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必修五Unit 1 JOHN SNOW DEFEATS “KING CHOLERA”约翰·斯诺击败“霍乱王” John Snow was a famous doctor in London

1. Unit 1JOHN SNOW DEFEATS “KING CHOLERA” 必修五 ·“” 约翰斯诺击败霍乱王 John Snow was afamous doctor in London -so expert, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician. ·—— 约翰斯诺是伦敦一位著名的医生他的确医术精湛，因而成为照料维多 利亚女王的私人医生。 But he became inspired when he thought 但他一想到要帮 about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera. 助那些得了霍乱的普通百姓时，他就感到很振奋 This was the deadly 。 霍乱在当时是最致命的疾病， disease of its day.Neither its cause nor 人们既不知道它的病源，也不了解它的治疗方 its cure was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an 法。 outbreak.John Snow 每次霍乱暴发时，就有大批惊恐的老百姓死去。 wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem.· 约翰斯诺想面对这 He knew that cholera would never be controlled 个挑战，解决这个问题。 until its cause was found. 他知道，在找到病源之前，霍乱疫情是无法控制 的。 He became interested in two theories that possibly explained how cholera killed people.The 斯诺对霍乱致人死地的两种推测都很感兴趣。 first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. Acloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its victims. 一种看法是霍乱病毒在空气 The 中繁殖着，像一股危险的气体到处漂浮，直到找到病毒的受害者为止。 second suggested that people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals.From 第二种看法是人们在吃饭的时候把这种病毒引入体内的。 the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the affected person died. 病从胃里发作而迅速殃及全身，患者就会很快地死去。 John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed evidence.So when 斯诺推测第二种说法是正确的，但他需要证据。 another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready to begin his enquiry. 1854· 因此，在年伦敦再次暴发霍乱的时候，约翰斯诺着手准备对此进行 As the disease spread quickly through poor neighbourhoods, he 调研。 began to gather information.· 当霍乱在贫民区迅速蔓延的时候，约翰斯诺 In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so 就开始收集资料。 severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. 他发现特别在两条街 10500He was 道上霍乱流行的很严重，在天之内就死去了多人。 1