1. The epidemic disease was kept under control by the authorities´ vigorous action.
    当局采取有力措施，控制住此种传染病的蔓延。

2. The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.
    这种流行病传播范围之广令人惊惶不安.

3. The uniting of the world around the AIDS epidemic is without prior example.
    全世界因艾滋病这一流行性疾病而联合了起来，这是前所未有的。

4. Scientists have isolated the virus causing the epidemic.
    科学家们已分离出引起这种流行病的病毒.

5. 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。