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Can Dirt Do A Little Good? 1 Infants are enchanting all over the world, as the new movie Babies shows. But their standards of hygiene sure vary. 如最近一部电影《阳光宝贝》(Babies)所展现的，世界各地的宝宝都如此可爱迷人，但他们所处的卫生条件却各不相同。 2 The film captures the first year of life for four diverse babies. In a nomadic family in Namibia, Ponijao drinks from muddy streams, chews on dry bones and uses her many siblings body parts as toys. 影片追随四个身处不同地方的婴儿在这个世界上第一个年头里的生命历程。彭力交(Ponijao)出生在纳米比亚(Namibia)一个游牧民族家庭，从小喝脏水，啃干骨头，和她的许许多多个兄弟姐妹们扭打，作为自己的玩耍方式。 3 On a small family farm in Mongolia, a rooster struts around little Bayars bed, a goat drinks from his bathwater and livestock serve as babysitters. 在蒙古国一个家庭小农场里，一只大公鸡在小小的巴亚尔(Bayar)的床边来回踱步，一只山羊过来喝他的洗澡水，周围的家畜就是照料他的保姆。 4 By contrast, Mari, growing up in high-rise, high-tech Tokyo, and Hattie, whose doting parents live a green lifestyle in San Francisco, both have modern conveniences and sanitation. 与此形成鲜明对比的是，玛丽(Mari)出生在高楼林立的科技之城东京，海蒂(Hattie) 的父母将其视为掌上明珠，在旧金山过着“绿色”的生活方式，两个孩子都享受着便捷的现代生活和干净的卫生环境。 5 Statistically, Mari and Hattie are healthier. Some 42 out of 1,000 children in Namibia, and 41 out of 1,000 in Mongolia die before their 5th birthday; compared with only 8 in 1,000 in the U.S. and only 4 in Japan. 数据显示，玛丽和海蒂的身体更健康。在纳米比亚，每1000个孩子中约有42个在过五岁生日前夭折，蒙古为41个；而在美国和日本，这一数字仅为8个和4个。 6 Yet the upscale urban infants are at higher risk for some health problems -- including allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease -- than the babies in the rural developing world. 不过，城市里的宝宝虽然生活条件优越，但与欠发达国家农村地区的宝宝相比，患上某些疾病的风险更高，包括过敏症、哮喘，以及1型糖尿病、多发性硬化和炎症性肠病等自身免疫性疾病。 7 While the film makes no mention of hygiene in any of the countries, its images evoke an intriguing medical controversy: Are we too clean, with our preoccupation for hand-sanitizers, disinfectants and anti-microbial products? Now, theres research that suggests there may be a way to get the best of both worlds. 虽