A Man in Kenya Tests Negative for Ebola

First test results show that a 20-year-old man in Kenya does not have Ebola. Doctors tested the man after he became sick, and the sample came back negative. Ebola is a dangerous virus that causes serious illness.

20-year-old= 20歲的（放在名詞前修飾年齡）came back negative= 檢驗結果出來呈陰性

The man had traveled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Kenya. Health officials were worried because another traveler on the same route died from Ebola earlier in the week. That patient was the first confirmed Ebola case in Kenya.

had traveled= 過去曾旅行/前往（過去完成式，表示在過去某事之前已完成）earlier in the week= 本週早些時候

The Ebola outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this year. More than 4,000 people have died from the virus there. Health workers are now tracing contacts and strengthening border checks to protect people from the disease.

More than= 超過、多於tracing contacts= 追蹤接觸者（尋找並監測曾與患者接觸的人）

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文法整理

句型	意思
Tests Negative for	（檢驗）對…呈陰性反應
20-year-old	20歲的（放在名詞前修飾年齡）
came back negative	檢驗結果出來呈陰性
had traveled	過去曾旅行/前往（過去完成式，表示在過去某事之前已完成）
earlier in the week	本週早些時候
More than	超過、多於
tracing contacts	追蹤接觸者（尋找並監測曾與患者接觸的人）

詞彙整理

單字	意思
sample	可代表整體的一小部分，通常用來供人觀察、檢驗或試用。
route	行進、旅行或通行時所採取的路線；也指固定的行進方向或途徑。
outbreak	（疾病、戰爭、暴力等不好的事情）突然爆發或大規模發生。

延伸學習

•在新聞報導中，「tests negative（檢驗呈陰性）」與「came back negative」是傳染病疑似病例報導中常用於撫平公眾疑慮的標準醫療用語。
•「tracing contacts（追蹤接觸者）」與「border checks（邊境檢查）」為公衛防疫中的核心專業術語，常出現在跨國疫情應變新聞中。