05-07-08

中国爱乐乐团将为教皇演奏莫扎特 (China's Philharmonic to Play Mozart for Pope)

中国爱乐乐团今天(星期三)将在梵蒂冈为罗马天主教皇本笃十六世举行一场具有里程碑意义的音乐会，其目的使北京和罗马教廷之间关系升温。爱乐乐团指挥余隆将率领这个中国最好的乐团之一，上海歌剧合唱团也将随团助阵。

这场音乐会将在梵蒂冈的主会堂举办，曲目包括莫扎特的“安魂曲”和中国著名民歌“茉莉花”。

中国和梵蒂冈都称赞这场音乐会是对话的渠道。

China's Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a landmark concert for Pope Benedict at the Vatican today (Wednesday), aimed at warming ties between Beijing and the Holy See. The orchestra's conductor, Yu Long, will lead one of China's finest ensembles, accompanied by the Shanghai Opera Chorus.

The concert, to be performed at the Vatican's main auditorium, will include Mozart's Requiem and the well-known Chinese folk song, Jasmine Flower.

Both sides are hailing the event as a vehicle for dialogue.

卫生官员防治中国儿童疾病 (Health Officials Battling Child Disease in China)

中国和国际卫生官员说，他们正在密切协作，争取遏制一种已经在中国造成28名儿童死亡的肠道病毒。星期三在北京举行的联合记者会上，中国卫生部发言人和世界卫生组织驻中国高级代表都说，这种疾病很可能在未来的6月和7月达到高峰期。

有关官员表示，当局新近命令各地把所有病例上报卫生部，因此死亡人数还会上升。中国已经报导有将近16000人感染了手口足病。今天，又有两名儿童死于这种疾病。

Chinese and international health officials say they are working closely together to fight a severe intestinal virus that has already killed 28 children in China. Speaking at a joint news conference today (Wednesday) in Beijing, a Chinese Health Ministry spokesman and the World Health Organization's top representative in China (Hans Troedsson) both said the disease was likely to peak in the coming months of June and July.

Officials say the numbers will also rise because of a new order to report all cases of the disease to the Ministry of Health. China has already reported nearly 16-thousand cases of people infected with hand, food and mouth disease. Today, two more children died from the disease.