每日英語 #023: 擁有最多細菌的工作

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The Jobs With the Most Germs 擁有最多細菌的工作

A researcher at the University of Arizona conducted studies to see which workplaces had the most germs. “Germs” are the very small living things that can cause disease and illness. Before their study was published in 2009, this researcher and his colleagues visited many different types of offices and “swabbed” (used a cotton stick to remove a small amount of something) more than 600 surfaces, including phones, computers, and desks.

The top nine jobs with the most germs are:

最多細菌的九個工作是：

• 1. Teacher 老師
• 2. Accountant 會計師
• 3. Banker 銀行家
• 4. “Radio deejay” (the person on the radio who talks to the audience and announces the names of songs played on the station) "電台DJ"（在電台上與聽眾交談並宣布播放的歌曲名稱的人）
• 5. Doctor 醫生
• 6. “Television producer” (the person responsible for overseeing the money and management of making a TV show) "電視製片人"（負責監督製作電視節目的財務和管理的人）
• 7. “Consultant” (the person hired by different companies to give expert advice and/or to do a specific project) "顧問"（被不同公司聘請提供專業建議和/或執行特定項目的人）
• 8. “Publicist” (the person responsible for making known to many other people a person, product, or company) "公關"（負責向許多其他人宣傳個人、產品或公司的人）
• 9. Lawyer 律師

The average bacteria per square inch on surfaces in their workspace ranged from 900 for lawyers to 17,800 for teachers. Anyone who has worked in a classroom or with students won’t be surprised by this.

在他們的工作空間中，每平方英寸表面的平均細菌數從律師的900個到教師的17,800個不等。任何在教室或與學生一起工作過的人對此都不會感到驚訝。

The four surfaces with the most germs are 有最多細菌的四個表面是:

1. Phones 電話

2. Desks 書桌

3. Computer keyboard 電腦鍵盤

4. Computer mouse 電腦滑鼠

Again, these results are not too surprising. The reasons for phones and computers being on the list are “obvious” (clear), but why are desks so full of germs? The researchers found that most people, at one time or another, ate at their desks, but fewer than 20% ever clean them.

再次強調，這些結果並不太令人驚訝。電話和電腦在名單上的原因是“顯而易見”的，但為什麼書桌上充滿了細菌呢？研究人員發現，大多數人過去或現在曾在書桌上吃過飯，但少於20%的人曾經清潔過它們。

重點單字

1. germs 細菌 /dʒɜːrmz/
2. swabbed 採樣 /swɑbd/
3. deejay 電台DJ /ˈdiːdʒeɪ/
4. producer 製片人 /prəˈduːsər/
5. consultant 顧問 /kənˈsʌltənt/
6. publicist 公關 /ˈpʌblɪsɪst/
7. bacteria 細菌 /bækˈtɪəriə/
8. workspace 工作空間 /ˈwɜːrkˌspeɪs/
9. keyboard 鍵盤 /ˈkiːˌbɔːrd/
10. mouse 滑鼠 /maʊs/