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CHINA OWNS UP TO SARS

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Vybrané výrazy z aktuálního zpravodajství BBC v angličtině.

 Holly Williamsová z Pekingu:  In an unusual move in this authoritarian state, the government admitted to under-reporting the number of SARS patients. Today&#039;s figures take the new official total to well over four hundred. Beijing&#039;s SARS nightmare has increased more than ten-fold in just twenty-four hours.  Belatedly, after months of playing down the epidemic, China has signalled a drastic new approach to SARS, sacking Beijing&#039;s mayor and dismissing the health minister from his Communist Party job as punishment for the cover-up.  China says it wants health officials to come clean about SARS and this sudden new jump in reported infections seems to indicate that the message is getting through.   VOCABULARYunder-reporting the number of patients - přiznat nižší počet onemocnění to play down - zlehčovat vážnost situace cover-up - ukrývání skutečnosti to come clean - vyjít s pravdou ven (otevřený přístup) the message is getting through - záměr se podařilo prosadit   Dick Thompson - mluvčí Světové zdravotnické organizace:  The first step in containing any outbreak is to know where it is and what the size of the problem is you&#039;re confronting.  But now we&#039;re getting a better idea of where it is and we know what we&#039;re facing, and I think that it can be contained. But China&#039;s the big question mark. If this disease is going to remain with us forever we&#039;ll know that first from China.   VOCABULARYconfronting the problem - čelit, potýkat se to contain an outbreak - zastavit šíření, zamezit propuknutí we know what we&#039;re facing - víme, čemu čelíme the big question mark - velká neznámá 

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