时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:朗文3L看听学英语第四册


英语课

  Lesson 53 Television Day: Penicillin 1

TV Commentary:

If you leave a piece of bread in a warm damp place, mould will soon grow in it. When this happens, we say that bread "has gone mouldy". Mould can grow on all kinds of things besides food-on leather, clothing, even on wood. It grows from tiny spores 3 which are in the air. Each spore 2 is like a little mushroom. If the conditions are right, a single spore can quickly spread and form a mould. It is extremely common and we have all noticed it.

In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming found that mould and killed some germs he was trying to grow in his laboratory. If he had not noticed this, the world would have lost one of the greatest discoveries of the century. Fleming called the substance "penicillin". Because penicillin can kill germs, doctors use it to treat diseases. It has saved millions of lives. Scientists grow enormous quantities of common mould so that they can get penicillin from it in order to make antibiotics 4, that is, substances that kill germs. Next time you see some mould on a piece of bread, remember that it is one of man's greatest friends!



1 penicillin
n.青霉素,盘尼西林
  • I should have asked him for a shot of penicillin.我应当让他给我打一针青霉素的。
  • Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.青霉素是极其重要的医学发现。
2 spore
n.(无花植物借以繁殖的)孢子,芽胞
  • A spore can quickly spread and form a mould.一个孢子能迅速蔓延并形成霉。
  • The cation penetrates the spore.这种阳离子能透入孢子。
3 spores
n.(细菌、苔藓、蕨类植物)孢子( spore的名词复数 )v.(细菌、苔藓、蕨类植物)孢子( spore的第三人称单数 )
  • Ferns, mosses and fungi spread by means of spores. 蕨类植物、苔藓和真菌通过孢子传播蔓生。
  • Spores form a lipid membrane during the process of reproducing. 孢于在生殖过程中形成类脂膜。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 预防生物武器
4 antibiotics
n.(用作复数)抗生素;(用作单数)抗生物质的研究;抗生素,抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )
  • the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
  • The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。
学英语单词
alight on the lure
arrowslits
arthritics
asyntactic
boscotrecase
botrytis allii-fistulosi
brammall
carbonyl sulphide (ocs)
carrier frequency oscillator
changing line of slopes
code (in computer programming)
comparably
competent organization
computer simulation of intelligence
construction surveying
cyathus stercoreus
data exchange control
diaphragm-seal pressure gauge
division of ship
double decker box bag
eco-labellings
economic reprisal
electrode prong
Euphrasia regelii
facetectomies
finger on
fiserv
functional coating
gallo tannin acid
Genabilin
genus Antrozous
Germfask
greater alar cartilage
high demand for investment
hoisting fall
incoherent scattering radar
infrared scanning system
intelligent ship
inter-array
intermediate center office (or station)
internal-threading tool
interrupted speech
itis
job roles
legal talent
Libral Well
link popularity checker
lossel
low-context culture
low-energy neutron source
luxurious
manual rate
marine plywood
maximum recorded flow
mek
meningohydro-encephalocele
mystic
night or day
niphona yanoi yanoi
nonhumanity
off year election
old-man cactus
out gas
perogi
plate diaphragm
platinocyanic acid
primary paper
primordia
principle of checks and balances
Queen Maud Land
radiant flux illuminance measurement
relief in the form of money
rod in tension
schizophreniacs
Schottky diode
service register
Smilax ferox
spirit-self
staple industry
stem the flood
stick one's neck out
strengite
Stuartia
stuff
Suretka
swivel-vice
synchronous trap operation
tape coating
the upper portion of the embryo axis
Tosno
Ulmus sarniensis
unforeseeability
urticaria tuberosa
USAT
vertical flight path
vnement
W-Z-chromosomes
wading through
walbrook
whiteleather
wrawling
X-ray powder diffractometer