纪录片《药物依赖》 第32期：细菌的反击

（单词翻译）

Each of us will turn to them an average of 60 times.

平均每个人有60次要用到抗生素

They have been credited with

它们已经被认为是

increasing our lifespan by almost a decade,

将人类寿命延长近十年的良方

but our relationship with nature's great miracle

但我们与自然界最伟大奇迹之间的关系

is getting more fraught¹.

却变得越来越令人担忧

For a long time, bacteria have been fighting back.

一直以来 细菌都在进行反击

Dr Vanya Gant has a patient

凡亚·甘特医生的一位病人

who is battling for her life.

正挣扎在生死边缘

A treatment she's been receiving

她所接受的癌症治疗

for cancer has left her vulnerable to infection

使她变得极易被感染

and now the antibiotics² she's been given aren't working.

而现在 她所服用的抗生素不管用了

Back in the lab, he needs to find out why.

回到实验室里 他得找出原因

What I can see here are organisms called streptococci,

我现在能看见的有机体是链球菌

because they have a classic shape and a classic length,

因为它们的形状和长度都很典型

and they come in chains.

而且是链状结构