时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄英语新闻听力通


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   (LONDON, Reuters)The taller you are, the longer you are likely to live.


  (路透社伦敦电)长得越高,可能就越长寿。
  Taller people nowadays tend to have a greater life expectancy 1 than their shorter counterparts 2.
  现今个头较高的人平均寿命通常比矮个子的人还长。
  But new research shows that even as far back as the ninth century, greater height meant a longer life.
  不过新的研究显示,甚至早在9世纪的时候,长得越高的人就活得越久。
  The scientists found that people with smaller bones tended to die younger.
  科学家发现,骨架比较小的人较易短命。
 

1 expectancy
n.期望,预期,(根据概率统计求得)预期数额
  • Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
  • The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。
2 counterparts
与对方地位相当的人,与另一方作用相当的物( counterpart的名词复数 ); 同仁
  • Deep-sea valleys are the counterparts of the mountain chains. 深海里的峡谷相当于陆地上的山脉。
  • Many states have enacted their own counterparts to RCRA and CERCLA. 许多州都已经针对《资源保护和恢复法》和《综合性环境反应、赔偿与责任法案》制定了他们各自的实施细则。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
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