英文速読　中級-16

　Ben Hemmens is the father of three children, including four-year-old Sophie. According to medical experts, it is normal for kids around this age to catch colds four to five times a year. In adults, the ratio is about two to three times a year, for reasons that are not completely clear. However, says Dr. Ranit Mishori of Georgetown University Hospital, many people believe that it is possible to become immune to the common cold so that one gets fewer and fewer colds as he ages. “There are about 200 types of virus that can cause common cold, yet people think that once you get infected one time, you develop immunity for the rest of your life. This is entirely wrong,” she claims. There are simply too many different viruses, many of which change in slight ways as they pass from person to person.

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　　Ben Hemmens is the father of three children, including four-year-old Sophie. According to medical experts, it is normal /for kids around this age /to catch colds four to five times a year.

　ベン・へメンズは3人の子供の父親である、4歳のソフィーを含めて。医療の専門家たちによると、それは普通だ、この年齢くらいの子供たちが、年に４～5回風邪をひくのは。

　In adults, the ratio is about two to three times a year, for reasons /that are not completely clear. However, says Dr. Ranit Mishori of Georgetown University Hospital, many people believe /that it is possible /to become immune /to the common cold /so that one gets fewer and fewer colds /as he ages.

　　大人に於いてはその割合は年に2～3回である、理由は完全には明らかではないが。しかし、ジョージタウン大学病院のラニ・ミショリは言う、多くの人が考えている、それは可能であると、免疫を付けることは、普通の風邪に対して、その結果人はますます風邪をひくことが少なくなる、歳をとるにつれ。

　“There are about 200 types of virus /that can cause common cold, yet people think /that once you get infected one time, you develop immunity /for the rest of your life. This is entirely wrong,” she claims. There are simply too many different viruses, many of which change in slight ways /as they pass /from person to person.

　「およそ200種類のウィルスがある、それは普通の風邪を引き起こす、しかし人は考えている、一度感染してしまえば、免疫を持つようになると、あなたの生涯の残りの間は。これは全く間違っている。」と彼女は主張する。実際、あまりに多くのウィルスがあり、その多くはわずかに変化する、ウィルスがうつる
につれ、人から人へ。