賴世雄英語新聞聽力通 第66期:誰是罪魁禍首

(DUBLIN, AP)The fungus blamed for the Irish Potato Famine was not the culprit after all.

(美聯(lián)社都柏林電)被認為造成愛爾蘭馬鈴薯荒的那種真菌，其實并不是罪魁禍首。

During the 1840s,blight raced through Ireland's potato crop, lleading to a famine that killed at least 1 million people.

19世紀40年代時，枯萎病迅速蔓延愛爾蘭的馬鈴薯作物，因而引發(fā)一場糧荒，至少有一百萬人餓死。

The answer to the question of what caused the blight could help scientists fend off similarepidemics in the future.

如果可以找出造成作物枯萎的原因，將有助于科學家預防未來發(fā)生類似的傳染病。