SSS 2008-11-27
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(十一)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute?
We all know to wash our hands after handling raw poultry 1. But next time you’ve just cruised down the interstate behind a truck full of chickens or Thanksgiving turkeys, you might want to wash your car. Because a study led by a team of Johns Hopkins scientists finds that tailgating such feathered cargo 2 can significantly increase your exposure to poultry-borne bacteria. The report appeared in the very first issue of "The Journal of Infection and Public Health," which will publish research on the epidemiology, prevention and control of infectious disease.
In the study, test cars followed poultry trucks as they traveled from farm to slaughterhouse. After these road trips, researchers discovered that the interiors of cars that had their windows down were teeming 3 with a wide variety of bacteria. And many of the bacteria were strains known to be resistant 4 to several common antibiotics 5. In this age of avian influenza 6 and antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs,’ scientists are exploring all possible pathways of disease between humans and animals. This case shows just one way to keep from being exposed to pathogens that are truly foul 7.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer.
- There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
- What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
- The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
- A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
- The rain was teeming down. 大雨倾盆而下。
- the teeming streets of the city 熙熙攘攘的城市街道
- Many pests are resistant to the insecticide.许多害虫对这种杀虫剂有抵抗力。
- They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.他们以武力把自己的统治强加在持反抗态度的人民头上。
- 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。