Think about other people in your environment.

想想你生活中的人。

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So being a micro-organism that got a plasmid that give you resistance to an antibiotic would be a good thing - that gave you resistance to something that naturally killed cells like you in your environment would be a good thing.

假如一个微生物,因含有质粒而具有抗生素抗性,这实在是一桩美事--,在同样的环境下,普通细胞会被杀死,而你们这些具有抗性的细胞却安然无恙,这实在太棒了

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These are things that must be taken in from the environment because your body cannot manufacture them and they promote specific chemical reactions in the body.

这些都是必须从外界摄取的物质,因为无法通过自身合成,它们能促进体内特定的化学反应

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The main function of all your cells, and all your tissues, and all your organs is to maintain this homeostasis, which allows you to live in a changing environment.

你所有细胞,所有的组织,所有的器官最主要的功能,就是维护这个内稳态,使你能够以不变应万变

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