英语新闻听写 婴儿接触宠物可能会减少过敏和肥胖

A study at the University of Alberta in Canada found that being exposed to pets early in life may reduce the risk of developing allergies¹ and obesity².

加拿大艾伯塔大学的一项研究发现，早期接触宠物会降低过敏和肥胖的风险。

Researchers found that babies from families with pets, especially dogs, had higher levels of two types of microbes that are known to lower risks of allergies and obesity.

研究人员发现，来自有宠物特别是有狗家庭的婴儿，他们有两种更高能降低过敏和肥胖风险的微生物水平。

The team examined samples of fecal matter collected from 746 infants registered in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development study

研究小组对来自加拿大健康婴儿纵向发育研究登记的746名婴儿粪便样本进行检查，

whose mothers were enrolled³ during pregnancy⁴ between 2009 and 2012 and found that the bacteria Ruminococcus and Oscillospira was abundant in babies exposed to pet dander.

他们的母亲在2009年至2012年间怀孕接受登记，发现接触宠物毛屑的婴儿瘤胃球菌属和颤螺旋菌属丰富。

Those two bacteria have been linked to reduced childhood allergies and obesity.

这两种细菌与减少儿童过敏和肥胖有关。

1 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

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 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。