英语听力文摘 English Digest 84、饼干有毒？（上）

　　When we are warned about the dangers of food, it usually relates to food allergies¹ or food poisoning. The image of killer² biscuits has never quite come into people’s minds.
Millions of people reach for a ‘biccy’ whenever they pour a cup of tea and it seems that this simple action is an activity packed with hidden danger. Almost half of all Britons have been injured while eating a crunchy biscuit with their tea or coffee, according to figures released by a new survey.
The research conducted by Mindlab International shows a staggering 500 people each year need hospital treatment after a biscuit-related injury. And it’s estimated that millions of Brits have become cookie casualties at some point.
It also found that almost a third of adults said they had been splashed or scalded by hot drinks while dunking or trying to fish out the remnants of a collapsed³ digestive.
food allergies 食品过敏
food poisoning 食物中毒
biccy （俚语）饼干，源于biscuit
crunchy （形容食物）脆脆的
staggering 令人吃惊的，难以置信的
biscuit-related injury 由饼干引起的伤病
cookie casualties 曲奇饼伤员们
splashed 被水溅到
scalded 被开水烫了
dunking 泡，浸
fish out 吊出来，钩起来
remnants 剩余的部分
collapsed digestive 已经瓦解，散开了的饼干(digestive 是一种饼干，在这里不是消化的意思)。

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 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

3 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。