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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  and the proprietor was a lovely lady
  主人公是一位美丽的女士
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  who happened to be tending to her own infant child
  她年幼的孩子
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  who was sick with cholera in an upstairs bedroom.
  因霍乱而卧病于楼上的卧室
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  She would go upstairs and tend to him,
  她上楼去看望孩子
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  and then she would go back downstairs,
  随后回到楼下
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  without washing her hands, and prepare food for her clientele.
  没有洗手便为顾客准备食物
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  And that was how the disease was spread
  这便是为什么这种病在一段时间内
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  in a single street, for some time.
  在单独一条街道上传播
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  Now, in fortunate instances, the disease, this outbreak,
  如果幸运的话 这种疾病
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  this so-called sporadic cholera, would just fade away,
  即所谓的单发性假霍乱 会逐渐消失
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  and the community would escape a large-scale misfortune.
  整个社区因此避免了大规模的不幸
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  But if the Vibrio gained access to the city's water supply,
  但是 如果霍乱弧菌接近了城市的水源