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1、Cooking Oil Fumes Cause TumorThe leading cause of lung cancer among women in the city was cooking oil fumes while men are more likely to develop the disease from smoking,said medical experts after a five-year research study.Doctors announced the results yesterday with analysis on some new tendencies
2、 in lung cancer.They said patients are younger,especially women.According to the Shanghai Tumor research Institute,more local residents die of lung cancer in the city than anything else.Following breast cancer,it has the second-highest incidence rate.“An unhealthy lifestyle is a very important reaso
3、n for lung cancer,”said Dr He Yumin from Shanghai Minshen Traditional Chinese Medicine Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment Center.He followed 2,276 lung cancer patients for five years.Among them,1,483 were male.Smoking causes 70 percent of cases among men while only 18 percent of female patients developed
4、 cancer from smoking or inhaling second-hand smoke,according to the report.However,more than 60 percent of women with the disease had long term,close contact with strong oil fumes from cooking and complained about l irritated eyes and throat.About 32 percent of women fried foods in boiling oil in un
5、ventilated kitchens and about 25 percent of womens bedrooms were adjacent to2 the kitchen.However,local women were surprised to learn cooking oil fumes could lead to cancer.Some claimed they may change food preparation methods.“Unless my family and I dont eat at home every day,I must stay in the kit
6、chen to cook,”said Xu Li.a 45-year-old local woman.“I know the fumes are bad for the skin,but it is the first time I heard that it can result in lung cancer.I have already started frying less.Doctors said womens lung cancer had few links to personal health and physical condition,but was closely rela
7、ted to family cancer history,unhealthy dietary habits and weak immune systems.Other experts agreed with He.3“Smoking is by far the biggest cause4 of lung cancer for men,”said Dr Tan Binyong,honorary president of the Respiratory Disease Institute at Fudan Universitys Medical College.“Its true that se
8、cond-hand smoke and cooking fumes are the main causes among women.”Hes research also warned people not to stand near of stalls selling5 fried foods due to the poor quality of oils used.The chance of catching lung cancer is three times higher if exposed to the fume for a long time,6 experts said.词汇:f
9、ume n.烟,气,汽 fry v.油炸,油煎tumor(=tumour)n.肿瘤 unventilated vt.使不通风cancern.癌瘤 adjacent adj.临近的breast/brest/n.*,胸dietary adj饮食的incidence n.发生(率) immune adj 免疫的diagnosis n.诊断 honorary adj.名誉上的;荣誉的inhale v.吸人 respiratory adj.呼吸的irritate vt.使疼痛,刺激 stall n.货摊注释:plain原意是“抱怨,诉苦”,但医学上常用complain about或complain of
10、表示“主诉。2.aajacent to:与相毗邻,临近(地方)3.Other experts agreed with He.其他专家同意何医生的意见。agree with sb:同意某人的意见。 agree with sth:同意什么东西。agree to do sth:同意做什么事情。4.by far the biggest cause:最最大的原因。by far是用来做形容词最高级the biggest的状语,对形容词最高级起强调作用。本来形容词最高级就已经是最高了,可是说话的人还要对它再强调出来,所以就相当汉语的“最最的意思。5.warned people not to stand ne
11、ar of stalls selling:警告人们不要站在卖的货摊附近。也可以说成“.warned people off stalls selling.”。6.if exposed to the fume for a long time.如果长时间接触这种烟的话。expose sb.to sth.原意是“使(人)暴露于(物)”,但医学文献中常常用来表达“接触到(物)”的意思。此处if引导的条件状语从句相当于“if one is exposed to the fume for a long time”。练习:1.What a new tendency in lung cancer is conc
12、luded by the researchers?A Men are more likely to develop lung cancer than women.B Women are more likely to develop lung cancer than men.C Patients with lung cancer become older,especially males.D Patients with lung cancer become younger,especially females.2.Which of the following diseases is the mo
13、st common among the local residents in Shanghai?A Heart disease. B Breast cancer.C Infectious diseases.D Lung cancer.3.What symptoms may be complmned of by most women with lung cancer after long term.closecontact with cooking oil fumes?A Irritated eyes and throat. B Severe pain in both lungs.C Conti
14、nuous cough and headache.D Difficulty in breathing.4.What was the local womens reaction when they learned that cooking oil fumes could lead to cancer?A Happy. B Surprised.C Angry. D Careless.5.Which of the following has relatively little connection with womens lung cancer?A Family cancer history. B
15、Unhealthy dietary habits.C Weak immune systems. D Personal health and physical condition.答案与题解:1.D 文章第二段明确提到,肺癌的新趋势就是“病人更年轻,尤其是妇女”。2.B文章第三段说到,“肺癌排在乳腺癌之后,发病率第二高”,可见乳腺癌才是最常见的疾病。3.A文章第七段说到,“60%以上患肺癌的妇女都长期接触厨房油烟并主诉眼睛和喉咙疼痛难受”。4.B 文章倒数第七段明确说到,“当妇女们知道厨房油烟可以致癌时都很惊讶。5.D 回答此题时,首先要注意倒数第五段中的两处文字,即had few links to和was closely related to,其中link to意为connection with,而relate to则意为connect with,都是“联系”的意思,只是few和closely的差别却很大。few和little一样,都是具有否定意义的词,意为 “很少,几乎没有,只是后面的名词分别为可数名词和不可数名词而已;它们与a few和a little不同,a few和a little具有肯定意义,意为“有几个”和“有一点”,后面的名词