Church members volunteered their labor to create a hospital in an(d) abandon shopping center. “We (did) had to rewire the building (we) re-plumbed it and we had to clean it and then divide(d) it up into the various functions (happened to delivery foundations) that are required in a hospital and equip(ped) it.”

       They got help from federal officials but mostly relied on their own ingenuity and personal (context and) contacts. In little more than 24 hours the volunteers had a 500 (bad) bed hospital (open the) up and running. Doctor F says personal hygiene is important in any catastrophe and (supple) simple measures such as hand washing can limit the spread of disease. He says hygiene is vital(ly) in a flu pandemic which could infect from 35 to 40 percent of the US population.

       Public (hygiene) health officials (knows) note that three pandemics (secured) occurred in the last century including a serious outbreak of Spanish (in F) influenza in 1918. F says pandemics and other disasters are (under violable) unavoidable and (that sprang) in a sprawling, (among) multi-ethnic region like LA. Community groups can play a vital role in helping people get through the disaster.

NEW WORDS:

Plumb：n&v 垂直

Hygiene：n 卫生

Catastrophe：n 大灾难

Influenza：n 流行性感冒

Sprawling：无计划延伸

Ingenuity：n 创造力

TIPS:

       今天心不在焉，做的差。小词：various function，simple，unavoidable，occurred。