123. The Swine Flu

It was September.
九月份。
People were getting sick all over the world.
世界各地的人们都生病了。
They were getting sick from the flu.
他们得了流感。
The flu was called H1N1.
这种流感叫做H1N1。
Some people called it swine flu.
有些人称之为猪流感。
The swine farmers did not like that.
养猪农民不喜欢这样说。
They said, "Stop calling it swine flu. Swine don't have the flu. You can't get the flu from eating swine."
他们说：“别叫它猪流感。猪没有流感。你吃猪肉也不会得流感。”
Swine are also called pigs.
猪也叫作猪。
We get bacon and ham from pigs.
我们从猪身上得到培根和火腿。
We get pork from pigs.
我们从猪身上得到猪肉。
But we don't get the flu from pigs.
但我们不会从猪身上得到流感。
We get the flu from a virus.
我们得流感是因为病毒。
The H1N1 virus was making everyone sick.
H1N1病毒让每个人都生病了。
In October they distributed a new vaccine.
十月份他们分发了一种新疫苗。
The new vaccine protected most people from the virus.
这种新疫苗保护了大多数人免受病毒侵害。
The people were happy.
人们很高兴。
The swine farmers were happy.
养猪农民也很高兴。