英语新闻听写 食用橄榄油可以预防乳腺癌？

Does Olive Oil Help Prevent Breast Cancer?

食用橄榄油可以预防乳腺癌？

New data out Monday unveiled a potential new reason to worship olive oil:

周一公布的一份新的研究数据揭露了人们青睐橄榄油的原因：

a reduced risk of breast cancer.

能够预防乳腺癌。

Published in the Journal of American Medicine, the study analyzed¹ the incidence of breast cancer in 4,282 women aged² 60-80

《美国医学杂志》公布了该项研究成果，该研究以三种特定的饮食结构为依据，对4282名60到80岁女性的饮食结构进行调查，以进一步分析乳腺癌的发病率。

who were kept on one of three specific diets: a Mediterranean³ diet supplemented with extra virgin⁴ olive oil, a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts, and a low-fat diet.

三种特定的饮食结构分别为：以食用特级初榨橄榄油为主的地中海饮食，以食用坚果为主的地中海饮食，还有低脂饮食。

After a median of five years, the researchers concluded that the 1,476 women on the Mediterranean EVOO diet had a 68 percent less risk of malignant⁵ breast cancer than the 1,391 women on the control diet.

经过五年的跟踪调查，研究人员发现：食用特级初榨橄榄油的1476名女性与低脂饮食组里的1391名女性相比，其罹患乳腺癌的风险降低了68％。

The majority of the women, whose average age was 67, had undergone menopause before 55.

受访女性的平均年龄为67岁，而大多数在55岁前就结束了更年期。

Just three percent reported using hormone⁶ therapy.

其中，3％的女性则表示更年期间接受过激素治疗。

1 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

3 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

4 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

5 malignant   

adj.恶性的，致命的；恶意的，恶毒的

参考例句：

• Alexander got a malignant slander.亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤。
• He started to his feet with a malignant glance at Winston.他爬了起来，不高兴地看了温斯顿一眼。

6 hormone   

n.荷尔蒙，激素，内分泌

参考例句：

• Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。
• 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。