SSS 2008-10-15
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(十)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute?
October 15th is Global Handwashing Day. And public health officials are hoping to highlight hygiene 1 concerns across the globe. One country that needs a hand with washing up is Britain. A new study has found that, in the Queen's England, the further north you go, the dirtier the hands.
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine swabbed the hands of commuters at bus stops and train stations across the nation. And it turns out that a man from Newcastle is three times more likely to have fecal bacteria on his hands than a Londoner. Even more surprising, the study found that women weren't any cleaner. In fact, in three of the five cities they visited, researchers found that women had dirtier hands than men. In cosmopolitan 2 London, for example, women were three times more likely than men to be harboring germs on their manicured hands.
The Dirty Hands Study, as it's being called, was commissioned to provide a sense of the handwashing behavior of different countries. The researchers say they were “flabbergasted" by Britain's results and warn that one case of diarrheal disease could lead to quite an outbreak. An Englishman's health, the study suggests, is in his own hands.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer.
- Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
- He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。
- New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
- She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。