Rabies is a very dangerous illness that attacks the brain and nerves. Dogs can get it, and so can cats, bats, foxes, and many other animals that feed their babies milk.

Rabies is a very dangerous illness狂犬病是一種很危險的疾病，that attacks the brain and nerves會攻擊腦部和神經。 Dogs can get it狗會得這個病，and so can cats, bats, foxes貓、蝙蝠、狐狸也會，and many other animals that feed their babies milk還有其他很多用奶餵養寶寶的哺乳動物也會。

A person can get it too if an animal with the disease bites them, or if that animal's spit gets into a cut or into the eyes or mouth.

A person can get it too人也可能感染，if an animal with the disease bites them如果被得病的動物咬到，or if that animal's spit gets into a cut or into the eyes or mouth或是那隻動物的口水沾到傷口、眼睛或嘴巴。

Without medicine it almost always kills — though actually, if you get the injections soon after the bite, they work very well, so a bite is a reason to see a doctor at once, not a reason to panic in the street.

Without medicine it almost always kills如果不治療，幾乎一定會致命——though actually不過其實，if you get the injections soon after the bite如果被咬後很快就打針，they work very well效果非常好，so a bite is a reason to see a doctor at once所以被咬了應該馬上去看醫生，not a reason to panic in the street而不是在路上驚慌失措的理由。

An animal with rabies may suddenly become angry and bite, or it may become weak, quiet, and strange; that wild change is why the old Latin name means rage or madness. It is a serious medical word, not a word for ordinary anger.

An animal with rabies may suddenly become angry and bite得了狂犬病的動物可能突然變得凶暴會咬人，or it may become weak, quiet, and strange也可能變得虛弱、安靜、怪怪的：that wild change is why the old Latin name means rage or madness這種劇烈的轉變，就是古拉丁字原意是「狂怒」或「瘋狂」的原因。 It is a serious medical word這是一個嚴肅的醫學用詞，not a word for ordinary anger不是拿來說一般生氣的字。

You cannot catch it like a cold, from the air across a room.

You cannot catch it like a cold你不會像感冒那樣被傳染，from the air across a room從房間另一頭的空氣中就中鏢。