纪录片《药物依赖》 第33期：抗生素杀死有机体

But that's not really quite enough

但是这些信息还不够

for me to know exactly what this bug¹ is,

对我来说 必须清楚地知道这是什么

so we grow it on plates like this,

所以我要在培养皿里培养它

and each of these dots

每个像这样的菌落里

has about a half-billion organisms in it.

有将近五亿个有机体

These discs here have got antibiotics³ in them

这些小圆盘里含有抗生素

which leak out into the agar,

并会释放到琼脂中

and if you look at that one there,

如果你看那里

you can see there's a very, very,

你会发现这个很大一块区域

very, large zone of clearing

什么都没有

and that's because that antibiotic²

这是因为

is killing⁴ that organism,

这种抗生素杀死了有机体

but if you look at all the others,

但若再观察其他的

there's no effect at all.

根本就没有效果

So this plate is telling us

所以这个培养皿告诉我们

that my patient has got a highly resistant⁵ organism,

病人体内生有高度耐药性有机体

and this explains why

这就解释了

she's not doing quite as well as she should,

为什么她没有像预期的那样好起来

so resistant to one, two, three, four, five antibiotics,

对这五种抗生素都有耐药性

sensitive to only one.

只对一种敏感

Our resistance to antibiotics

我们对于抗生素的耐药性

is a problem that's only getting worse.

是一个日趋严重的问题

1 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

2 antibiotic   

adj.抗菌的；n.抗生素

参考例句：

• The doctor said that I should take some antibiotic.医生说我应该服些用抗生素。
• Antibiotic can be used against infection.抗菌素可以用来防止感染。

3 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 )

参考例句：

• 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。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 resistant   

adj.(to)抵抗的，有抵抗力的

参考例句：

• Many pests are resistant to the insecticide.许多害虫对这种杀虫剂有抵抗力。
• They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.他们以武力把自己的统治强加在持反抗态度的人民头上。