E. coli bacteria naturally live in the intestines of humans and many animals. Most kinds of E. coli are harmless but some can make people sick.

大肠杆菌通常存在于人类或许多动物的肠道内，多数的大肠杆菌是无害的，但部分大肠杆菌能够使人致病。

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This image of hairy lozenges cruising through an intestine are Escherichia coli (e. coli, for short), the bacteria now making people sick all over Europe.

这种沿着肠道移动的多毛的菱形物体就是大肠杆菌，现在细菌正使整个欧洲染病。

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Hundreds of people across Europe have gotten sick because of the E. coli outbreak.

欧洲上百人因E大肠杆菌爆发而生病。

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Last fall, one child died and more than 60 people in the Western United States and Canada became sick after drinking unpasteurized Odwalla apple juice that was contaminated with the E. coli bacteria.

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We eat the wrong stuff, drink too much, and merrily watch TV on the couch, until we get sick, and then we go to the doctor (or too often the E-room) to get fixed.

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More than two weeks after a food poisoning epidemic broke out in northern Germany, at least 14 people have been reported dead and hundreds have fallen sick from an extremely dangerous strain of the E. coli bacteria found on imported cucumbers.

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