多年以來(lái)，我們很多人都依賴抗生素治療各種各樣的感染。
And the reality is that antibiotics have been responsible for saving millions of lives sincepenicillin, one of the earliest antibiotics who's first used on a clinical basis 70 years ago.
而事實(shí)是，自盤尼西林以來(lái)，一種70年前首次用于臨床的、最早的抗生素之一，抗生素一直肩負(fù)著拯救幾百萬(wàn)人生命的責(zé)任。
However, today is a new era in witch taking antibiotics can cause some very dangerous andpotentially life-threatening situations.
然而，如今是一個(gè)新時(shí)代，使用抗生素變得非常危險(xiǎn)且可能危及生命。
In fact, you may have heard about the new "superbugs", which are antibiotic-resistantbacteria that have developed as a result of overprescribed antibiotics.
事實(shí)上，你或許已經(jīng)聽說了新型“超級(jí)細(xì)菌”的事了，它是一種耐抗生素的細(xì)菌，這種細(xì)菌的出現(xiàn)是濫開抗生素的結(jié)果。
In the past, health experts warned us that the day would come in which it would become verydifficult to provide medical care for even common problems, such as lung infection or severesore throat.
健康專家曾警告過我們這一天會(huì)到來(lái)，到那時(shí)就連治療肺部感染或嚴(yán)重的咽喉痛這些普通的疾病都會(huì)變得非常困難。
And apparently that day has come, because seemingly routine operations such as kneereplacements are now much more hazardous due to the looming threat of these infections.
很明顯這天已經(jīng)到來(lái)了，由于這些感染一觸即發(fā)，現(xiàn)在像膝關(guān)節(jié)置換這樣看似普通的手術(shù)都變得更加危險(xiǎn)了。
The problem has grown into such epidemic proportions that this severe strain of resistantbacteria is being blamed for nearly 700,000 deaths each year throughout the world.
這個(gè)問題已廣泛存在，這個(gè)危險(xiǎn)巨大的抵抗性細(xì)菌是造成全世界每年七十萬(wàn)人死亡的罪魁禍?zhǔn)住?/p>
And unfortunately, health experts worry that the number will rise to 10 million or more on ayearly basis by 2050.
不幸的是，到2050年，健康專家擔(dān)心這個(gè)人數(shù)會(huì)以每年一千萬(wàn)人及以上的人數(shù)上升。
With such a large life-threatening epidemic, it is sad to say that only 1.2 percent of budgetarymoney for the National Institutes of Health is currently being spent on research to tackle thisproblem.
令人悲哀的是，面對(duì)如此大規(guī)模的致命細(xì)菌，目前只有1.2%的預(yù)算資金用于國(guó)立衛(wèi)生研究院解決這個(gè)問題的研究之上。
This is a far cry from the funds necessary for a problem of such magnitude.
這點(diǎn)資金對(duì)解決如此龐大的問題來(lái)說無(wú)異于是杯水車薪。
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題13到15是基于你剛才所聽到的那篇短文。
Question 13: What do we learn about the "superbugs"?
問題13：關(guān)于“超級(jí)細(xì)菌”，我們了解到了什么?
Question 14: What is the result of the overuse of antibiotics?
問題14：濫用抗生素的后果是什么?
Question 15: What is most urgently needed for tackling the large life-threatening epidemic, according to the speaker?
問題15：據(jù)短文中對(duì)話者所說，最迫切需要什么來(lái)解決這一大規(guī)模的致命細(xì)菌?
