2007-08-23, Lyme Disease & Deer Tick 莱姆病和鹿蜱

This is a white-footed mouse in Lyme Connecticut. This is the bacterial¹ disease inside the mouse in Lyme Connecticut. These are the deer ticks sucking the blood of the mouse that has the bacterial disease in Lyme Connecticut. This is the tick that's full of the blood that's full of the disease that came from the mouse in Connecticut. The deer tick swells² to as 20 times as its original weight before dislodging itself from the mouse. This is the deer tick one year later. It's full of the bacterial disease that came from the mouse and now it's looking for another host, a whitetail deer. This is the deer tick climbing the plant that's near the deer and also near humans. If, humans get bitten by this tick and contract its disease, they could get arteritis and even cardiac problems. The deer tick is an arachnid³, a member of the spider and scorpion⁴ family. And while it doesn't have eyes, it does have these tiny sensors⁵ at the tips of its limbs that can sense the heat and carbon dioxide given off by a potential victim. Yikes! Some antibiotics⁶ are in order. This is the man that just got the disease that came from the tick that sucked the blood of the mouse that had the disease that lived in the town that shares its name with the disease, Lyme disease, Lyme Connecticut.

1 bacterial   

a.细菌的

参考例句：

• Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space. 在失重的空间，细菌繁殖加快了。
• Brain lesions can be caused by bacterial infections. 大脑损伤可能由细菌感染引起。

2 swells   

增强( swell的第三人称单数 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The waters were heaving up in great swells. 河水正在急剧上升。
• A barrel swells in the middle. 水桶中部隆起。

3 arachnid   

n.蛛形纲动物

参考例句：

• I want that wall-crawling arachnid prosecuted!我要起诉那个在墙上爬的八脚怪物！
• The tiny arachnid,found in Australia,shows off a rainbow of colours to impress nearby females.这只在澳大利亚的小蜘蛛，向附近的雌性炫耀其华丽的色彩。

4 scorpion   

n.蝎子，心黑的人，蝎子鞭

参考例句：

• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。
• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。

5 sensors   

n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句

6 antibiotics   

n.（用作复数）抗生素；（用作单数）抗生物质的研究；抗生素，抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
• The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。