Sir Alexander Fleming did not, as legend would have it, look at the mold on a piece of cheese and get the idea for penicillin there and then.

亚历山大·弗莱明爵士并没有像传说中那样，看着一块奶酪上的霉菌，当场就想到了发明青霉素。

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Sir Alexander Fleming did not, as legend would have it, look at the mold on a piece of cheese and get the idea for penicillin there and then.

亚历山大·弗莱明爵士并没有像传说中那样，看着一块奶酪上的霉菌，当场就想到了发明青霉素。

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The famous scientist Alexander Fleming said, "When I woke up just after daybreak on 28th September 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic. But I guess that was exactly what I did."

著名科学家亚历山大·弗莱明曾说：“当我在1928年9月28日破晓后醒来时，我当然没有打算通过发现世界上第一种抗生素给所有医药带来改变。但我想这正是我当时所做的。”

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Remember Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin, probably the most important medical breakthrough this century?

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The Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum has a reconstruction of Fleming's lab where he discovered penicillin in 1928.

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