1-beware 谨慎，提防

Wash your hands-but beware the electric hand dryer.

2-flip off the faucet 关掉水龙头

3-hospitable 适宜的

4-pathogen 病原体

But it's not over when you flip off the faucet :drying your hands matters too , because damp skin provides a hospitable environment for microoganisms, and as a result, might increase the likelihood that you will pass on pathogens.

5-take a hard look at 仔细审视

6-revile 痛斥

7-ubiquitous 无处不在的

So now, as we confront what could be a society-altering disease outbreak , it seems worth taking a hard look at the widely reviled yet seemingly ubiquitous electric hand dryer.

8-pitch 游说，宣传

9-play up 强调

10-as……put it 在……中提及

The earliest pitches for hand dryers played up their supposed ability when it comes to preventing the spread of contagious disease , as a 1924 newspaper ad for the Airdry Electric Towel put it.

11-every which way 四面八方

But the quality of the intake filter doesn't address whether blowing air at 420 mph is a smart idea given that it's sending droplets or particles from your just-washed hands frying rapidly every which way.

12-tad 少量，一点儿

There's reason to be more than a tad skeptical of that paper.