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During a physical exam, doctors pick up a lot from their patients.
在体检的过程中，医生们从病人处了解到许多信息2K+csv^7RqoonXCN]kl6。
Including that patient's bacteria.
而且包括病人携带的细菌NsV&wZwCe#Kah。
To keep infections from spreading, physicians try to always wash their hands between exams.
为了防止病菌感染，医生们总是在体检间隙频繁洗手a!=-nm@xV1。
But they don't always scrub their stethoscopes.
但他们并未考虑过清洁听诊器5A1LqHS0qi%_。
To see just how much bacteria these instruments gather, doctors examined 71 patients, using sterile stethoscopes and gloves.
为了调查一下这个小仪器上到底能积累多少细菌，医生们进行了一项实验，他们使用无菌消毒过后的听诊器和手套相继检查了71 名患者,8OCjM3f-NRP[w。

After each exam, researchers collected samples from the stethoscope's surface and tube, as well as four parts of the physician's gloved hands: the fingertips, backs and two locations on the palm.
每次检查完毕后，研究人员们都从听诊器表面和管道内采集样本，而且还从医生们戴着的手套上的指尖，手背以及手掌上两处四个部位再进行采集]2_kwBu.SFGa]WWoNW。
The fingertips became by far the most bacterially contaminated.
指尖成为了迄今为止最容易被细菌附着的地方|3k[!cbqk%t%d。
But the runner-up was the stethoscope's surface, which gathered more microbes than the palms or the backs of the hands.
而其次是听诊器的表面，上面的细菌等微生物可比手掌和手背等要多的多gA^+LsPeGF,k&Xh。
The study is in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
这项研究已经在《梅奥医疗进展》杂志上发表,mjUmm+[lXU=N9v7。
Although fingertips picked up more than five times as much bacteria as stethoscopes did, doctors reduce that contamination before seeing the next patient by cleaning their hands.
尽管指尖部位比听诊器上的细菌多5倍，但医生们却可以通过间隙的洗手清洁减少这类病原传播q4Mf9j#3Gh。
According to this study's authors, stethoscopes should get the same treatment.
据这项研究的作者表示听诊器也应该进行相应的清洁处理V&;O8mPet%I。
Then the only thing to fear is the stethoscope’s icy temperature.
那时令人恐惧的事就只剩下对于听诊器的冰凉触感了U*52]SNyxIa]5。
词语解释

1.pick up 得到；学会

Yet occupancy and rental rates have started to pick up for prime properties.
不过，高档商业地产的入住率和租金水平都已开始回升lFv~CW@#Hak;BZ,r。

But global investment started to pick up in 2003 as asian countries ploughed more money into infrastructure.
但由于亚洲各国将更多资金投入基建，全球投资在2003年又开始有所回升DX2MI-ONv*wE)s。

2.as well as 既…又…；除…之外

Theft's list emphasises academic research as well as salaries.
《金融时报》的排名则强调学术研究以及工资收入!n&WK(1dGCJngg3。

Yet they provoke fear as well as wonder.
然而他们也激起了恐惧以及困惑=sK)VL*_*[|yX6。

3.according to 根据，按照；据…所说

According to woz, the two are still friends.
据沃兹的说法，两个还是好朋友rGeJaF*Slh52zH*@J。

They expanded according to need.
他们根据实际适时扩大规模|to-T0kz*gDG。