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For example, when you get a low grade fever it might be because your body is trying to make things uncomfortable for invading¹ microbes.

例如，当你低烧的时候，可能是你的身体试图做出不舒服的表现以应对入侵的微生物。

When you take medicine to lower a fever you might actually be helping² whatever's making you sick in the first place.

当你选择吃药来降低发烧你可能实际上是帮助任何使你首要发病的地方。

So you're saying that I should never take medicine?

所以你是说，我应该永远不要吃药？

Not at all. Sometimes medicine is absolutely necessary, like when you have a really high fever.

也不尽然。药物有时候是绝对必要的,比如在你真正发高烧的时候。

But the point is that it's not always best to automatically³ try to stop all symptoms when you don't feel well.

但关键是，对于自动阻止所有你感觉不舒服的症状并不总是最好的。

Until studies are done on the effectiveness of taking aspirin⁴ and other fever-lowering drugs,

除非研究证明服用阿司匹林和其他退烧药物有效，

it may be hard to know when to treat cold symptoms and when to leave them alone.

可能很难知道什么时候治疗感冒的症状，什么时候让其自然痊愈。

But in the case of a cold or mild fever, it may very well be worth letting nature take care of business.

但对于轻微感冒或者发烧，让身体自己康复也非常好。

Bear in mind, too, that aspirin should never be given to children.

但记住，切记不要给孩子吃阿司匹林。

1 invading   

v.侵入，侵略( invade的现在分词 )；涌入；侵袭；侵犯

参考例句：

• The invading troops were guilty of rape and pillage. 侵略军犯了抢劫和强奸的罪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The invading army desecrated this holy place when they camped here. 侵略军在这块圣地上扎营就是对这块圣地的亵渎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 automatically   

adv.不加思索地，无意识地，自动地

参考例句：

• The machine cycles automatically.这台机器自动循环运转。
• She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼。

4 aspirin   

n.阿司匹林

参考例句：

• The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
• She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。