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Welcome to the Voice of America's News Words.
欢迎收看美国之音：新闻词汇。
On March 11, the World Health Organization described the spread of a new coronavirus disease, called COVID-19.
3月11日，世界卫生组织描述了一种新型冠状病毒疾病，新型冠状病毒肺炎的传播情况。
Pandemic. COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.
大流行病。新型冠状病毒肺炎是一种大流行病。
Pandemic is not a word to use lightly.
它不是一个可以轻易使用的词。
The Director General said more than 100 countries
世卫总干事表示，超过100个国家
have reported cases of the virus and it is spreading.
已经报告了这种新型冠状病毒的病例，而且它正在蔓延。
A pandemic is an event in which a disease spreads very quickly,
大流行病是指疾病迅速传播的事件，
affecting a large number of people in many countries on several continents.
它影响到几个大洲许多国家的大量人口。
The World Health Organization describes a pandemic as
世界卫生组织将大流行病称为
the worldwide spread of a new disease.
一种在全世界的传播的新疾病。
