时间:2019-02-21 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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A Fifth of Brits are Sufferers of Hay Fever 大约五分之一的英国人患花粉过敏症


The UK has been enjoying some lovely summer weather recently. Brits have been making the most of the sunny spell by flocking to the beach and having barbeques in their gardens.


But there is often an unwelcome accompaniment to the sounds of sizzling sausages on the barbeque and buzzing bees in the flowers. The clamour of sneezing and people blowing their noses makes an unpleasant soundtrack to Britain's best summer weather. What is going on?


It is hay fever, an allergic 1 reaction to pollen 2 from trees, grass and other plants. When the pollens 3 come into contact with the tissue inside the nose, they start an immune reaction that causes sneezing, itching 4 and a runny nose.


Between 15 and 20% of people in the UK are thought to be affected 5 by hay fever, with the numbers being even higher among teenagers.


Allergy 6 specialist Professor Stephen Durham has calculated that the number of sufferers has doubled over the last twenty years. What is causing the rise?


"There's some evidence that pollution exacerbates 7 it," he says. "And you've also got the hygiene 8 hypothesis - that our bodies aren't as strong because we aren't exposed to infections when we are small children that our systems rebel against."


There is interesting evidence from Austria to suggest that hay fever is related to living in an increasingly sanitised environment.


Researchers there found that young children in regular contact with farm animals are less likely to develop allergies 9 later on. Children living on farms were found to be three times less sensitive to hay fever and nearly four times less likely to suffer from asthma 10 than those living in a non-rural environment.


Perhaps the worst news for hay fever sufferers is that their ailment 11 can never be cured completely. So perhaps it's time we got used to a... a... a... achoo!


Glossary 词汇表


sunny spell 持续有阳光的天气 


flocking 成群结队 


accompaniment 伴随物 


sizzling 咝咝响的 


buzzing 嗡嗡响的 


clamour 喧闹 


blow one's nose 擤鼻子 


allergic 过敏的 


pollen 花粉 


tissue (人、动植物的)组织 


immune reaction 免疫反应 


itching 瘙痒的 


runny nose 流鼻涕 


exacerbate 加重、恶化 


hypothesis 假设 


be exposed to infections 与感染接触 


sanitised 清洁的 


asthma 哮喘 


non-rural 非农村的 


ailment 小疾病



adj.过敏的,变态的
  • Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。
  • Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏,比如花粉。
n.[植]花粉
  • Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。
  • He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
n.花粉( pollen的名词复数 )
  • The Brownian movement of pollens also shows the fractal characteristics. 花粉的布朗运动轨迹也具有分形特征。 来自互联网
  • In contrast, C. sinensis var. sinensis and assamica couldn't be distinguished by the morphology of pollens. 至于不同地区的台湾山茶之间、或是茶与阿萨姆茶之间,皆无法以花粉形态来区分。 来自互联网
adj.贪得的,痒的,渴望的v.发痒( itch的现在分词 )
  • The itching was almost more than he could stand. 他痒得几乎忍不住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • My nose is itching. 我的鼻子发痒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症
  • He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
  • The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。
n.使恶化,使加重( exacerbate的名词复数 )v.使恶化,使加重( exacerbate的第三人称单数 )
  • Stripping the land in these ways allows faster surface runoff and exacerbates flooding. 这些做法终将使土地裸露、地表径流加快,从而加重了洪水的威胁。 来自辞典例句
  • This policy exacerbates the gap between rich and poor. 这项政策加剧了贫富差距。 来自互联网
n.健康法,卫生学 (a.hygienic)
  • Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
  • He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。
n.[医]过敏症;[口]厌恶,反感;(对食物、花粉、虫咬等的)过敏症( allergy的名词复数 );变态反应,变应性
  • Food allergies can result in an enormous variety of different symptoms. 食物过敏会引发很多不同的症状。 来自辞典例句
  • Let us, however, examine one of the most common allergies; hayfever. 现在让我们来看看最常见的变态反应的一种--枯草热。 来自辞典例句
n.气喘病,哮喘病
  • I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
  • Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。
n.疾病,小病
  • I don't have even the slightest ailment.我什么毛病也没有。
  • He got timely treatment for his ailment.他的病得到了及时治疗。
学英语单词
4-(4-Nitrophenylazo)-1-naphthol
a call of nature
agricultural pharmaceutics
anchorer
appear to be
ardiac skeleton
Ban Na Lak Mun
Barolong Dist.
barthe r.
bellyboard
biologique
blood group of thrombocyte
brazzera
built rib
bunny chows
Cartilago epiphysialis
cavum thoracis
chiongsters
chyangioma
cicatricial stenosis of larynx
cine deresi
coe-
committers
complete sales
coplanarity of lines
corporate-governances
cotyledon toxin
Cunila
cup vertical spindle winder
D-mulsin
database module
Dedanim
disinclosing
disk fast spiral
Doctor of Juridical Science
dynamic storage device
Endasareda
ethylene glycol diethyl ether
extension at break
federal labor relations authority (flra)
fiber optics communications for aerospace system (focas)
fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy (ftir)
gastric fundusectomy
genus steatorniss
Gipskorsett
glassy micro phase
golden-coloured
goram
Gundelfingen
halfwaiest
HGMC
hulses
incommunicado
keydata
light airborne ASW vehicle
machine sewed
magnetic ferroelectric
Mali franc
meow meow
midwater trawl
mien
millband
modular cast iron
multicasts
multifidly
musculi intercostalesexterni
narrow-band transmission
neuricity
nonflaked
nozzle chamber
onboard computer
ormosia fordiana oliv
paravaginal lymph nodes
photizite (carbonated rhodonite)
pile driving hammer
poly(ester ether) fibre
polymorphonucleate
postrorse
precast pattern block
proam
reincubates
remoisturized
sample changing mechanism
scitech
sequential blocked file
Ship Owner's Clubs
shooting brakes
short circuit making capacity
sigmoidoprodctitis
smoke-dried meat
sowder
speculative enterprise
static load compensating device
stayed behind
step on it
stylizers
synchronous transmitter receiver
TQD
unguentum picis carbonis
Valentine's splint
white-domed
Zolotukhinskiy Rayon