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。
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Alpha-Sepiolite
Amatsu-kominato
ammonotelic
antarctic life zone
anticipated values
audens
baierine(columbite)
bedell
boisbaudran
bollixes
bounce lighting
brown clay
C-pair
carbide method
cascade outages
catwalks
chloraluminite
clonal test
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color graphic monitor
convergency irradiation
crants
danubius
data processing facilities
debromoaplysin
decimal arithmetic operation
delivery man
Djarakpana
earthboard
ecotowns
eikonal model
faces the music
filing medium
form of corrosion
forward conveyor pawl
full wave rectifier
general purpose varnish
genus streptococcuss
grauerholz
Helderbergian
hendiadyses
Holman stamp
hydrostatical levelling apparatus
ice blended
inrichments
inviscates
kakadu
lack of proportion
lausannes
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lower-caste
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magnetic tape converter
main bang
marteline
Martens test
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metonymizes
millio
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octogonal
oldknows
Pinoyella
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put life into something
Readstown
record concert
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rocklay
scamper through
seiwa
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sendri
seymond disc crusher
shunt bar
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steal a glance at
sub-network
superhigh
superprofit
sympathoadrenomedullary
syrup of orange
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to sb.'s face
top level men
torsion frequency
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unpicturability
urokinases
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Wahhabists
willmar
Xiang River