雅思课外阅读--药不能停 1
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Some people describe Darwinian evolution as “only a theory”. Try explaining that to the friends and relatives of the 700,000 people killed each year by drug-resistant infections. Resistance to antimicrobial medicines, such as antibiotics and antimalarials, is caused by the survival of the fittest.Unfortunately, fit microbes mean unfit human beings. Drug-resistance is not only one of the clearest examples of evolution in action, it is also the one with the biggest immediate human cost. And it is getting worse.Stretching today's trends out to 2050, the 700,000 deaths could reach 10m.
有人说，达尔文的进化论“不过是一种理论”。那就试着把这种理论给每年死于耐药性感染的700000人的亲属和朋友解释一下吧。对抗生素和抗疟疾药等抗菌药的耐药性是由适者生存理论引起的。不幸的是，微生物适(而能生存)就意味着人类不适(而不能生存)。耐药性不仅是进化正在进行中的最鲜明的例子之一，还体现着人类(付出的)最大的直接代价，而且情况正变得越来越严重。把现在的这种趋势延长到2050年，700000例死亡可能达到10000000例。
【大作文万用句式】
Some people describe … as…有人说…是…
… is not only one of the clearest examples of ……不仅是…的最鲜明的例子之一。
It is also the one with the biggest immediate human cost. 还体现着人类(付出的)最大的直接代价。
And it is getting worse. 而且情况正变得越来越严重。
stretch today's trends out to …把现在的这种趋势延长到……
【经典句式】
Darwinian evolution达尔文的进化论
relative亲属
drug-resistant infection 耐药性感染
resistance to sth 抗…;耐…
antimicrobial medicine 抗菌药
antibiotic抗生素
antimalarial抗疟疾药
malaria疟疾
survival生存
survival of the fittest 适者生存
unfortunately不幸的是……
microbe微生物
human beings人类
drug-resistance耐药性
inaction 正在进行
stretch拉长
trend趋势
【犀利观点】适者生存;人类vs.疾病;医疗科技进步的紧迫性：
Resistance to antimicrobial medicines, such as antibiotics and antimalarials, is caused by the survival of the fittest.Unfortunately, fit microbes mean unfit human beings.
【犀利观点】滥用抗生素：
Drug-resistance is not only one of the clearest examples of evolution in action, it is also the one with the biggest immediate human cost. And it is getting worse.
Cynics might be forgiven for thinking that they have heard this argument before. People have fretted about resistance since antibiotics began being used in large quantities during the late 1940s. Their conclusion that bacterial diseases might again become epidemic as a result has proved false and will remain so. That is because the decline of common 19th-century infections such as tuberculosis and cholera was thanks to better housing, drains and clean water, not penicillin.
我们应当原谅像这样愤世嫉俗的人，他们可能是以前已经听说过这种说法。人们自抗生素在20世纪40年代后期开始被大量使用以来就一直在担心耐药性(问题)。他们关于细菌性疾病可能再次流行起来的结论已被证明是错误的，而且将来也不会正确。结核病和霍乱等19世纪常见传染病的消退是因为更好的住房、下水道和清洁的水，不是因为青霉素(的使用，因而不必担心耐药性问题会带来细菌性疾病的再次流行)。
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