，那里的教徒领圣餐时是把面包放在手中而不是放进嘴里。

/ k5 J( h, n2 M世界卫生组织本周二称，目前猪流感已经在全球夺去了700多人的生命，专家们正在讨论是否应该关闭学校来抑制猪流感的大规模流行。

awake

奇怪，拥抱的时候不是鼻子嘴离得更近？危险程度越高？

vilna

奇怪，拥抱的时候不是鼻子嘴离得更近？危险程度越高？
awake 发表于 2009-7-25 13:31

4 a5 a% I! A# \. s$ @6 k+ @$ g把头偏了放在对方的脖子边上～～～～～，屏住呼吸！

超级表扬一下！你这翻译稿可以向国内大网站投稿了～～～～～～，翻译得非常准确，并且文字顺畅！

awake

把头偏了放在对方的脖子边上～～～～～，屏住呼吸！

超级表扬一下！你这翻译稿可以向国内大网站投稿了～～～～～～，翻译得非常准确，并且文字顺畅！
vilna 发表于 2009-7-25 22:25

前半段，维尔纳看上去已经有实践经验了．

$ I! E* P+ f) j# x后半段，不是我翻译的啦！