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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Five-a-Day 'No Benefit' 每日五份没效果


One of the most commonly-held beliefs regarding health and nutrition in the UK has been found to be untrue, according to a new scientific study.


For many years British people have been recommended to eat at least 'five-a-day' – that is five items of fruit or vegetables every day in order to improve their health and reduce the likelihood of illness, in particular cancer.


The recommendation was first put forward in 1990 by the World Health Organization which said that the 'five-a-day' diet could prevent cancer and other chronic 1 diseases.


Since then the advice has been a mainstay of public health policies in many developed countries, such as the UK, where the population eat a high proportion of junk food.


Many health campaigns have promoted the advice, and indeed much food packaging in Britain states how the contents will constitute part of your five-a-day.


However, a study of 500,000 Europeans from 10 different countries refutes the commonly-believed suggestion that up to 50% of cancers could be prevented by increasing the public's consumption of fruit and vegetables.


Instead the study, which is led by researchers from a well-respected New York medical school, estimates that only 2.5% of cancers could be averted 2 by eating more fruit and veg.


It seems that the key to avoiding cancers is to have an overall healthy lifestyle which includes not smoking or drinking a lot of alcohol, taking exercise and avoiding obesity 3.


But medical charities have spoken out to remind people that diet is an important factor in staying healthy, and that even a 2.5% reduction in cancers is still a positive step.


Cancer Research UK said: "It's still a good idea to eat your five-a-day but remember that fruits and vegetables are pieces in a much larger lifestyle jigsaw 4."


Glossary 词汇表


nutrition 营养 


scientific study 科学研究 


recommended 推荐 


reduce the likelihood 减少事情发生的可能性 


cancer 癌症 


World Health Organization 国际卫生组织 


chronic diseases 慢性病 


mainstay 支柱,主体 


public health policies 公共健康政策 


junk food 垃圾食品 


health campaigns 卫生运动 


food packaging 食品包装 


contents 内容,包含的东西 


refutes 驳倒 


consumption 消耗,消费 


averted 避免 


overall 总体上的 


obesity 肥胖症 


medical charities 医疗慈善机构 


lifestyle jigsaw 生活方式的拼图



adj.(疾病)长期未愈的,慢性的;极坏的
  • Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
  • Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移
  • A disaster was narrowly averted. 及时防止了一场灾难。
  • Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted. 多亏她对事情处理得巧妙,才避免了麻烦。
n.肥胖,肥大
  • One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
  • Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
n.缕花锯,竖锯,拼图游戏;vt.用竖锯锯,使互相交错搭接
  • A jigsaw puzzle can keep me absorbed for hours.一副拼图就能让我沉醉几个小时。
  • Tom likes to work on jigsaw puzzles,too.汤姆也喜欢玩拼图游戏。
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Allman
allowed successor
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Carbaspirin
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fast as
flash over test
Forsythia suspensa
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gnaphalium
greenlick
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heuristic path algorithm
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lacquered wire
Liberal Democrat Party
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MPAD
national committee on antarctic research (new zealand) (ncar)
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Parkston
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