雅思阅读材料之Hong Kong flu

The Hong Kong Flu killed 1 million people late 1968

香港流感大传播（死亡100万人）

The Hong Kong flu epidemic shows how a modern crisis might hit the world.

香港流感大爆发让我们见识到了传染病是如何在现代社会中传播的。

The first outbreak that summer in '68 was reported in Hong Kong. By September, the flu reached India, Philippines, Australia, and Europe. By fall it was brought into California by returning troops from Vietnam, becoming widespread in the U.S. by Christmas of that year. By January it was in South America, Japan, and Africa.

1968年夏，流感首先在香港爆发。9月，传播到印度，菲律宾，澳大利亚和欧洲。入秋后，由从越南返回美国的士兵传播到加利福尼亚，并在当年的圣诞节前传遍美国。到了次年一月，该病已传播到了南美、日本和非洲。

1,000,000 people died, though the virus had a case-fatality ratio of only 0.5%

尽管这种病毒的致死率只有0.5%，但却有一百万人因此丧命！