1. The plague caused thousands of deaths.
    瘟疫造成数千人死亡。

2. Piles of garbage and raw sewage would create epidemics, perhaps even recurrences of plague.
    一堆堆垃圾和未经处理的污物可能引起流行病，甚至会再发生瘟疫。

3. Like no other plague before, the AIDS epidemic threatens to wipe out an entire generation and leave another without parents.
    和以前其他瘟疫不同，艾滋病这一流行性疾病有可能夺去一代人的生命，从而使另一代人失去双亲。