Listeria is a kind of bacteria that can make you ill through food. It likes cold, ready-to-eat things that never get hot again — some soft cheeses, cold meat, leftovers sitting too long in the fridge.

Listeria listeria is是 a kind of bacteria that can make you ill through food.一種會透過食物讓人生病的細菌。 It likes它喜歡 cold, ready-to-eat things that never get hot again冷的、不會再加熱的即食食物 — some soft cheeses, cold meat, leftovers sitting too long in the fridge.比如一些軟起司、冷肉，或放太久的冰箱剩菜。

Many healthy people only get a mild fever or a bad stomach, or they feel nothing. Though actually, it is a much bigger worry for pregnant women, older people, and anyone whose body is already weak: it can reach the blood or the brain, and in pregnancy it can harm the baby.

Many healthy people很多健康的人 only get a mild fever or a bad stomach,得到的只有一點發燒或腸胃不適, or they feel nothing.或甚至完全沒感覺。 Though actually,不過其實， it is a much bigger worry for它對這些人風險大得多 pregnant women, older people, and anyone whose body is already weak:孕婦、年長者，還有本來身體就比較弱的人: it can reach the blood or the brain,它可能會跑進血液或大腦, and in pregnancy it can harm the baby.懷孕的時候還可能傷害到胎兒。

That is why you hear the word on the news when a shop recalls food, more than you hear it at the dinner table.

That is why you hear the word on the news when a shop recalls food,這就是為什麼你會在店家回收食品的新聞上聽到這個字, more than you hear it at the dinner table.而不是在餐桌上聽到。

Scientists write the group name Listeria with a capital L; everyday English often uses listeria with a small l. The illness has its own name, listeriosis.

Scientists write the group name Listeria with a capital L;科學家寫這個屬名Listeria時會用大寫L; everyday English often uses listeria with a small l.日常英文則常常用小寫的listeria。 The illness has its own name,這個病本身有自己的名字, listeriosis.叫listeriosis。