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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. 

As you probably know, viruses can jump from animals to people, we've gotten flu from birds and pigs, and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is thought to have come from chimps1. But swapping2 bugs4 is a two-way street, because scientists from Virginia Tech have found that African chimps were coming down with human viruses. The researchers have been studying chimps in Mahale Mountain National Park in Tanzania. And they found that the apes are suffering from a respiratory illness that’s caused by a virus, very similar to the one that causes bronchitis and pneumonia5 in people. The results will appear in the August issue of American Journal of Primatology. How and where the chimps caught this bug3 is a mystery, but it is possible they got it from scientists or tourists who frequent the park. The husband and wife research team and their 4-year-old daughter have been living and working in the park for the past year in a state-of-the-art, eco-friendly field Laboratory. There they hope to develop ways to monitor and protect the health of these endangered apes. Of course, the best way to protect the chimps might be to remind visitors to sneeze into their sleeves and avoid being too simpatico with the simians.

Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin.

 


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1 chimps 2a09048610e52de775e2fe426c063f06     
(非洲)黑猩猩( chimp的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Chimps are too scarce, and too nearly human, to be routinely slaughtered for spare parts. 黑猩猩又太少,也太接近于人类,不可以作为人器官备用件说杀就杀。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
  • And as nonprimates, they provoke fewer ethical and safety-related concerns than chimps or baboons. 而且作为非灵长类,就不会产生像用黑猩猩或狒狒那样的伦理和安全方面的顾虑。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
2 swapping 8a991dafbba2463e25ba0bc65307eb5e     
交换,交换技术
参考例句:
  • The slow swapping and buying of horses went on. 马匹的买卖和交换就是这样慢慢地进行着。
  • He was quite keen on swapping books with friends. 他非常热衷于和朋友们交换书籍。
3 bug 5skzf     
n.虫子;故障;窃听器;vt.纠缠;装窃听器
参考例句:
  • There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
  • The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。
4 bugs e3255bae220613022d67e26d2e4fa689     
adj.疯狂的,发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 );病菌;虫子;[计算机](制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的)错误
参考例句:
  • All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞,都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 pneumonia s2HzQ     
n.肺炎
参考例句:
  • Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
  • Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

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