《一呼一吸》精讲 11

Hello, darling.

你好啊 亲爱的

The air can't reach the larynx anymore.

气流无法到达喉咙

That's why he can't talk.

所以他说不了话

He says, "Bit of a bugger."

他说 "有点麻烦"

You inhale¹ the polio virus from droplets² in the air.

小儿麻痹症病毒 通过空气飞沫传播

The same way you catch a cold.

就像感冒传染一样

It passes into the blood stream,

病毒会通过血液

into the central nervous system,

进入中枢神经系统

and attacks a big group of cells in the spinal³ cord.

对脊髓细胞发起猛烈的攻击

The result is you become like a rag doll.

结果人就成了个破布娃娃

You can't move anything from the neck down.

颈部以下都不能动了

Can't even breathe for yourself.

甚至无法自主呼吸

Right, and, um, how long will he be like this?

好吧 那这种状况还要持续多久

The paralysis⁴ is irreversible.

瘫痪是不可逆转的

A good respiration⁵ system will maintain life for a while.

呼吸机能在一段时间内延续他的生命

We're talking a matter of months.

但也只是几个月

1 inhale   

v.吸入(气体等)，吸(烟)

参考例句：

• Don't inhale dust into your lung.别把灰尘吸进肺里。
• They are pleased to not inhale second hand smoke.他们很高兴他们再也不会吸到二手烟了。

2 droplets   

n.小滴( droplet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Droplets of sweat were welling up on his forehead. 他额头上冒出了滴滴汗珠。 来自辞典例句
• In constrast, exhaled smoke contains relatively large water droplets and appears white. 相反，从人嘴里呼出的烟则包含相当大的水滴，所以呈白色。 来自辞典例句

3 spinal   

adj.针的，尖刺的，尖刺状突起的；adj.脊骨的，脊髓的

参考例句：

• After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天，就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
• Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。

4 paralysis   

n.麻痹(症)；瘫痪(症)

参考例句：

• The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
• The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。

5 respiration   

n.呼吸作用；一次呼吸；植物光合作用

参考例句：

• They tried artificial respiration but it was of no avail.他们试做人工呼吸，可是无效。
• They made frequent checks on his respiration,pulse and blood.他们经常检查他的呼吸、脉搏和血液。