时间:2018-11-27 作者:英语课 分类:2015年VOA慢速英语(十二)月


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AS IT IS 2015-12-30 Study: British Have Better Teeth Than Americans 研究发现英国人的牙齿比美国人更好


Many Americans believe Britons have bad teeth. But a new study shows Americans actually have more dental problems.


The study was published in the British Medical Journal.


Researchers from University College London, the National University of Colombia and the Harvard School of Public Health found that among people 25 and older, Americans are missing more teeth.


The researchers also found that poor people in the United States had worse teeth than poor people in Britain.


People in Britain receive dental care through the National Health Service, which is funded by taxpayers 1. In the United States, people either pay for their dental care or buy dental insurance. Many poor people in the United States do not have dental insurance and cannot afford dental care.


In 2004, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development found that Britain had the lowest number of people with decayed 2, missing or filled teeth from among all of its 34 member states. The United States was in the middle of the rankings.


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fund – v. to provide money for (something)


afford – v. to be able to pay for (something)


decay 3 – v. to be slowly destroyed by natural processes; to rot


filling – n. material that is used to fill something


rankings – n. a list of people or things that are ordered according to their quality, ability, size, etc.



1 taxpayers
纳税人,纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
  • Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
  • She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
2 decayed
a.腐败的,被蛀的
  • New Shoreham, now sadly decayed, has barely 100 inhabitants. 如今已经衰落的新肖勒姆仅有100 名居民,很令人伤感。
  • The place stank of decayed fish. 那地方有烂鱼的臭味。
3 decay
vi.腐烂,衰落;n.腐烂,腐朽,衰败状态
  • The vegetables have begun to decay.那些蔬菜已开始腐烂。
  • Our powers decay in old age.我们的体力在老年时就衰退。
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