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摘要

"One bad apple will spoil the barrel" is almost as familiar as the saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away."We know that the second phrase came from Wales, first noted in 1866,"Eat an apple on going to bed, and keep your doctor from earning his bread." The bad apple spoils the barrel phrase dates back to colonial days when apples were shipped to England in wooden barrels.We prefer the healthy slogan because it communicates good health, and when we hear about bad apples, it sends chills up our backs. That is because now more than ever those chills are most threatening to us all.