来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第12集 第12集》

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  Syphilis, in fact, was contemporary in its onset with plague,
  梅毒和瘟疫几乎同时代出现流行
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  and like plague,
  与瘟疫相同
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  at the time it was a new disease that first struck europe,
  当时它是初次侵袭欧洲的新型疾病
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  in this case, in the late 1490s.
  初次流行的时间是十五世纪90年代后期
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  And we'll see that
  我们可以看到梅毒经历了一次
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  there's an important Darwinian evolution that takes place,
  重要的符合达尔文理论的进化演变
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  which is to say that
  也就是说
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  the syphilis of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
  十五十六世纪的梅毒与
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  is quite different from syphilis thereafter.
  之后出现的梅毒大相径庭
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  Syphilis in its first century
  在其首次出现后的大约一个世纪中
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  or so was what we might call the "Great Pox",
  梅毒被称为"大疱疹"
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  A disease that was much more severe than modern syphilis.
  它比现在的梅毒严重得多