英语必修五课文翻译( 二 )


It seemed that the water was to blame.看来水是罪魁祸首 。
Next, John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets.接下来, 约翰·斯诺调查了这两条街的水源情况 。
He found that it came from the river polluted by the dirty water from London.他发现, 水是从河里来的, 而河水被伦敦排出的脏水污染了 。
He immediately told the astonished people in Broad Street to remove the handle from the pump so that it could not be used.他马上叫宽街上惊慌失措的老百姓拆掉水泵的把手 。 这样, 水泵就用不成了 。
Soon afterwards the disease slowed down.不久, 疫情就开始得到缓解 。 He had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas.他证明了霍乱是由病菌而不是由气体传播的 。
In another part of London, he found supporting evidence from two other deaths that were linked to the Broad Street outbreak. 在伦敦的另一个地区, 他从两个与宽街暴发的霍乱有关联的死亡病例中发现了有力的证据 。
A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it delivered to her house every day.有一位妇女是从宽街搬过来的, 她特别喜欢那里的水, 每天都要派人从水泵打水运到家里来 。
Both she and her daughter died of cholera after drinking the water.她和她的女儿喝了这种水, 都得了霍乱而死去 。
With this extra evidence John Snow was able to announce with certainty that polluted water carried the virus. 有了这个特别的证据, 约翰·斯诺就能够肯定地宣布, 这种被污染了的水携带着病菌 。
To prevent this from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source of all the water supplies be examined.为了防止这种情况的再度发生, 约翰·斯诺建议所有水源都要经过检测 。
The water companies were instructed not to expose people to polluted water any more.自来水公司也接到指令, 不能再让人们接触被污染的水了 。 Finally "King Cholera" was defeated.最终, “霍乱王”被击败了 。 .

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