英语小达人每天10分钟 109 Shelly the scientist

[00:00.28]Unit 12 Shelly the scientist 第12单元 [00:06.29]Shelly saw it a mile away. A big, fat bumblebee. She kept her distance. 雪莉是在一英里外看到这只又大又肥的大黄蜂，她保持距离以策安全，因为她今天已经被蛰两次了。 [00:14.17]Already today she had been stung twice. The bees were attracted to the sweet smell of the rare and exotic flowers. 这些蜜蜂是被这种稀有奇特的花朵的芳香吸引过来的，而这种香味主要来自这种花朵本身粉红色和黄色相混的花瓣， [00:23.11]Their pink and yellow petals seduced the bees. 蜜蜂就是被它们引诱的。 [00:27.19]But bees were not the only ones seduced by these flowers. 不过被这些特殊的花朵吸引的并不止是蜜蜂而已， [00:31.57]Scientists, such as Shelly, traveled all over the world in search of these flowers. 像科学家雪莉旅行了全世界，目的就是在寻找这些花朵。 [00:37.46]It has been proven that the pollen had cancer-curing properties. 它的花粉已经证明具有治疗癌症的特性， [00:42.44]With only a small dose of this pollen, people with cancer had a better chance of survival. 小小的花粉剂量，就可以让癌症病人存活的机会提高许多。 [00:49.47]But, there was only one problem. The nectar from the flower was poisonous. Shelly and her co-worker had to use extreme caution. 不过有个问题就是，这种花的花蜜有毒，雪莉和她同事必须非常小心地使用; [00:59.57]If the nectar so much as touched one's skin, it developed into an itchy rash that spread and blistered all over the body. 这种花蜜一旦接触到皮肤，皮肤就会长出发痒的疹子，接着就会扩散到全身并起水泡。 [01:09.46]There was no known cure for rash. It was a dangerous job, but for the good of humanity, 目前还不知道有什么药物可以治疗。这是一项危险的工作，不过为了全人类的福祉， [01:16.50]Shelly accepted the ob and saw it not only as an adventure, but also as a way to help people all over the world. 雪莉接下了这份工作;她不仅视它为一项冒险，同时也是一种帮助世人的方法。

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