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
2-dimethylcyclopentanone
ahuh
air borne life boat
alchornine
anti-clericalism
as far as we know
Ash Can School
association of hungarian dance artists
back-order
bonang
break matrimony
Calotis caespitosa
catchment basin
cessing
Chapelle, L.de la
chorals
cicatricule
common-property resurces
concentrate egg
consensual
conservation of soil and water
contradictory opposite
cornea disease
crayues
cyclostrophic
cymatium dunkeri
Diablerets
differential rate
dispersive spectrometer
electronic logic circuit
erythrina
extraskeletal
Fabry-Perot spectrogram
Fannett
first lien
flitter
flooding method
gantenbein
genus alocasias
gflops
gings
glycol dibenzyl ether
goodquality
harbor service kiosk
hazael
hydraulic-brake system
importuner
instantaneous source
jack of hearts
jihadising
large gap spark chamber
low-neuroticism
main pole pin
make semblant
matildas
maximum admitted diameter
mini-major
mountainous waterway
mullikin
nonphilosophers
Norman architecture
nuclear power generation
oil-gas field geology
outer packaging machinery
parent material horizon
pindicks
plumbous sulfate
postilling
pyelitic
quantitative technique
quartz tube
quotient G-set
real guarantees
reimposes
rennic dock
resistance to drugs
Runyon, Alfred Damon
Sampson County
schorlomites
scurrilously
sign-manual
silicotungstates
sodium dimeraptosuccinate
solutions
sppressed
sssasys-s
standard stroke speed
store-through cache
storm transposition
strict comparison principle
taughtening
terracette
terrazzo panel
thollosidic acid
three-part
tindalls
tosses salad
triangular area
tritol
truck manifold valves
WACMR
weeping hole