高中英语必修5课文逐句翻译(人教新课标).doc

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 - so expert, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal ??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 about helping ordinary people exposed to ,他就感到很振奋。This was the deadly disease of its ,Neither its cause nor its cure was ,也不了解它的治疗方法。So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an ,就有大批惊恐的老百姓死去。John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this ??斯诺想面对这个挑战,解决这个问题。He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause was ,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 。The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. A cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its ,像一股危险的气体到处漂浮,直到找到病毒的受害者为止。The second suggested that people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their 。From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the affected person ,患者就会很快地死去。
John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed ,但他需要证据。So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready to begin his ,在1854年伦敦再次暴发霍乱的时候,约翰??斯诺着手准备对此进行调研。As the disease spread quickly through poor neighbourhoods, he began to gather ,约翰??斯诺就开始收集资料。In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten ,在10天之内就死去了500多人。He was determined to find out 。
First he marked on a map the exact places where all the dead people had ,他在一张地图上标明了所有死者住过的地方。This gave him a valuable clue about the cause of the 。Many of the deaths were near the water pump in Broad St