21 A Strange Disease 21 一种怪病 When the construction of the firework factory came to the stage of painting, a pump was put in. 当那座烟花工厂的建设到了油漆阶段时，一个水泵被安装进来。 Then, all the painters in the neighbourhood were defeated by a severe disease whose characteristic was alike to that of a bad burn. 接着，在它附近的油漆工都得了（被打败）一种严重的疾病，其特征类似于严重的烧伤。 An expert physician was instructed to attend to the victims and handle this case. 一位经验丰富的内科医生被指定去照顾受害者并负责处理这一案例。 He was enthusiastic, but he didn’t foresee that it was a hard challenge. 他热情地投入到工作中，但是却没有预见到这是一次艰难的挑战。 After simple enquiry, he announced that the polluted paint was to blame. 在简单的询问后，他就宣布说受污染的油漆应该担责。 But without positive evidence, people suspected and rejected his view, saying the theory he put forward made no sense. 但是没有确实的证据，人们很怀疑并拒绝他的观点，大家都说他提出的理论毫无道理。 Being much more strict with himself, he contributed himself to the case. 他对自己要求更加严格，全身心地投入到这个案例。 Apart from making enquiries, he made detailed charts and analyzed the data cautiously. 除了询问，他还制作了详细的图表，谨慎地分析各项数据。 Finally, he drew a scientific conclusion, linking the disease to the radium in the pump. 最后，他终于得出了一个科学的结论，把疾病和水泵中的镭联系起来。 Exposed to radium, a kind of radioactive material in the universe, people absorbed radiation and got sick immediately. 镭是宇宙中的一种放射性物质，当暴露在镭的辐射中时，人体吸收其射线，立刻染上疾病。 Spinning the pump backward, he took away the radium. 他把水泵向后旋转，拿走了里面的镭。 This simple movement cured all the victims. 这个简单的动作治愈了所有的受害者。 Vocabulary 词汇表 (1) construction /k n str k n/ 建筑，建造 (13) attend to / t nd/ 处理，照料 (2) firework / fa rw rk/ 烟火，焰火 (14) victim / v kt m/ 受害者，牺牲品 (3) pump /p mp/ 泵，打气 (15) handle / h ndl/ 把手，处理 (4) painter / pe nt r/ 画家，油漆匠 (16) enthusiastic / n θju zi st k/ 热情的，热 (5) neighborhood / ne b rh d/ 邻里，社区 心的 (6) defeat /d fi t/ 战胜，击败 (17) foresee /f r si / 预见，预知 (7) severe /s v r/ 严重的，严厉的 (18) challenge / t l nd / 挑战，质疑 (8) characteristic / k r kt r st k/ 特征，特点 (19) enquiry / n kwa ri/ 询问，调查 (9) alike / la k/ 相似的，相同的 (20) announce / na ns/ 宣布，通告 (10) expert / ksp rt/ 专家，行家 (21) pollute /p lu t/ 污染，弄脏 (11) physician /f z n/ 内科医生 (22) be to blame /ble m/ 受到责备，受到指责 (12) instruct / n str kt/ 指导，教导 (23) positive / p z t v/ 积极的，肯定的 3 (24) suspect /s sp kt/ 怀疑，嫌疑犯 出结论 (25) reject /r d kt/ 拒绝，排斥 (35) scientific / sa n t f k/ 科学的，科学上 (26) put forward /p t f rw rd/ 提出，提议 的 (27) make sense /me k s ns/ 有道理，讲得通 (36) link /l k/ 连接，关联 (28) be strict with /bi str kt w / 对...严格要 (37) radium / re di m/ 镭 求 (38) be exposed to /bi k spo zd tu / 被暴露 (29) contribute ... ...
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