Instead of which, a few streams dribbled through to fill reservoirs and irrigate fields and plantations with a disciplined conscientiousness worthy of a sanitary engineer.

取而代之的是， 几条小溪流过水库， 灌溉田地和种植园， 其纪律严明的责任心堪比卫生工程师。

He hired New York City Department of Health sanitary engineer George Soper to find the source of infection, and he knew exactly what to look for, as he had specialized in the study of typhoid outbreaks.

他聘请了纽约市卫生部卫生工程师乔治·索珀来寻找感染源，因为他专门从事伤寒暴发的研究，所以他知道应该寻找什么。