Exaggerated media accounts of mad-cow disease drove ordinary cit-izens, including many high-school students, onto the streets for orderly candlelight protest vigils. 媒体夸大狂牛病的报导,更驱使平民百姓,包括很多高中生走上街头,参加烛光守夜抗争。
Scientists believe mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, spreads when farmers feed cattle recycled meat and bones from infected animals. 科学家认为,如果农民用被感染的动物的肉或骨头喂养牛的话,疯牛病或称为牛绵状脑病就会传播。