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 German consumers are running scared after the nation’s first two
cases of mad cow disease were confirmed this weekend. European Health Commissioner David Byrne said Germany had been “complacent” in thinking it was immune from the disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder rejected accusations Germany had ignored the threat of mad cow disease and insisted further action at the European Union level was needed over the scare.  complacent：自满；德国人一向以德国境内没有发现疯牛病病例而沾沾自喜。 immune：免疫的；免受伤害的。 BSE：(bovine
spongiform encephalopathy)牛绵状脑病，就是我们俗称的mad cow disease，疯牛病。 accusation：指责，批评；德国总理施罗德拒绝欧盟对德国的批评。One of the infected cows came from the northern region of Schleswig-Holstein. The entire, 160-strong herd has been slaughtered, and all carcasses will be tested. The second infected cow was exported from the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt to Portugal. The problem appears to be homegrown. There is no trace in this herd of an ancestry of herds from countries known to be affected by the disease — Britain, Ireland, France, Portugal or Switzerland. slaughter：屠宰。 carcass：屠宰后动物的畜体；160具牛的尸体要经过检测。 homegrown：国产的，土生土长的；由于出现问题的牛群中没有来自国外的品种，因此专家估计这次疯牛病出自德国本土。
ancestry：祖先，血统。
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