青蛙在未來(lái)的不久將會(huì)消失

        Blaustein: It could trigger a stress response, and then just like people, frogs can get diseases when they’re stressed.

　　Frogs eat lots of mosquitoes and flies. So if frogs were to disappear entirely, Blaustein said, we humans would feel the consequences.

　　布勞斯?。簵⒌乇黄茐臅?huì)引起嚴(yán)重反應(yīng)，就像人一樣，蛙類(lèi)精神緊張時(shí)也會(huì)患上疾病。

　　蛙類(lèi)可以消滅大量蚊子和蒼蠅，因此，布勞斯汀說(shuō)，如果它們即將完全消失，人類(lèi)會(huì)體會(huì)到后果如何。

　　Blaustein: We would have a heck of a lot more insect pests around.And, Blaustein noted, frogs are also important sources of new medicines.

　　布勞斯?。何覀兩磉厱?huì)多出許多許多害蟲(chóng)。

　　另外，布勞斯汀還強(qiáng)調(diào)，蛙類(lèi)還是新型藥物的重要來(lái)源。

　　Blaustein: Frogs are often hopping pharmaceutical systems. They have so many antibacterial and anti-viral and anti-fungal compounds on their backs.They’ve even isolated certain kinds of medicine that can slow down the HIV virus.

　　布勞斯?。和茴?lèi)還經(jīng)常是藥物的來(lái)源。它們的背上含有非常多的抗細(xì)菌、抗病毒和抗真菌的化合物，我們甚至還能從中分離出某種可以降低艾滋病毒活力的藥物。