[VOA科学报道] How Autoimmune Diseases Attack the Body's Natural Defenses

[VOA科学报道] How Autoimmune Diseases Attack the Body's Natural Defenses

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autoimmune diseases    自体免疫疾病   immune system  免疫系统

viruses and bacteria.  病毒和細菌      organs and tissues. 器官和组织

be identified by  根据〔凭借〕…辨认出 

Can you identify the man by his picture?

你能根据这个人的照片辨认出他来吗?

the effects of lupus can be either mild or serious.

Either…or  不是…就是；或者   both …and 两者都  neither …nor 即不…也不

Laboratory n.实验室   labor(劳动) + atory  劳动的地方，呵呵

Depression   忧伤, 消沉, 沮丧    depress (v)+ ion    depressed adj.

kidney disease 肾脏疾病

estimate  n估计, 估价 vt&vt 估计

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antibiotic drugs, mental or physical tension, infections and hormones

抗生素药物，精神或者身体紧张，感染和荷尔蒙

like estrogen  像雌性激素      a pregnancy 怀孕

This was her second pregnancy. 这是她第二次怀孕

supervised exercise  监督下的锻炼.

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Patients must take their medicines and keep looking for side effects or new signs of the disease.

Side effects 副作用 (固定用法)

such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and type-one diabetes.

风湿性关节炎  ，多发性硬化 和 糖尿病

they suppress the immune system   他们抑制免疫系统.

stem cells 干细胞 stem  花草的)茎, (树木的)干