2014職稱英語綜合類新增文章（A級）：概括大意第十三篇

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　　第十三篇 Ward off1 Travel Bugs

　　1 As the holiday season approaches, so does the prospect of jet lag, an upset stomach or sunburn2. With care and some help from natural sources, however, it is quite possible to avoid these problems.

　　2 You can start to prepare a couple of weeks before you leave. Food poisoning will make any holiday miserable, but by taking some medicine such as lactobacillus and bifidobacteria3, you can reduce the likelihood of succumbing to4 poisoning brought on5 by food or water tainted with unfamiliar bacteria.

　　3 By improving the bacteria balance in your digestive tract, you crowd out the pathogenic bacteria and stop them gaining a foothold.6 The beneficial bacteria also produce gentle but effective natural antibiotics in your gut.

　　4 In many holiday locations you need to remember the basics: drink bottled water, avoid undercooked meat and ensure that food hygiene is adequate. If you do succumb to food poisoning, drink plenty of water to stay hydrated and see a doctor. However，if you detect diarrhea early enough, you might like to try taking about 10 or 15 pancreatic digestive enzymes, which can digest the multiplying bacteria before they take over.

　　5 Taking a teaspoon of silicol gel7 can also help. This lines the stomach and upper intestinal area and binds with bacteria and viruses，allowing them to be safely passed out of the gut. When you pack, include grapefruit-seed extract8, which is an excellent all-round anti-bacterial, anti- parasitic，anti-viral and anti-fungal agent.

　　6 Your flight can also be made more pleasant. Peppermint oil and ginger capsules9 ward off motion sickness，but a more delicious option is to nibble on crystallized ginger. If you tend to get earache on take-off and landing，you can use special earplugs with filler that slows down the rate of change in air pressure.

　　7 The greatest concern is “economy class syndrome”, the popular name for deep-vein thrombosis, which can lead to blood clots traveling from the legs to the lungs, heart or brain. To reduce this, you need a couple of hours to stay hydrated, and avoid alcohol.

　　8 You can also reduce the severity of inflammation by taking a daily gram of vitamin C with the bioflavonoid quercetin10. Vitamin C and quercetin also help to reduce prickly heat.

　　9 Finally, if any adverse symptoms persist while overseas, you should see a doctor.

　　詞匯：

　　bug / b?g / n.臭蟲;病菌;病毒

　　diarrhea /[ ?da???ri:? / n.腹瀉

　　taint /te?nt/ v.感染;污染

　　pancreatic / ?pæ?kri?ætik / adj.胰腺的

　　antibiotic / ?ænt?ba???t?k / n.抗生素

　　option /??p??n / n.選擇

　　jet lag (跨時區(qū)高速飛行后)生理節(jié)奏的破壞，飛行時差反應

　　anti-parasitic /?ænt??pær??s?t?k / adj.抗寄生蟲的

　　anti-fungal / ?ænt??f??gl / adj.抗真菌的，殺真菌的

　　nibble /丨n?bl/ vt.一點點地咬下

　　pathogenic /?pæθ??d?en?k / adj.病原的;致病的;發(fā)病的

　　thrombosis /θr?m?b?usis / n.血栓

　　anti-viral / ?ænt??va??r?l / adj.抗病毒的

　　hydrate /'haidr(e)it/ v.保持水分

　　注釋：

　　1.ward off ：避開;防止

　　2.As the holiday season approaches, so does the prospect of jet lag, an upset stomach or sunburn.：隨著假日的臨近，由于高空飛行時差引起的生理不適、胃痛或日光灼燒等潛在問題也接踵而至。第二個分句是由so引導的倒裝句。例如：“He is a doctor. ” “So am I.”

　　3.lactobacillus and bifidobacteria：乳(酸)桿菌和雙歧桿菌

　　4.succumb to：屈服，屈從

　　5.bring on：引起，導致

　　6.By improving the bacteria balance in your digestive tract, you crowd out the pathogenic bacteria and stop them gaining a foothold.：通過改善消化道內(nèi)的細菌平衡，你就可以排出致病細菌，使它們沒有立足之地。crowd out：驅(qū)趕出。

　　7.silicol gel：偏磷酸酪蛋白氧化硅膠

　　8.grapefruit-seed extract：葡萄軒榨汁

　　9.peppermint oil and ginger capsules：薄荷油和生姜膠囊。medicine —般指內(nèi)服藥(包括液體藥劑，例如可以說a drop of medicine)，pill指小的丸粒，tablet指藥片，但有時medicine可代表藥品的總稱。

　　10.bioflavonoid quercetin：生物類黃酮槲皮素

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