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I woke up one morning last week with all the usual signs of a nasty cold: thumping headache, blocked nose, spousal accusations that I had spent the night snoring like a pregnant hippo. 上周的一个早晨，我一觉醒来后，感到剧烈头痛、鼻塞，令人讨厌的感冒症状一应俱全。老公抱怨说，我就像怀孕的河马，一晚上都在不停地打鼾。 Then I did what almost everyone I know does on a day like this. I got up and went to work. On the way in on the Tube, I was coughed and spluttered over by a lot of people dressed for a day at the office. When I got to my desk, doubtless laden with fresh supplies of pathogens, the air was ringing with the familiar snivels of a London autumn. 然后，我做了我认识的几乎每个人在这样的一天都会做的事情：起床，去上班。在地铁车厢里，很多穿戴整齐去上班的人在我面前不停地咳嗽，唾沫飞溅。当我好不容易赶到自己的办公桌时，我无疑又被覆盖了一层新鲜的病原体，空气中伦敦秋天熟悉的吸鼻涕声此起彼伏。 | 
