妇女和女童需要一个更好的世界1ABritishMedicalJournaleditorialcallsforamoralandpoliticalmovementtoendviolenceandoppressionagainstwomenandgirls.Itsaysaboutonebillionwomenworldwidehavebeenbeaten,coercedintohavingsexorotherwiseabused.TheBMJeditorialdescribesoppressionagainstwomenandgirlsasagreatinjusticethatisinsidious,systematicandwidespread.英国医学杂志一篇社论呼吁一场道德及政治运动来停止对于妇女和女童的暴力与压迫。报导说世界上有10亿女性受到过挨打，被强迫性行为或其他虐待。社论形容妇女及女童所受的压迫是隐秘的，成系统的并且广泛的，极其不正义的事。重点讲解editorial[edi'təuriəl]社论的；编辑的eg:Ijudgedthathewasconcoctingaparticularlyknottyeditorial.我估计他是在拼凑一篇特别伤脑筋的社论2"We'vebeendocumentingtheproblemofviolenceagainstwomenandotherabuseandneglectofwomeninthecontextofchildbirth,etc.Therearemanyprograms,campaigns,policies,laws,conventions,treatiesthathavebeendevisedtoeliminatethem.There'sbeenprogressinthatregardandyetit'sstillaglobalpandemic–theoppressionofwomenandgirls,"saidcoauthorJaniceDuMont.DuMontisascientistattheWomen'sCollegeResearchInstituteinTorontoandanassociateprofessorattheDallaLanaSchoolofPublicHealthattheUniversityofToronto.Sheco-wrotetheeditorialwithAssociateProfessorofSociologyDeborahWhiteofTrentUniversityinPeterborough,Canada.“我们记录的问题就有对女性的暴力及其他虐待，忽视怀孕的女性等等很多种问题。有很多提议，运动，政策，法律，条款来消除这些压迫。在这方面已经有了进展，但妇女和女童受压迫，仍然是全球所面临的问题。”作者之一的JaniceDuMont说。DuMont，是多伦多女子学院研究所研究员，多伦多大学DallaLana公共卫生学院副教授。她和加拿大圣彼得堡特伦特大学社会学副教授DeborahWhite合著了社论。重点讲解pandemic[pæn'demik]全国流行的；普遍的egArealpandemic,ofcourse,wouldthrowupahostofotherproblems.当然，真正的禽流感大流行还会引发一大堆其它问题3Theeditorialsaysgenderedviolence,avoidablecomplicationsofpregnancyandchildbirthareinfringementsofbasichumanrightsandfreedoms."Whenyouthinkaboutviolenceagainstwomen,forexample,andgirls,Imeanit'sanissuethattoucheseveryone'slives.Youhavesisters,mothers,friends,etceterathathaveexperiencedabuseorwillexperienceabuseinthefuture.Soitisaproblemrelevanttoeveryoneinallcountries.Thiscutsrightacrossboundarieslikegeography,wealth,culture,"Dumontsaid.比如，当我们谈论到妇女和女童所受暴力时，我是说，这和每个人都有。你的妹妹，母亲，朋友，诸如此类的关系的人也许已经受到了虐待或者将来会遇到此类事件。所以，它是和每个国家的每个人相关的问题，跨越了地理，财富，文化的界限。英