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  Title:  Chinese cancel US tour plans in flu fear

Chinese cancel US tour plans in flu fear

中国游客因为猪流感取消赴美旅游计划

Chinese tourists delayed trips to the United States Monday as the government warned on traveling to countries hit by swine flu.

本周一政府发出赴猪流感有染地区旅游的警告，很多中国游客也因此推迟了赴美的旅游计划。

Zhang Wei, manager of the China International Travel Service's outbound tourism department, said the agency had been flooded with inquiries amid increasing fears of a pandemic.

中国国际旅游服务中心境外服务部的经理张伟先生说，面对持续恶化的疫情，游客们极度恐慌，办公室每天都有很多人来咨询。

The virus may have killed at least 149 people in Mexico and confirmed or suspected cases have been reported in the US, Brazil, Canada, Spain and New Zealand. No infection has been reported on the Chinese mainland.

疫情已经造成墨西哥149人死亡，而且在美国，巴西，加拿大，西班牙和新西兰也相继出现了疑似病例。中国大陆目前没有发现被感染的报道。

pandemic  adj. 全国流行的  quán guó liú xíng de

delay  v. 耽搁,延迟  dān gē , yán chí

flood with   使充满   shǐ chōng mǎn

suspected   adj. 可疑的   kě yí de

infection   n. 传染,影响,传染病  chuán rǎn , yǐng xiǎng , chuán rǎn bìng

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Topic:Travel in China - Posted By GLASS - 2009-04-30 04:22:33