拥抱代握手，可以防流感？Flu to trigger hugs in British churches: report

awake

http://www.google.com/hostednews ... P5InBhwjCw3eQiw8FEg
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LONDON — Some British parishioners are being advised to hug rather than shake hands "as a sign of peace" in measures by churches to try to stop the spread of swine flu, a report said Wednesday.
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The Church of England has introduced the measure in its Southwark diocese in southeast London as concerns mount about the spead of swine flu in Britain, the Financial Times said.
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Some churches have also begun to allow "intinction" or dipping bread in communion wine rather than sharing the chalice, while others have stopped offering wine altogether, the newspaper said.
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, R" f$ _& W+ \A British bishop has already advised his diocese to suspend holy water from churches in a bid to halt the spread of the A(H1N1) virus.
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+ e: D" t$ w4 A2 h0 D( ^The measures follow ones being introduced in other countries, including in Portugal where church goers are to take communion by having the host placed in their hands, not their mouth.

! }3 Z5 L/ B( aSwine flu has now killed more than 700 people around the globe, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, as experts debated whether schools should be closed to contain the pandemic.
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本周三有报道称，一些英国教堂建议教区居民用拥抱代替握手来传递“和平的信号”，以防止猪流感的传播。

《金融时报》说，由于越来越多的人担心猪流感在英国扩散，英国教会在伦敦东南部的南华克主管教区推荐了这一方法。

报纸上说，有的教堂已经开始允许用面包蘸圣餐酒，不再共用圣餐杯，而其他一些教堂则完全停止供应集体圣餐酒了。

一位英国主教已经建议他主管教区的教堂暂停供应圣水，从而防止甲型H1N1流感病毒的传播。
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这些措施效法了其他国家的做法，例如葡萄牙，那里的教徒领圣餐时是把面包放在手中而不是放进嘴里。
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4 V4 O( Z' n) z# r. o4 ]世界卫生组织本周二称，目前猪流感已经在全球夺去了700多人的生命，专家们正在讨论是否应该关闭学校来抑制猪流感的大规模流行。

awake

奇怪，拥抱的时候不是鼻子嘴离得更近？危险程度越高？

vilna

奇怪，拥抱的时候不是鼻子嘴离得更近？危险程度越高？
) y5 J) U5 x# f# rawake 发表于 2009-7-25 13:31

把头偏了放在对方的脖子边上～～～～～，屏住呼吸！
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$ I4 k$ y, k+ k8 j超级表扬一下！你这翻译稿可以向国内大网站投稿了～～～～～～，翻译得非常准确，并且文字顺畅！

awake

把头偏了放在对方的脖子边上～～～～～，屏住呼吸！

, E( Z9 d0 s$ w) _( V# |% |超级表扬一下！你这翻译稿可以向国内大网站投稿了～～～～～～，翻译得非常准确，并且文字顺畅！
* h1 V7 U; g0 v7 L* \! ovilna 发表于 2009-7-25 22:25

前半段，维尔纳看上去已经有实践经验了．

后半段，不是我翻译的啦！