The deadly Ebola outbreak will be ended (future) in 2015, the outgoing head of the UN team fighting the disease has said (present perfect). (TF: to express ideas)
"We are (present simple) engaged in an epic battle," he said (past simple). (TF: to express ideas)
The virus has killed (present perfect) nearly 8,000 people, mostly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, where the disease started (past simple) in December 2013. (TF: to refer to scientific facts)
Mr Banbury admitted (past simple) his three month mission had failed (past perfect) to hit its target of 100% safe burials and treatment of 70% of infected people. (TF: to express ideas)
But he praised (past simple) international efforts and insisted (past simple) "the global response to the Ebola crisis has been (present perfect) extremely successful". (TF: to express ideas)
"Going forward it's going to be (future) extremely hard for us to bring it down to zero [cases], but that is (present simple) what we will (future) do," he told (past simple) reporters, adding: "I believe (present simple) we will (future) end Ebola in 2015." (TF: to express future plans)
Earlier this week, the World Health Organization said (past simple) the number of people infected by the virus in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea had passed (past perfect) 20,000. (TF: to express scientific facts)
The WHO said (past simple) more than a third of the 20,000 cases in West Africa were in Sierra Leone, which has become (present perfect) the worst-hit country. (TF: to express scientific facts)
The Tone of the Text: It is objective, because it talks about scientific facts and an objective topic. It is also informative, because it provides statistics about Ebola.
Language Use:
In most of the text, reported speech is used. For example:
"We are engaged in an epic battle," he said.
Comment on the Text:
The author uses very easy to understand and grammatically correct language.The fact that the author quotes different sources makes the text authentic and trustable.
I doubt that Ebola will decrease; on the contrary, infection rates seem to be increasing in an alarming way.
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