双语趣听精彩世界 第153期:购物小票成健康隐患

 　　在日常生活中,无论我们去超市购物,或是去提款机取钱,我们几乎每天都会接触到小票,然而,科学家称,这些小票中所含的有害物质可能会致病,例如糖尿病,肥胖甚至癌症.

　　购物小票成健康隐患

　　The Independent: scientists claim chemicals used to make till receipts could raise the risk of developing harmful diseases such as diabetes¹, obesity² and even cancer.

　　Alarming research suggests that a substance used to produce paper in store tills, credit card machines and ATMs could be absorbed into the blood stream.

　　Researchers say the chemical bisphenol-A - widely known as BPA - can disrupt hormones³, raising the risk of a wide number of health problems.

1 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

2 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• 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。

3 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。