时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(八)月


英语课

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Shakespeare noted 1 that a worm may eat a king, after that king is dead. Sadly, parasitic 2 worms infect people who are still alive, especially kids. Public health advocates estimate that a third of the people on earth are infected with parasitic worms, called helminths, particularly in poorer areas with inadequate 3 sanitation 4.


Helminths harm health, but also interfere 5 with nutrition and even academic advancement 6. So the London School of Hygiene 7 and Tropical Medicine, with the Partnership 8 for Child Development at Imperial College London, launched what’s called This Wormy World. It’s an atlas 9 of the distribution and prevalence of helminth diseases, including roundworm, hookworm and whipworm.


It’s often easy to control the parasites 10 with cheap treatments. But resources get wasted because deworming programs are targeted at the wrong communities. The atlas should help the eradication 11 fight by letting health officials know just where the problem areas are.


The scientists have been collecting data for the past decade. Their first map focuses on Africa, where worm infestations 12 are worst. Maps for the rest of the world will be out by the end of 2010—providing a complete picture of this wormy world of ours. And a new tool to tackle it.


Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.

 



adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
adj.寄生的
  • Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases?全球变暖是否意味着热带寄生虫病会蔓延呢?
  • By definition,this way of life is parasitic.从其含义来说,这是种寄生虫的生活方式。
adj.(for,to)不充足的,不适当的
  • The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
  • She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。
n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备
  • The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
  • Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰
  • If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话,可能弊多利少。
  • When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件,棘手的事情就来了。
n.前进,促进,提升
  • His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
  • The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。
n.健康法,卫生学 (a.hygienic)
  • 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。
n.合作关系,伙伴关系
  • The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
  • Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
n.地图册,图表集
  • He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.他从书架顶层取下地图集。
  • The atlas contains forty maps,including three of Great Britain.这本地图集有40幅地图,其中包括3幅英国地图。
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。
n.根除
  • The eradication of an established infestation is not easy. 根除昆虫蔓延是不容易的。
  • This is often required for intelligent control and eradication. 这经常需要灵巧的控制与消除。
n.(害虫、盗贼等)群袭,出没,横行( infestation的名词复数 )
  • The arrival of warm weather raises the specter of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage. 天气转暖使人们担心垃圾腐烂会引起疾病传播和鼠群猖獗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Piperazine citrate is the drug of choice in the treatment of Ascaris infestations. 枸橼酸哌嗪治疗蛔虫感染是最好的药物。 来自辞典例句
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a shank
adfiliated
aerodynamic load
AIR (automatic load regulator)
alphabetizers
autonomous testable programmable logic array
ball carrier, ballcarrier
bar cutting-off machine
betton
butterie
call set-up signal
Catharacta
chammy
climax biotic community
coiled hose insert
collecting duration
copelatus tenebrosis
copyingpress
coreplane
crawl speed
cream pail
crural interosseous membrane
deuteranomalopia
dispern
dominant cerebral hemisphere
dust sb's coat
effective center of mass
ensler
Ethiopian Plateau
exposure frequency
extrapolation number
Fritillaria parviflora
fructus viticis
give oneself up to
great trigonomitrical survey station
hammer drilling
Heidersdorf
heidrun
high rates pressing
hirsels
hodges-lehmann estimate
hydroxyamfetamine
integrated earth observation technology
intra-domain call
jentsches
JSQL
jump in at the deep end
legal recourse
liquid vacuum gauge
lowyer
Macrochimerism
master/slave mode
mating unit
matlo(w)
matsu
matured liability
median band
Mochou Hu
mullato
myrrhate
nasopharyngeal electrode
nonbridged
nonstressor
normal cost pricing
not amount to anything
open-meetings
operating profit ratio
paralaurionite
pesth
play hide - and - seek
Pocono sandstones
pour-point depressant additive
programme listing
PSUV
public goods dilemma
radar cross section
republics of korea
resultance
Rhomotoxinum
right-back
roadsteads
rookie-of-the-year
Rose's alloy
ruggerite
sausage cooling cabinet
servo reference characteristic
Shatnerizing
sink-float process
solid state battery
STAR (Space Thermionic Auxiliary Reactor)
step-mothers
stonie
svedberg unit
swelling chlorite
the tools and machines used in farm operations
to the satisfaction of
torsion-free group
transguy
trunk ventilator
under-glaze
unforaged
wite-tipped shark