1. The "bad air" over the marshes was believed to be its cause, and this belief gives the disease its modern name, for the Italian words for "bad" and "air" are mala and aria.
    沼泽地带上面的“坏空气”被认为是导致疟疾发生的原因，这种观点赋予了这种疾病现在这个名字，因为“坏”和“空气”的意大利语分别是mala和aria。

2. The disease was a frightening result of the atomic bomb.
    这病是原子弹爆炸后引起的可怕后果之一。

3. Through open exchanges of scientific facts as well as support of international organizations such as the World Health Organization, all nations can join efforts to fight against this life-threatening disease.
    通过公开交流科学资料和诸如世界卫生组织这类国际性组织的支持，各国就能携手与这危及人类生命的疾病作斗争。

4. They can reproduce naturally and resign themselves to the risk of passing on the disease to the child.
    他们可以自然生育，但却要 冒着把疾病遗传给孩子的风险；

5. Total darkness came as a result of a swelling of the nerve leading to his eye — a condition that was unrelated to the eye disease that had limited his vision since birth.
    双目失明是由视神经发炎膨胀造成的--这病与他的眼疾无关。自出生起他就有眼疾，视力有限。

6. 3. Individuals who slept near a smoky fire usually did not get the disease.
    3． 在烟火旁睡觉的人通常不会染病。

7. Disease has decimated the population.
    疾病使大部分人死亡.

8. And it spread to Britain where wild rabbits are regarded as a pest but where domesticated rabbits, equally susceptible to the disease, are the basis of a profitable fur industry.
    这种疾病又蔓延到了英国。在英国，野兔被当作有害的动物，可是家兔是赚钱的毛皮工业的基础，然而家兔同样易感染这种疾病。

9. A cold is a widespread disease.
    感冒是普遍的疾病.

10. As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease.
    由于在给这个木乃伊拍摄的X光片子上有点奇怪的斑点，所以，医生们一直试图搞清这位妇女是否死于一种罕见的疾病。