时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:2018年科学美国人3月


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To See Gun Injury Drop Hold An NRA Meeting


The annual meeting of the National Rifle Association is coming up in May. It's scheduled for Dallas. And if past events are any guide, gun injuries may actually go down in Texas, during the event."When a convention is held in a person's state, in that year, gun injuries fall." Anupam Jena, an economist 1 and physician at Harvard Medical School


全国步枪协会年会将于5月在达拉斯召开会议。如果过去的枪击事情有任何指导意义的话,那么在仁会议期间,德克萨斯州的枪击事件实际上可能会有所下降。“当一次会议在一个人的状态下举行时,枪支伤害会下降。”哈佛医学院的经济学家和医生Anupam Jena说。


Jena and his team discovered that surprising link by tracking visits to hospitals and emergency rooms for gun injuries during nine years' worth of NRA conventions. And they found the number of people hurt by guns dropped 20 percent during NRA meetings, compared to the same days of the week three weeks before and after the show.


Jena和他的团队在9年的NRA公约中发现,这种令人惊讶的联系,通过追踪到医院和急救室对枪伤人员进行访问。他们发现,在NRA会议期间,枪击事件的受害人数下降了20%,在会议前后三周的一周中的同一天。


There's no definitive 2 causal link here. But the researchers have a few ideas. First, could be, avid 3 gun users are at the show, away from their guns, or shooting them in more supervised situations. And thus unable to injure themselves or others. Or: if some members of a regular shooting group are out of town, maybe the group postpones 4 its meetup the week of the show. Thus avoiding accidents that otherwise might have occurred.


这里没有明确的因果关系。但研究人员有一些想法。首先,这可能是狂热的枪支用户正在参加演出,从而远离了他们的枪支,或者在更受监督的情况下使用枪支, 因而无法伤害自己或他人。或者:如果一些常规拍摄团队的成员不在城里,也许这个团队会在展会的那一周延期举行聚会,从而避免了可能发生的枪击事故。


"It could also be the case that people who own venues 5 where firearms might be used, like firing ranges or hunting grounds, may be likely to attend the conventions. And if those venues are closed, we might expect to see declines in gun use during that period as well."The results are in the New England Journal of Medicine. [Anupam B. Jena and Andrew R. Olenski, Reduction in Firearm Injuries during NRA Annual Conventions]


“也可能出现这样的情况:那些拥有并使用枪支的人(例如射击场或狩猎场),可能会参加这些会议,如果这些场地关闭了,我们可能会期望,枪支使用期间出现下降,那个时期也是如此。“这项研究结果发表在新英格兰医学杂志上。


The NRA didn't respond to a request for comment in time for this report, but Jena said their objection might be: why would gun injuries decline 20 percent if only a few percent of gun owners actually make it to the show?


NRA没有及时回应本报告的评论请求,但Jena表示,他们的反对意见可能是:为什么枪支伤害只有百分之几的枪主真的参加了展会,为什么枪伤事件会下降20%呢?


"I would assume the 2 percent of people who are gun owners who attend NRA conventions are probably much heavier users of firearms." And—assuming you believe guns are inherently unsafe—people who shoot their guns a lot might also be more prone 6 to injury than those who keep them locked away all year. Which would mean that NRA conventions might protect some gun owners from themselves.


“我会假设,参加NRA公约的枪支持有者中有2%的人,可能是火器的重要持有者重。” 而且假设你认为,枪支不安全的话,那么拥有很多枪支的人,可能比那些一年到头都要封锁枪支的人,更容易受到伤害。这就意味着,NRA公约可能会保护一些枪支持有者。



n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。
adj.确切的,权威性的;最后的,决定性的
  • This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
  • No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样,还没有人给出明确的答复。
adj.热心的;贪婪的;渴望的;劲头十足的
  • He is rich,but he is still avid of more money.他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。
  • She was avid for praise from her coach.那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。
v.延期,推迟( postpone的第三人称单数 )
  • So it at least postpones the amount of taxes on due. 因此它至少推延了税金的交纳。 来自互联网
  • Even if it does, this just postpones the day of reckoning. 但即便如此,也只是推迟了不得不解决根本问题的日子而已。 来自互联网
n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 );会场;(尤指)体育比赛场所;犯罪地点
  • The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
  • Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角,有长800米,宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
adj.(to)易于…的,很可能…的;俯卧的
  • Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
  • He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
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