纪录片《药物依赖》 第18期：更加谨慎的选择药物

But Professor Wu is finding it

然而吴教授发现

hard to get the backing of a pharmaceutical¹ company.

寻求制药公司的支持极为困难

It seems times have changed.

似乎时代已经不同了

We are now more wary² of

现在的人们与50年前相比

meddling³ with our bodies than 50 years ago.

在调理身体方面变得更加谨慎

If the female contraceptive pill

如果女性避孕药物

was developed from scratch now,

也是现在刚刚出现的

it would probably come across exactly

或许也会遇到

the same difficulties as we are at the moment.

我们现在面临的这种问题

Professor Wu remains⁴ undaunted.

吴教授依旧很乐观

There is definitely a potential market for it,

这种药物一定有潜在的市场

and I think once a product like this is marketed,

我认为 一旦这种产品进入市场

it may well lead to changes in attitudes,social changes,

就会引起人们观念的变化和社会变化

similar to what happened with the female pill

就如同女性避孕药带来的变化一样

and then I think it is likely to lead to a much larger market

这种药物也许会拥有比制药公司

than the companies think there is at the moment.

目前预计的更广阔的市场空间

There is one problem Professor Wu can't solve.

吴教授依然有一个无法解决的问题

1 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

2 wary   

adj.谨慎的，机警的，小心的

参考例句：

• He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
• Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头，突然警惕起来。

3 meddling   

v.干涉，干预（他人事务）( meddle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He denounced all "meddling" attempts to promote a negotiation. 他斥责了一切“干预”促成谈判的企图。 来自辞典例句
• They liked this field because it was never visited by meddling strangers. 她们喜欢这块田野，因为好事的陌生人从来不到那里去。 来自辞典例句

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。