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This is Housecall for Health. Do you sneeze more while at work? Ever wonder how often they clean the air filters? Do you notice an achy feeling return when you head back to the office on Monday?

欢迎收听家庭健康热线。你是否觉得上班时打喷嚏更多？有没有想过他们多久清理一次空气净化器？你是否还觉得周一上班时疼痛的感觉又回来了?

Well, it turns out, you might be suffering from symptoms of sick building syndrome¹. According to a new study, toxins² lurking³ behind your office's wallpaper might in turn be making you sick.

原来，你可能是患上了建筑综合症。根据一项新研究，潜伏在办公室壁纸后面的毒素可能会影响您的健康状况。毒素很容易在空中传播，并给经常接触它的人带来室内健康风险。

The toxins can easily become airborne and post an indoor health risk to those exposed to it regularly. According to the study, symptoms of the illness could be compared to those of flu or allergies⁴ like headaches, burning or itching⁵ eyes, stuffy⁶ nose, sneezing, coughing, sore throat, tight chest or others. People with asthma⁷ may find their symptoms exasperated⁸ when in a contaminated office space.

根据这项研究，这种疾病的症状与流感或过敏的症状相似，比如头痛，眼睛灼热或瘙痒，鼻塞，打喷嚏，咳嗽，喉咙痛，胸闷等。哮喘病人在被污染的办公室空间中可能会有症状加剧的现象。

Aside from tainted⁹ wallpaper, study authors note poorly maintained air conditioners, indoor chemical varnish¹⁰, mold and bacteria and poor ventilation's could be culprits.

除了被污染的壁纸，研究作者还指出，维护不善的空调，室内化学清漆，霉菌和细菌以及通风不良都可能成为病因。

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Housecall for Health, I'm Alex Hein, FOX News. 

以上就是本期家庭健康热线的全部内容，我是亚历克斯·海因，感谢您收听福克斯新闻。

1 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

2 toxins   

n.毒素( toxin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. 海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
• Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body. 大部分毒素被自然排出体外。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 lurking   

潜在

参考例句：

• Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？
• There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 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

5 itching   

adj.贪得的，痒的，渴望的v.发痒( itch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The itching was almost more than he could stand. 他痒得几乎忍不住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• My nose is itching. 我的鼻子发痒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 stuffy   

adj.不透气的，闷热的

参考例句：

• It's really hot and stuffy in here.这里实在太热太闷了。
• It was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture.帐篷里很闷热，我们感到空气都是潮的。

7 asthma   

n.气喘病，哮喘病

参考例句：

• I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
• Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。

8 exasperated   

adj.恼怒的

参考例句：

• We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
• Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。

9 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 varnish   

n.清漆；v.上清漆；粉饰

参考例句：

• He tried to varnish over the facts,but it was useless.他想粉饰事实，但那是徒劳的。
• He applied varnish to the table.他给那张桌子涂上清漆。