雅思阅读材料之Spanish flu

The 1918 Spanish flu was H1N1 and killed 75 million people

西班牙大流感（死亡7500万人）

Unlike most outbreaks the majority of victims from the 1918 pandemic were young and healthy.

和大多数流感不同的是，1918年的这次流感的感染者大多是身体健康的年轻人。

Estimates put the possible number of dead at up to 100,000,000 -- 6% of the global population. Cases were reported from the Pacific Islands to the Arctic.

这次流感的死亡人数据估计达到一亿人，占世界总人口的6%，传播范围波及全球。

The disease did not originate in Spain, but the European nations had the most accurate and uncensored reporting of the outbreak resulting in the belief that it started there.

这次流感的源头并不在西班牙，但是欧洲各国的报道让人们以为这里就是流感开始传播的地方。

Ten to 20% of those infected died from the H1N1 flu virus that returned again in 2009.

10%到20%的感染人群死亡，而在2009年，这种禽流感病毒又卷土重来了。