Anthrax is a serious infectious disease. It mainly hits cattle, sheep, and other animals, but people can get it too — from sick animals or from spores left in the environment. You will hear the word in farm news, in science, and sometimes in news about weapons; in ordinary life in Taiwan you almost never need it.

Anthrax is a serious infectious diseaseanthrax 炭疽是一種嚴重的傳染病 It mainly hits cattle, sheep, and other animals主要感染牛、羊等動物 but people can get it too不過人也會感染 from sick animals or from spores left in the environment可能來自生病的動物或環境裡殘留的孢子 You will hear the word in farm news, in science, and sometimes in news about weapons你會在農業新聞、科學報導、有時候武器相關新聞裡聽到這個字 in ordinary life in Taiwan you almost never need it在台灣的日常生活裡幾乎用不到

The name comes from an old Greek word for a boil and for charcoal, because the skin form can make a dark sore. Though actually, there is more than one form. The skin form is the one that looks like a dark sore; other forms attack the lungs or the gut and are more dangerous.

The name comes from an old Greek word for a boil and for charcoal這個字源自一個古希臘字意思是膿瘡和木炭 because the skin form can make a dark sore因為皮膚型的炭疽會造成一個黑色的瘡 Though actually不過事實上 there is more than one form炭疽不只一種型態 The skin form is the one that looks like a dark sore皮膚型就是那種看起來像黑瘡的類型 other forms attack the lungs or the gut and are more dangerous其他型態則會侵襲肺部或腸胃而且更危險

It is not “a mild farm cold.”

It is not "a mild farm cold."它可不是什麼「農場裡的輕微感冒」