赖世雄英语新闻听力通 第62期:对抗超级细菌

 (BBC News)Scientists in Japan have reported a big advance in the fight against superbugs.

（英国国家广播公司报道）日本科学家发表了一项对抗超级细菌的重大进展。

Thousands of people fall ill every year from bacteria they picked up in hospitals.

每年有数千人在医院受到细菌感染而患病。

Researchers say they have worked out the genetic¹ code for two of the most dangerous organisms.

研究人员表示，他们已经解出最危险的两个有机体的基因密码。

They say this may lead to new methods of fighting these bacteria.

他们表示，他们可能会因此找出对抗这些细菌的新方法。

1 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。