双语趣听精彩世界 第144期:办公室键盘比马桶还脏

 　　如果你每天都在办公桌前工作,你要注意了.你知道你每天使用的办公桌上有多少细菌吗?数字惊人.

　　办公室键盘比马桶还脏

　　Daily Mail: Millions of us spend our days slaving over a keyboard. But lurking¹ between the keys, hidden on the mouse and nestled in your phone lies more than 10 million bacteria - 400 times more than on the average toilet seat.

　　Unhygienic working conditions are a 'key contributor' to the 131 million working days lost each year in the UK and millions more around the world, to illnesses including colds and flu.

　　Hygiene² expert and visiting professor at the University of Salford, Dr Lisa Ackerley said bacteria and viruses can multiply on hard surfaces, remaining infectious³ for up to 24 hours.

1 lurking   

潜在

参考例句：

• Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？
• There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 hygiene   

n.健康法，卫生学 （a.hygienic）

参考例句：

• Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
• He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。

3 infectious   

adj.传染的，有传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。
• What an infectious laugh she has!她的笑声多么具有感染力啊！