时差N小时 花生也致命(上)

Peanuts are one of the world’s most nutritious¹ foods.

花生是世界上最有营养的食物之一。

Peanuts contain pound for pound more protein, vitamins, and minerals than beef liver and more fat than heavy cream.

等重量的花生所含蛋白质、维他命和矿物质高于牛肝，其脂肪含量高于多脂奶油。

For approximately, 5% of Americans, however, peanuts are not so beneficial; in fact, they’re potentially deadly.

不过，对于约5%的美国人来说，花生不仅对身体毫无益处，而且可能会致命。

Yummy But Deadly

美味但致命

Between 1 and 2% of American adults suffer from food allergies².

大约1%到2%的美国成年人有着食物过敏症的困扰。

A food allergy³ occurs when particular proteins in certain foods trigger an immune system response, resulting in various symptoms.

当某种特定食物中的特定蛋白质触发免疫系统反应后，就会出现食物过敏进而引发多种症状。

Many foods can cause allergic⁴ reactions ranging from mild to severe, but peanuts trigger notoriously fierce allergic responses.

许多食物会引起过敏反应，轻重程度不等。不过花生能引发非常严重的过敏反应。

People allergic to peanuts can experience hives, dizziness, a rapid heartbeat, and in the worst cases, death.

对花生过敏时会产生荨麻疹，头晕，心跳加快等症状，严重时可能导致死亡。

Although only a small percentage of people have peanut allergies, they account for 50% of all food related deaths.

尽管对花生过敏的人群比例较小，但其因过敏死亡的人数却占所有因食物而死亡人数的50%。

1 nutritious   

adj.有营养的，营养价值高的

参考例句：

• Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
• 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。

2 allergies   

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

参考例句：

• 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

3 allergy   

n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症

参考例句：

• 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。

4 allergic   

adj.过敏的，变态的

参考例句：

• 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。