The speaker says that a total of 17 people in China’s Shanxi Province have died from encephalitis B which is an inflammation of the brain that occurs under the age of 18 and is usually infected with mosquitoes.
参考答案：错
解析：[听力原文] A total of 17 people have died from encephalitis B after being bitten by mosquitoes in Yuncheng, a city in north China’s Shanxi Province in the last two weeks, local health authorities said Friday. Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain that can occur at any age and is usually the result of a viral infection. It may begin with a flu-like illness or a headache.
[分析]： 数字信息的找寻和判断。 关于该疾病，原文的说法是Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain that can occur at any age and is usually the result of a viral infection．即Encephalitis是一种脑部炎症，是病毒感染的结果，任何年龄的人都有可能患病。由此可见，题干说只有18岁以下的人才可能患病，显然与原文不符，因此该题的说法是错误的。[解题关键] 注意对原文中数字信息的收集。