2021考研英語每日一練(11)

Dr. Mollentze and Streicker found that the number of viruses which have passed to people from 11 orders of mammals and birds is pretty much proportional to the number of species in each order. Bats are the second-most diverse mammalian order,after rodents.

"It is therefore not surprising,"Dr. Mollentze observes,"that as a group they are associated with a large number of viruses."

Although bat immune systems do indeed have the unusual features that infested Dr. Brook and her colleagues.

Dr. Mollentze and Streicker found no evidence these caused bat-associated viruses to be more numerous or more prone to infect people than viruses associated with other animal groups.

This study is in line with work done specially on coronavieuses by Tracey Goldstein of University of California,Davis.

【詞匯】

1.proportional adj. 成比例的，均衡的

2.rodent adj.&n. 嚙齒的，嚙齒動物

3.be prone to易于，傾向于

4.in line with與…保持一致

【參考翻譯】

Mollentze博士和Streicker博士發現，11目哺乳動物和鳥類傳播給人類的病毒數量與該目種物種數量成正比，蝙蝠是僅次于嚙齒動物的第二大的哺乳動物目。

Mollentze博士表示，“作為一個組，與大量病毒有關并不驚訝。”

雖然哺乳動物有讓Brook博士和她的同事感興趣的非常特異的特征。但是Mollentze博士和Streicker博士并沒有發現任何證據證明與蝙蝠相關的病毒比其他動物群體相關的病毒數量更多或更容易感染人類。

這項研究與與加州大學戴維斯的Tracey Goldstein關于冠狀病毒的研究一致。