细菌  

Germs

作　　者：Lewis Thomas 刘颖[1] 

机构地区：[1]北京航空航天大学

出　　处：《大学英语》2014年第3期34-36,42,共4页College English

摘　　要：何为细菌？细菌是令人谈之色变、避之唯恐不及的致病元凶吗？疾病缘何而起？广泛使用抗生素，大量杀灭细菌，人类是否就能远离疾病、高枕无忧？人类该如何看待、处理自身跟周围环境、其他生物之间的关系？请看美国医学家、生物学家刘易斯·托马斯博士的答案。Watchlng television, you＇d think we lived at bay, in total jeopardy, surrounded on all sides by human-seeking germs, shielded against infection and death only by achemical technology that enables us to keep killing them off） We are instructed to spray disinfectants2 everywhere, into the air of our bedrooms and kitchens and with special energy into bathrooms, since it is our very own germs that seem the worst kind. We live in a world where the microbes are always trying to get at us, to tear us cell from cell, and we only stay alive and whole through diligence and fear.

关 键 词：细菌 生物学家 抗生素 医学家 托马斯 刘易斯 疾病 人类 

分 类 号：K826.15[历史地理—历史学]