纪录片《药物依赖》 第34期：细菌对我们也有保护作用

It may be that I could

有这样的可能

show you a plate like this in two years' time

两年以后再给你展示一下这个培养皿

where not only all six fail,

不仅仅这六个失效

but the one I've got up my sleeve and

而且 我正在研制的

in my head that I'm going to give her would also fail.

和即将研制的抗生素 也会失效

Organisms divide so fast, every 15 minutes,

有机体分裂很快 每十五分钟一代

that within a day or two days,

一两天之内

there will be billions of them.

就会产生几十亿后代

You need one to learn how

只要一个有机体

to get over the antibiotic¹ and that's it.

能逃过抗生素的作用 就够了

It's game over.

你就玩完了

Nature wins on this occasion.

这种情况下 自然最大

Dr Gant has just one final antibiotic he can try.

甘特医生只剩最后一种抗生素可以尝试

But he also realises that with any antibiotic,

但他也知道使用任一种抗生素

there is a cost.

都是有代价的

They actually make us more vulnerable to disease.

实际它们上会使我们更易受到疾病侵害

Because bacteria also have the power to protect us.

因为其实细菌对我们 也有保护作用

We would not be here without bacteria.

我们不可能完全不携带细菌

We need them, we can't live without them.

我们需要它 离不开它

1 antibiotic   

adj.抗菌的；n.抗生素

参考例句：

• The doctor said that I should take some antibiotic.医生说我应该服些用抗生素。
• Antibiotic can be used against infection.抗菌素可以用来防止感染。