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Why you should NEVER eat off your plate after a fly lands on it: Insects’ legs and wings are teeming with bacteria from rotting carcasses and faeces
teem with (phrasal verb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to contain large numbers of animals or people: “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
These rivers teem with fish.
The mall was teeming with shoppers that Saturday.
rotting (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” in the process of decaying “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
The room was strewn with broken furniture and rotting garbage.
rotting flesh/teeth/leaves
The fallen apples rotted on the ground.
The fruit had been left to rot on the trees.
Rain has got in and rotted (away) the woodwork.
carcass (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” the body of a dead animal “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
The carcass of a deer lay near the road.
faeces (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” solid waste from your body “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
The disease is spread by the contamination of food and water by faeces.
・Scientists found that a fly carries hundreds of bacteria on its wings and legs
・Experts tested 116 house flies and blowflies from three different continents
・City dwelling flies carry far more bacteria than their rural living cousins
・The researchers concluded that the fly is an ‘airbourne bacteria shuttle’
blowfly (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” a fly that lays its eggs on meat or dead animals “と記載されています。
dwelling (noun)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” a place where people live: “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
The house was a modest one-story dwelling.
cousin (noun)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” a member of a group of people with similar origins: “ と記載されています。「いとこ」という意味もありますがここでは上記の意味で使われています。。
例文：
We Americans owe a great deal to our European cousins.
These pigs are close cousins of the wild hog.
airbourne (adjective)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” in the air, or carried by air or wind or by an aircraft: “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
Airborne troops were dropped by parachute behind enemy lines.
The plane was not yet airborne when the engine failed.
If a fly lands on your carefully prepared picnic, you’re more than likely to swat it away and tuck in anyhow.
But in fact you should never eat from a dish after a fly has landed on it, as the insects carry far more diseases than previously thought, according to a study.
Researchers found that flies’ legs and wings are teeming with hundreds of different species of bacteria, often picked up after they have landed on carcasses or faeces.
To swat (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to hit something, especially an insect, with your hand or with a flat object “ というふうに記載されています。
例文：
Ben was frantically swatting mosquitoes with his newspaper.
I swatted the fly with a folded newspaper.
I swatted the fly with a rolled-up newspaper.
tuck in (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to eat food with enthusiasm because you like it or because you are hungry “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
Everybody tuck in before it gets cold!
There’s plenty of food, so please tuck in.
These are easily transferred to surfaces when flies land, with their legs spreading the most microbial organisms.
Those who eat food after flies – dubbed ‘airborne bacteria shuttles’ by researchers – have landed on it therefore put themselves at risk of picking up nasty diseases.
Scientists had long suspected flies played a role in carrying and spreading diseases because they are all around us.
microbial (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると名詞 microbeの意味は ” a very small living thing, especially one that causes disease, that can only be seen with a microscope “ と記載されています。その形容詞です。
organism (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a living thing such as a person, animal, or plant, especially an extremely small living thing “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
Amoebae and bacteria are single-celled organisms.
tests to identify the organism that causes the disease
To dub (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to give someone or something a particular name or description, often a humorous one “ というふうに記載されています。
例文：
The press have dubbed her ‘the Quiet Princess’.
The castle was dubbed the ‘pink palace’.
She was dubbed by the newspapers “the Angel of Death”.
play a part/role in something
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to be involved in something, especially in a way that is important “ と記載されています。
例文：
My thanks to everyone who has played a part in saving the hospital.
Her father had never played a big part in her life.
She played a key role in campaigning for equal opportunities in the workplace.
The team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro studied the microbiomes of 116 houseflies and blowflies from three different continents.
microbiomeとは人体にすむ微生物相です。
The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, found that in some cases flies carried hundreds of different species of bacteria, many harmful to humans.
These included Helicobacter pylori, a pathogen often causing ulcers in the gut. City-dwelling flies were found to carry more germs than those in rural areas.
ulcerは潰瘍（かいよう）です。
Carrion fly species like blowflies and houseflies are exposed to unhygienic material because they use faeces and decaying organic matter to nurture their young. They can then pick up bacteria that could act as pathogens to humans, plants and animals.
Professor Donald Bryant, of Penn State, said: ‘[The study] will really make you think twice about eating that potato salad that’s been sitting out at your next picnic.
‘We believe that this may show a mechanism for pathogen transmission that has been overlooked by public health officials, and flies may contribute to the rapid transmission of pathogens in outbreak situations.’
Nanyang’s research director Stephan Schuster added: ‘The legs and wings show the highest microbial diversity in the fly body, suggesting that bacteria use the flies as airborne shuttles. It may be that bacteria survive their journey, growing and spreading on a new surface.’
gut (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” the tube in your body that carries food away from your stomach. “ と記載されています。
例文：
Meat stays in the gut longer than vegetable matter.
It takes several hours for food to pass through the gut.
germ (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a form of bacteria that spreads disease among people or animals “ というふうに記載されています。
例文：
Wash your hands so you don’t get germs on the food.
Rats and flies spread germs.
It’s a germ that causes sore throats.
unhygienic (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” not clean, and likely to cause disease “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
unhygienic conditions/surroundings
unhygienic conditions and a lack of clean water
To nurture (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to provide the care and attention necessary for a young child, animal, or plant to grow and develop “ と記載されています。
例文：
plants nurtured in a greenhouse
She wants to stay at home and nurture her children.
a carefully nurtured garden
pathogen (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” something such as bacteria or a virus that causes disease “ と記載されています。
例文：
a dangerous pathogen
think twice (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to carefully consider whether what you are planning to do is a good idea “ というふうに記載されています。
例文：
I’d think twice before buying that car if I were you.
A visible alarm makes burglars think twice.
I didn’t think twice – I accepted the job straight away.
To overlook (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to fail to notice or do something “ と記載されています。
例文：
Accidents happen when safety checks are overlooked.
I think there is one key fact that you have overlooked.
最後に、内容が理解でき、新しい単語も知ることができたら、必ずCambridge Dictionaryか、Macmillan Dictionaryで例文を読むようにしてください。そして一番シンプルで、自分が日常使いしときやすそうなもをノートやスマホに書き溜めておいてください。そしてこれを移動中の時などに声に出して覚えることが本当に大事です！（電車では難しいので、僕はよく歩きますw）
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