英国是受这次猪流感影响最大的欧洲国家，为什么呢？（From The Independent, 17 July 2009: Why is the UK a swine flu hotspot?）按理说，英国四面环海，应该比较安全才是。Our close links with the US, with large numbers of visitors coming and going, made Britain an ideal staging post for the virus to break out from north America. 英国与美国联系紧密，有大量游客往来，病毒也随之而来。
A staging post on a long journey is a place where people who are making that journey usually stop, for example to rest or to get new supplies. (飞机等的)中途停留站
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