Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Chinese Newborns Lacking Enough Iodine
Hundreds of thousands of newborns in China don't get enough iodine in their diet, reducing the overall brainpower in parts of the country.China 很多新生兒在飲食中無法得到足夠的碘,因此部分地區的新生兒腦力受到影響。

A lack of iodine can lead to mental disability, deafness and other health problems, and can raise the risk of miscarriages.缺少碘會導致智能障礙,如耳聾或其他健康問題,也會增加流產的危險。

lack:
vt.(1)lack anything
vi.(2)lack for nothing
n.(3) his lack of money

lead to
Smoking can lead to導致 lung cancer.

risk
n. (1) at the risk of 冒著...危險,以....當賭注
Vt.(2) They risked losing their jobs. 冒著....危險[+v-ing]
(3) take risks/ a risk in my job

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