时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(九)月


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 This Scientific Americans 60 Seconds Science. I'm Wit Games, got a minute.A bad infection can make you delirious 1, but mind clears once germs are gone, usually. Not so when researchers recently injected mice with taxol plasma 2 Ganede, this parasites 4 protozoan only get amorous 5 inside gut 6 of cat. The resulting fertilized 7 eggs wind up a litter box , their challenge is grow up get back inside the feline 8. The solution gets eaten by a mouse that gets eaten by a cat. The expelled egg wait until it become a meal for a mouse, the parasites then move to the mouse's brain where they stop the rodent 9 from fearing the smell of cat urine, the delirious mouse approaches Lafite and *  , parasites find its way home. In past trials mice almost always died of this kind of infection, this study use weaker strains taxol and the mice recovered but they stay blowzy about the cat's smell, that curable infection can cause permanent behavior changes is worrisome, because the same parasite 3 infects 60 million people in the US alone, most cases produce no symptoms but some evidence links chronic 10 infections to schizophrenia and a cluster other mental illness known unscientifically as crazy cat lady syndrome 11.              



1 delirious
adj.不省人事的,神智昏迷的
  • He was delirious,murmuring about that matter.他精神恍惚,低声叨念着那件事。
  • She knew that he had become delirious,and tried to pacify him.她知道他已经神志昏迷起来了,极力想使他镇静下来。
2 plasma
n.血浆,细胞质,乳清
  • Keep some blood plasma back for the serious cases.留一些血浆给重病号。
  • The plasma is the liquid portion of blood that is free of cells .血浆是血液的液体部分,不包含各种细胞。
3 parasite
n.寄生虫;寄生菌;食客
  • The lazy man was a parasite on his family.那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。
  • I don't want to be a parasite.I must earn my own way in life.我不想做寄生虫,我要自己养活自己。
4 parasites
寄生物( parasite的名词复数 ); 靠他人为生的人; 诸虫
  • These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的,而与寄生虫无关。
  • Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。
5 amorous
adj.多情的;有关爱情的
  • They exchanged amorous glances and clearly made known their passions.二人眉来眼去,以目传情。
  • She gave him an amorous look.她脉脉含情的看他一眼。
6 gut
n.[pl.]胆量;内脏;adj.本能的;vt.取出内脏
  • It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
  • My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
7 Fertilized
v.施肥( fertilize的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The study of psychology has recently been widely cross-fertilized by new discoveries in genetics. 心理学研究最近从遗传学的新发现中受益匪浅。
  • Flowers are often fertilized by bees as they gather nectar. 花常在蜜蜂采蜜时受粉。
8 feline
adj.猫科的
  • As a result,humans have learned to respect feline independence.结果是人们已经学会尊重猫的独立性。
  • The awakening was almost feline in its stealthiness.这种醒觉,简直和猫的脚步一样地轻悄。
9 rodent
n.啮齿动物;adj.啮齿目的
  • When there is a full moon,this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.月圆之夜,这种夜间活动的啮齿类动物会小心地呆在地洞里不出来。
  • This small rodent can scoop out a long,narrow tunnel in a very short time.这种小啮齿动物能在很短的时间里挖出一条又长又窄的地道来。
10 chronic
adj.(疾病)长期未愈的,慢性的;极坏的
  • Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
  • Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
11 syndrome
n.综合病症;并存特性
  • The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
  • Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
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al-muntasir
anti-tobacco
aveo
batrachomyomachias
Biarritz
black compression
Brambauer
Brionnais
business structure
buttle
cardiac murmur
chief information security officer
churchland
cmt.
coarseness of grouping
coding from
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cylindrical-spring
delivery tricycle
dorsal lobes
ductopenia
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election expenses
Ellonite
endogas unit
Eure-et-Loir
exhaust air prefilter
externally compiled subprogram
funkabilly
gallery-owners
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godown rent a/c
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half mile rule
hasselblad
hightstown
homogeneous cargo bagged for stowage purpose
hurdle sheet
I. O.
iiasa
in-house magazine
indoctrinate with
infrared microspectroscopy
international association of economics
keep up with the time
kidney governing storage
kidshealth
limnograph
liquer
lower neuron paralysis
mass action principle
maximummaxillectomy
mccarl
mcgrawhill
metrodira subulata
mosners
natural-born subject
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Okovango
phthalimide
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polymorphing
propeller performance curve
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recoiling click
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reversal emulsion
run time test instruction
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