Malaria is a serious disease of hot and warm countries. You get it when a certain kind of mosquito bites you and puts a tiny parasite into your blood. It brings high fever, shaking, headache, and, if it is not treated, it can kill.

Malaria瘧疾 is是 a serious disease一種嚴重的疾病 of hot and warm countries盛行於熱帶與溫暖地區。You你 get it會感染 when a certain kind of mosquito當某種蚊子 bites you叮咬你 and puts並把 a tiny parasite一種微小的寄生蟲 into your blood送進你的血液裡。It它 brings會帶來 high fever高燒, shaking發冷顫抖, headache頭痛, and而 if it is not treated如果沒有治療, it can kill甚至可能致命。

It is not spread by touching a sick person, and it is not “bad air,” though that is exactly what the name first meant. Italian speakers formed malaria from mal- “bad” and aria “air,” because people once blamed swamp vapours; English borrowed the Italian word in the nineteenth century — a Scottish geologist, John MacCulloch, is credited with bringing it in — and it pushed out an old English word that had meant the same idea.

It它 is not不是 spread by touching a sick person靠接觸病人傳染的, and而 it它 is not不是 “bad air,”「壞空氣」 though actually不過事實上 that就 is exactly正是 what the name first meant這個字最初的意思。Italian speakers義大利人 formed造出了 malaria這個字, from mal-用mal-「壞」 “bad” and aria和aria「空氣」 “air,” because因為 people once blamed當時的人怪罪 swamp vapours沼澤散發的濁氣; English英文 borrowed the Italian word借用了這個義大利字 in the nineteenth century在十九世紀——a Scottish geologist, John MacCulloch一位蘇格蘭地質學家約翰・麥卡洛克, is credited with bringing it in被認為是引進這個詞的人——and而 it它 pushed out取代了 an old English word一個原本意思相同的古英文字 that had meant the same idea。

We now know the mosquito and the parasite are the cause; draining standing water and using nets and medicine matter more than the smell of the marsh. Taiwanese students often know dengue, which is also a mosquito disease; malaria is a different illness, rarer in Taiwan now, still common in parts of Africa, South Asia, and elsewhere in the tropics.

We now know我們現在知道 the mosquito蚊子 and and the parasite寄生蟲 are the cause才是真正的病因; draining standing water排乾積水 and using nets and medicine用蚊帳和藥物 than比 the smell of the marsh沼澤的氣味 matter more都來得重要。Taiwanese students台灣學生 often know通常都知道 dengue登革熱, which is also一樣是 a mosquito disease一種蚊媒疾病; malaria瘧疾 is是 a different illness不同的疾病, rarer現在在台灣較少見 in Taiwan now, still仍然 common常見 in parts of Africa, South Asia, and elsewhere in the tropics在非洲、南亞及其他熱帶地區。