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Thank you for joining us for today’s Spotlight. I’m Rebekah Schipper.
感谢大家收听今天的重点报道节目。我是丽贝卡·席佩尔。
And I’m Liz Waid.
我是利兹·韦德。
If you had to vote, what would you vote for?
如果你必须投票，你会把票投给谁？
Would you vote for computers? Or would you vote for antibiotic medicine?
你会把票投给电脑吗？或者你会把票投给抗生素药物吗？
Would you vote for vaccines? Or would you vote for DNA?
你会把票投给疫苗吗？或者你会把票投给DNA？
Well, all of the votes are in!
所有的投票都出来了！
And sanitation wins the prize.
卫生设施获胜。
People voted for sanitation as the best medical, or health development in over one hundred years.
人们投票选择卫生设施是一百多年来最好的医疗或健康发展。
Today’s Spotlight is on sanitation and other important medical developments.
今天的重点报道节目将关注卫生设施和其他重要的医疗发展。
Hear why the majority of people voted for sanitation.
听听大多数人把票投给卫生设施的原因。
In January 2007 the British Medical Journal asked this question: What has been the greatest medical development in the last 166 years?
2007年1月，《英国医学杂志》提出了这样一个问题：在过去的166年里，最伟大的医学发展是什么？
The researchers with the Medical Journal asked 11,000 people around the world to answer this question.
《英国医学杂志》的研究人员询问了全球1.1万人回答这个问题。
There were 15 medical developments to choose from.
有15个医学发展项目可供选择。
Here are the fifteen medical developments briefly explained.
以下是对15个医学发展项目的简要说明。
Anaesthesia. This chemical substance can greatly reduce pain during surgery when a doctor must cut into your body.
麻醉。这种化学物质可以极大地减轻手术期间医生必须切开你的身体时产生的疼痛。
Antibiotics. This medical drug protects people from diseases caused by bacteria.
抗生素。这种药物可以保护人们免受细菌引起的疾病的侵袭。
It can protect people against infection.
它可以保护人们免受感染。
The most famous antibiotic is penicillin.
最著名的抗生素是青霉素。
Chlorpromazin. This medicine was the first drug to help people with mental diseases.
氯丙嗪。这种药是第一种帮助精神疾病患者的药物。
It helps to calm people.
它有助于让人们平静下来。
Computers. These machines help scientists to learn many new things about the human body.
计算机。这种机器帮助科学家了解许多关于人体的新知识。
Most hospitals use many different kinds of computers to help patients.
大多数医院使用许多不同种类的计算机来帮助病人。
DNA. This is the genetic material in your body.
DNA。这是你体内的遗传物质。
Changes in DNA can cause disease.
DNA的变化会导致疾病。
Scientists now understand a lot about DNA.
科学家目前对DNA有了很多了解。
It helps them to treat and prevent disease.
它帮助他们治疗和预防疾病。
