World Leaders Want a New Health Plan
世界領袖希望制定新健康計劃
Introduction
President Lula of Brazil and Dr. Tedros from the WHO want a new global health plan. They want world leaders to sign a special paper called the PABS annex.
巴西總統魯拉與 WHO 的特德羅斯博士希望制定一項新的全球健康計劃。他們希望世界領袖簽署一份名為 PABS 附件的特別文件。
Main Body
The PABS annex helps countries share information about viruses quickly. Poor countries want a fair share of medicines and vaccines. Some medicine companies do not like this rule.
PABS 附件有助於各國快速分享關於病毒的資訊。貧困國家希望公平地分配藥物與疫苗。部分製藥公司並不認同這項規則。
This plan is important. The last pandemic cost many lives and a lot of money. A good plan stops these problems.
這項計劃至關重要。上次的大流行導致許多人喪生且損失慘重。一個完善的計劃能防止這些問題再次發生。
New diseases and climate change are dangerous. This plan does not take power from countries. Each country still makes its own health laws.
新疾病與氣候變遷十分危險。此計劃不會奪走國家的權力。每個國家仍可制定自己的健康法律。
Conclusion
Leaders will meet from July 6 to 17. They want to finish the plan and be ready for the next pandemic.
領袖將於 7 月 6 日至 17 日會面。他們希望完成該計劃，為下一次大流行做好準備。
Vocabulary Learning
🧩 The 'Want' Pattern
In this text, the word want is used to show a goal or a need. It is a very simple way to express a desire in English.
How it works:
Person → want → Thing/Action
Examples from the text:
- President Lula → want → a new health plan.
- Poor countries → want → a fair share.
- Leaders → want → to finish the plan.
🛠️ Useful Word Pairs
Notice how the author connects a thing to a description:
- New + plan
- Global + health plan
- Special + paper
- Poor + countries
- Good + plan
Tip: In English, the describing word (like 'New' or 'Poor') almost always comes BEFORE the thing it describes.