来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第10集 第10集》

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  Or, moving from Naples--
  现在从那不勒斯移到这里
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  these are streets in Nottingham, in England,
  这是英格兰诺丁汉市的街道
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  where cholera also caused a couple of major epidemics,
  在这里 由于同样的原因
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  for similar reasons.
  霍乱也成为了当地主要流行病
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  And the waste matter was simply hurled into streets like this.
  像这样的街道上面都存在着排泄物的问题
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  And in the center of the street would be the gutter,
  街道的中央便是水沟
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  which would carry human waste as well.
  里面也有人类排泄物
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  Another source of contamination is flies,
  另外一种污染源是苍蝇
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  which carry the cholera bacterium with them.
  它们身上带着霍乱病菌
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  The clothing of victims--that is, the bed linen,
  患者所接触的布料 如被单和枕套
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  the mattresses and so forth--were also sources of infection,
  床垫等等 这些也都是传染源
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  and laundresses were people who were particularly likely to fall victim.
  因而 那些洗衣女工尤其容易感染