大學英語六級考試(CET6)歷年真題聽力2017年6月英語六級聽力真題(第2套) 短文(2)
多年以來，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.
而事實是，自盤尼西林以來，一種70年前首次用于臨床的、最早的抗生素之一，抗生素一直肩負著拯救幾百萬人生命的責任。
However, today is a new era in witch taking antibiotics can cause some very dangerous andpotentially life-threatening situations.
然而，如今是一個新時代，使用抗生素變得非常危險且可能危及生命。
In fact, you may have heard about the new "superbugs", which are antibiotic-resistantbacteria that have developed as a result of overprescribed antibiotics.
事實上，你或許已經聽說了新型“超級細菌”的事了，它是一種耐抗生素的細菌，這種細菌的出現(xiàn)是濫開抗生素的結果。
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到來，到那時就連治療肺部感染或嚴重的咽喉痛這些普通的疾病都會變得非常困難。
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.
很明顯這天已經到來了，由于這些感染一觸即發(fā)，現(xiàn)在像膝關節(jié)置換這樣看似普通的手術都變得更加危險了。
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.
這個問題已廣泛存在，這個危險巨大的抵抗性細菌是造成全世界每年七十萬人死亡的罪魁禍首。
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，健康專家擔心這個人數(shù)會以每年一千萬人及以上的人數(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，面對如此大規(guī)模的致命細菌，目前只有1.2%的預算資金用于國立衛(wèi)生研究院解決這個問題的研究之上。
This is a far cry from the funds necessary for a problem of such magnitude.
這點資金對解決如此龐大的問題來說無異于是杯水車薪。
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：關于“超級細菌”，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)短文中對話者所說，最迫切需要什么來解決這一大規(guī)模的致命細菌?
