英語小達(dá)人每天10分鐘 109 Shelly the scientist

[00:00.28]Unit 12 Shelly the scientist 第12單元 [00:06.29]Shelly saw it a mile away. A big, fat bumblebee. She kept her distance. 雪莉是在一英里外看到這只又大又肥的大黃蜂，她保持距離以策安全，因?yàn)樗裉煲呀?jīng)被蟄兩次了。 [00:14.17]Already today she had been stung twice. The bees were attracted to the sweet smell of the rare and exotic flowers. 這些蜜蜂是被這種稀有奇特的花朵的芳香吸引過來的，而這種香味主要來自這種花朵本身粉紅色和黃色相混的花瓣， [00:23.11]Their pink and yellow petals seduced the bees. 蜜蜂就是被它們引誘的。 [00:27.19]But bees were not the only ones seduced by these flowers. 不過被這些特殊的花朵吸引的并不止是蜜蜂而已， [00:31.57]Scientists, such as Shelly, traveled all over the world in search of these flowers. 像科學(xué)家雪莉旅行了全世界，目的就是在尋找這些花朵。 [00:37.46]It has been proven that the pollen had cancer-curing properties. 它的花粉已經(jīng)證明具有治療癌癥的特性， [00:42.44]With only a small dose of this pollen, people with cancer had a better chance of survival. 小小的花粉劑量，就可以讓癌癥病人存活的機(jī)會(huì)提高許多。 [00:49.47]But, there was only one problem. The nectar from the flower was poisonous. Shelly and her co-worker had to use extreme caution. 不過有個(gè)問題就是，這種花的花蜜有毒，雪莉和她同事必須非常小心地使用; [00:59.57]If the nectar so much as touched one's skin, it developed into an itchy rash that spread and blistered all over the body. 這種花蜜一旦接觸到皮膚，皮膚就會(huì)長(zhǎng)出發(fā)癢的疹子，接著就會(huì)擴(kuò)散到全身并起水泡。 [01:09.46]There was no known cure for rash. It was a dangerous job, but for the good of humanity, 目前還不知道有什么藥物可以治療。這是一項(xiàng)危險(xiǎn)的工作，不過為了全人類的福祉， [01:16.50]Shelly accepted the ob and saw it not only as an adventure, but also as a way to help people all over the world. 雪莉接下了這份工作;她不僅視它為一項(xiàng)冒險(xiǎn)，同時(shí)也是一種幫助世人的方法。

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