Working Shifts Can Harm Women's Fertility

　　Schools in north China's Shanxi Province have been banned from organizing overseas study tours for profit after a plane crash killed two Chinese girls in San Francisco.

 

　　The provincial¹ education department announced the ban in a statement issued on Tuesday, as well as pledged to launch an investigation² into local schools' participation³ in organizing overseas summer or winter camps and study tours.

 

　　The statement said the number of teachers should be assigned in proportion to the number of students taking part in the activities.

 

　　It noted⁴ that teachers' travel expenses must be jointly⁵ funded by schools and partner institutions, rather than be shifted onto students.

 

　　Meanwhile, the municipal education bureau of Zhejiang's city of Quzhou on Monday ordered local schools and related institutions to suspend all summer camps and study tours.

 

　　China Daily

 

　　Summer Smog Will Become Common, Experts Say

 

　　Weather experts say the spell of thick smog that blanketed Tian'anmen Square for 18 days in June will not be a thing of the past.

 

　　Yan Peng, a researcher of the Meteorological Observation Center of the China Meteorological Administration, said the smog this summer may become a common occurrence if the high humidity remains⁶ steady.

 

　　According to the CMA, the number of smoggy days per month in Beijing soared from July to August. Over the past decade, each month had an average of about 15 days of smog.

 

　　Experts said vehicle exhaust and the burning of coal are the main contributors to the capital's smog.

 

　　The only way to reduce the number of smoggy days is to control emissions⁷.

 

　　The Telegraph

 

　　Working Shifts Can Harm Women's Fertility

 

　　New research has found women who work irregular shift patterns are almost twice as likely to suffer fertility problems.

 

　　According to the study, those whose rotas varied⁸ took longer to conceive a child, and were more likely to suffer menstrual disruption.

 

　　Women who only worked night shifts did not suffer when trying to conceive, but were significantly more likely to have a miscarriage⁹.

 

　　Researchers analyzed¹⁰ all studies on the subject since 1969, providing data on some 120,000 women.

 

　　They found that those whose shifts varied, mixing up daytime, evening and night working, had an 80 per cent higher rate of subfertility – meaning that they were unable to conceive within 12 months – compared with those working regular hours.

 

　　Women working irregular patterns also had a 33 per cent higher rate of menstrual disruption.

 

　　However, the study did not establish why irregular shifts were associated with fertility problems.

 

　　The Japan News

 

　　70% Don't Want Life-Prolonging Treatments

 

　　About 70 percent of Japanese said they do not wish to undergo life-prolonging treatments such as gastrostomy or artificial ventilation if they are suffering from terminal cancer or dementia.

 

　　Gastrostomy refers to a procedure in which a surgical¹¹ opening is created into the stomach for the insertion of a feeding tube, among other purposes.

 

　　The survey on terminal care was conducted by the Health, Labor¹² and Welfare Ministry¹³.

 

　　A total of 5,000 men and women aged¹⁴ 20 or older participated in the survey.

 

　　When asked about terminal cancer, 61 percent of respondents said they wanted to receive drip infusions¹⁵ for fluid replacement¹⁶. However, 72 percent said they did not wish to have a gastrostomy.

 

　　Sixty-seven percent also said they did not want to undergo artificial ventilation.

 

　　The survey on terminal care was conducted by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.

1 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

8 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

9 miscarriage   

n.失败，未达到预期的结果；流产

参考例句：

• The miscarriage of our plans was a great blow.计划的失败给我们以巨大的打击。
• Women who smoke are more to have a miscarriage.女性吸烟者更容易流产。

10 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》

11 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。

12 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

13 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

14 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。

15 infusions   

n.沏或泡成的浸液（如茶等）( infusion的名词复数 )；注入，注入物

参考例句：

• Intravenous infusions are also used to administer medications. 静脉输液也可作为一种给药方法。 来自辞典例句
• INTERPRETATION: GKI infusions significantly reduced plasma glucose concentrations and blood pressure. 结论：静脉滴注GKI显著降低血压和血糖浓度。 来自互联网

16 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。