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Lesson 95. The Poor Man's Cure-all
第95課 窮人的靈丹妙藥
Having one of the world's largest garlic crops, Gilroy, California is known as the "garlic capital of the world."
由于擁有世界上最大的大蒜產量之一，加州的吉羅伊是有名的“世界大蒜之都”。
On a hot summer day, a pungent odor rises from this farming town which can be smelled miles away.
在炎熱的夏天，一股刺鼻的味道從這個農業城鎮散發出來，數英里外就能聞到。
All you have to do is roll down the window of your car and you know you're in Gilroy.
你所必須做的就是搖下車窗，那么你就知道你是在吉羅伊了。
Believing that garlic helps the body fight many forms of diseases, people add garlic to their cooking in many parts of the world.
因為相信大蒜會幫人體抵抗很多疾病，世界上許多地方的人在烹調時會添加大蒜。
Moreover, it's popularly used as the poor man's cure-all.
此外，大蒜還被廣泛地用作窮人的萬能良藥。
During the First World War it was used as an antiseptic.
在第一次世界大戰期間，它被用來當作消毒劑。
And in the Second World War it was known as "Russian penicillin."
而在第二次世界大戰期間它以“俄羅斯人的盤尼西林”而聞名。
Nowadays, thinking that it kills bacteria, some people eat raw garlic as if it were candy.
如今，有些人認為它會殺菌而生吃大蒜，就像它是糖果一樣。
