Microbiology is the science of living things too small to see with just your eyes. Bacteria are the ones people name first, but the field also looks at viruses and other tiny life — including the living things that make bread rise or milk turn into yogurt.

Microbiology微生物學 is the science of是研究...的科學 living things too small to see with just your eyes肉眼看不到的微小生物. Bacteria細菌 are the ones people name first是大家最先想到的, but the field also looks at但這個領域也研究 viruses and other tiny life病毒和其他微小生物 — including the living things包括那些生物 that make bread rise or milk turn into yogurt能讓麵包發酵、把牛奶變成優格的.

You hear the word in science class, in hospitals, and in news about illness. It feels like a lab word, and it is. Though actually, a lot of ordinary life sits on it: washing your hands, cooking meat well, keeping food cold.

You hear the word你會聽到這個詞 in science class, in hospitals, and in news about illness在自然課、醫院，還有關於疾病的新聞裡. It feels like它給人的感覺像 a lab word一個實驗室用詞, and it is而它確實是. Though actually不過事實上, a lot of ordinary life很多日常生活 sits on it都建立在它上面: washing your hands洗手, cooking meat well把肉煮熟, keeping food cold把食物冷藏.

The people who do this work try to learn how these tiny lives can make us sick, and how some of them help us. It is not the name of the tool you look through; it is the name of the study.

The people who do this work做這一行研究的人 try to learn想要了解 how these tiny lives can make us sick這些微小生物怎麼讓我們生病, and how some of them help us還有其中有些又是怎麼幫助我們的. It is not它不是 the name of the tool you look through你用來看的那個工具的名字; it is它是 the name of the study這門研究的名字.