第十三篇 Ward off Travel Bugs

1 As the holiday season approaches, so does the prospect of jet lag, an upset stomach or sunburn2. With care and some help from natural sources, however, it is quite possible to avoid these problems.

2 You can start to prepare a couple of weeks before you leave. Food poisoning will make any holiday miserable, but by taking some medicine such as lactobacillus and bifidobacteria3, you can reduce the likelihood of succumbing to4 poisoning brought on5 by food or water tainted with unfamiliar bacteria.

3 By improving the bacteria balance in your digestive tract, you crowd out the pathogenic bacteria and stop them gaining a foothold.6 The beneficial bacteria also produce gentle but effective natural antibiotics in your gut.

4 In many holiday locations you need to remember the basics: drink bottled water, avoid undercooked meat and ensure that food hygiene is adequate. If you do succumb to food poisoning, drink plenty of water to stay hydrated and see a doctor. However，if you detect diarrhea early enough, you might like to try taking about 10 or 15 pancreatic digestive enzymes, which can digest the multiplying bacteria before they take over.

5 Taking a teaspoon of silicol gel7 can also help. This lines the stomach and upper intestinal area and binds with bacteria and viruses，allowing them to be safely passed out of the gut. When you pack, include grapefruit-seed extract8, which is an excellent all-round anti-bacterial, anti- parasitic，anti-viral and anti-fungal agent.

6 Your flight can also be made more pleasant. Peppermint oil and ginger capsules9 ward off motion sickness，but a more delicious option is to nibble on crystallized ginger. If you tend to get earache on take-off and landing，you can use special earplugs with filler that slows down the rate of change in air pressure.

7 The greatest concern is “economy class syndrome”, the popular name for deep-vein thrombosis, which can lead to blood clots traveling from the legs to the lungs, heart or brain. To reduce this, you need a couple of hours to stay hydrated, and avoid alcohol.

8 You can also reduce the severity of inflammation by taking a daily gram of vitamin C with the bioflavonoid quercetin10. Vitamin C and quercetin also help to reduce prickly heat.

9 Finally, if any adverse symptoms persist while overseas, you should see a doctor.

詞匯：

bug / b?g / n.臭蟲;病菌;病毒

diarrhea /[ ?da???ri:? / n.腹瀉

taint /te?nt/ v.感染;污染

pancreatic / ?p??kri??tik / adj.胰腺的

antibiotic / ??nt?ba???t?k / n.抗生素

option /??p??n / n.選擇

jet lag (跨時區高速飛行后)生理節奏的破壞，飛行時差反應

anti-parasitic /??nt??p?r??s?t?k / adj.抗寄生蟲的

anti-fungal / ??nt??f??gl / adj.抗真菌的，殺真菌的

nibble /丨n?bl/ vt.一點點地咬下

pathogenic /?p?θ??d?en?k / adj.病原的;致病的;發病的

thrombosis /θr?m?b?usis / n.血栓

anti-viral / ??nt??va??r?l / adj.抗病毒的

hydrate /'haidr(e)it/ v.保持水分

注釋：

1.ward off ：避開;防止

2.As the holiday season approaches, so does the prospect of jet lag, an upset stomach or sunburn.：隨著假日的臨近，由于高空飛行時差引起的生理不適、胃痛或日光灼燒等潛在問題也接踵而至。第二個分句是由so引導的倒裝句。例如：“He is a doctor. ” “So am I.”

3.lactobacillus and bifidobacteria：乳(酸)桿菌和雙歧桿菌

4.succumb to：屈服，屈從

5.bring on：引起，導致

6.By improving the bacteria balance in your digestive tract, you crowd out the pathogenic bacteria and stop them gaining a foothold.：通過改善消化道內的細菌平衡，你就可以排出致病細菌，使它們沒有立足之地。crowd out：驅趕出。

7.silicol gel：偏磷酸酪蛋白氧化硅膠

8.grapefruit-seed extract：葡萄軒榨汁

9.peppermint oil and ginger capsules：薄荷油和生姜膠囊。medicine —般指內服藥(包括液體藥劑，例如可以說a drop of medicine)，pill指小的丸粒，tablet指藥片，但有時medicine可代表藥品的總稱。

10.bioflavonoid quercetin：生物類黃酮槲皮素

A　Basics of What to Eat and Drink

B　Medicine Against Bacteria and Viruses

C　Avoiding Holiday Troubles

D　Basics of Having a Pleasant Flight

E　A Teaspoonful of Helpful Silicol

F　Preparations Against Food Poisoning

練習：

1.Paragraph 1 ________.

2.Paragraph 4 ________.

3.Paragraph 5 ________.

4.Paragraph 6 ________.

5.Food-poisoning may pose a problem ________.

6.Special earplugs can make you feel better ________.

7.It is important to drink a lot of water ________.

8.Don’t forget to bring necessary medicine ________.

A　when your plane is about to land

B　when you are taking tablets

C　when you suffer from food-poisoning

D　when you are travelling

E　when you are packing for your tour

F　when you are having a cold

答案與題解：

1.C　實際上，這段也點明了全文的中心思想。

2.A　本段說明旅行時在吃與喝方面應注意的基本衛生問題。

3.B　注意E沒有概括本段的中心意思。

4.D　本段開始介紹坐飛機旅行時的注意事項。

5.D　第二、第三、第四、第五段都談到了注意旅行中的飲食衛生。

6.A　答案的根據為文章第六段的第三句。

7.C　第四段提到當食物中毒時要多喝水，以免脫水。

8.E　答案的根據在第五段。

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