Now wash your hands：They are much dirtier than you think 現在去洗手：它們比你想的骯髒多了

Next time you get your debit card out, you might want to use it to buy some hand wash.

下次你把簽帳卡拿出來時，也許你會想用它去買些洗手液。

A study has found that nearly one in 10 bank cards contains faecal matter. Cash is little better with one in seven bank notes containing high levels of bacteria similar to that found in a dirty toilet bowl.

一項研究發現，近10分之1的銀行卡帶有糞便物質。現金稍微好一點，7分之1鈔票上所含的大量細菌，近似於骯髒抽水馬桶的細菌含量。

The research, carried out at Queen Mary, University of London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, showed our hands are therefore dirtier than we might think.

倫敦大學瑪麗皇后學院與倫敦衛生及熱帶醫學學院進行的這一研究顯示，我們的手比我們想的還要髒。

More than a quarter（26 percent）of hands sampled showed traces of faecal contamination including bacteria such as E.coli, the study found.

在取樣的手當中，超過4分之1（26%）的手發現了糞便污染物的痕跡，其中包括大腸桿菌這樣的細菌，該研究發現。

And we may be making ourselves ill as a result. A further survey of the 272 participants revealed only 39 percent washed their hands before eating.

我們還可能因此而染上病。對272名參與者的進一步調查揭露，只有39%的人在吃飯前洗手。

The vast majority（91 percent）of respondents also stated that they washed their hands after using the toilet, although the levels of faecal organisms contaminating the cards and currency suggested otherwise, researchers said.

絕大多數（91%）的受訪者稱自己在上完廁所後會洗手，然而研究人員稱，銀行卡和鈔票上攜帶的糞便有機污染物含量反映出的卻不是這麼一回事。

Washing hands with soap can reduce diarrhoeal infections by up to 42 percent but only 69 percent of people reported doing this whenever possible.

用肥皂洗手可以將腹瀉感染機率降低達42%，但只有69%的人報告說，自己只要可能都會用肥皂洗手。

新聞辭典

faecal：形容詞，糞便的；排泄物的。例句：The smell of both faecal wastes can be effectively eliminated. （可以有效排除排泄物的異味。）

make someone ill：片語，使某人生病。例句：The harmful fumes pile up and make people ill. （這些有害的微粒越聚越多，於是就使人生病了。）

diarrhoeal：形容詞，腹瀉的。例句：In China, India and Indonesia, twice as many people die from diarrhoeal diseases as from HIV/AIDS.（在中國、印度和印尼，死於腹瀉病的人數是死於愛滋病者的兩倍。）