新奇事件簿 每天一个苹果有益健康

New research says eating an apple every day can protect your body from a heart attack. The research is from Oxford¹ University in England. The researchers said if people in England over 50 years old ate a daily apple, 8,500 fewer people would die each year from heart attacks and strokes³. They added that if all adults ate more fruit and vegetables every day, there would be 11,000 fewer deaths in England. Lead researcher Dr Adam Briggs explained how healthier eating can have big effects on our health. He said: "It just shows how effective small changes in diet can be, and that both drugs and healthier living can make a real difference in preventing heart disease⁴ and stroke²."

新的研究表明，每天吃一个苹果可以预防心脏病。研究由英格兰牛津大学进行。研究人员表示，如果英格兰50岁以上的人每天吃一个苹果，每年死于心脏病和中风的人将减少8500人。他们补充说，如果所有成年人每天多吃一些蔬菜和水果，英格兰每年死亡人数将减少1.1万。首席研究员Adam Briggs解释了更健康的饮食对我们的健康有着多么重大的影响。他说：“这表明细微的饮食变化可以起到多大的作用，药物和更健康的生活方式可以有效地预防心脏病和中风。”

The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" entered the English language over 100 years ago. People in the 19th century knew about the benefits of apples. Scientists in the 21st century are still telling us. Apples contain chemicals that lower cholesterol⁵ in our bodies. Too much cholesterol increases the risk of having a heart attack. Wikipedia.com says there are more than 7,500 different kinds of apples. In 2010, we ate 69 million tons of the fruit. China grows nearly half of the world's apples. The USA is the second-leading producer, with around six per cent of world production. People do many things with apples, from eating them raw, baking them, stewing⁶ them, and making sauces and cakes with them.

英语中早在100多年前已经有“一天一个苹果医生远离我”的说法。19世纪的人们就已经了解了苹果的益处。21世纪的科学家仍然在告诉我们这一点。苹果中含有可以降低体内胆固醇的化学物质。过多胆固醇会增加心脏病的风险。维基百科上说，苹果的种类超过7500种。2010年，我们吃掉的苹果有6900万吨。中国种植的苹果接近全世界的一半。美国是第二大苹果生产国，占全世界产量的6%。苹果可以有很多种吃法，生吃，烘烤，炖煮，做沙司，做蛋糕都可以。

1 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

2 stroke   

n.笔画，击打，连续的动作，中风，心跳；vt.奉承，轻抚； vi.击打，心跳...

参考例句：

• He drove in a nail with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把钉子敲进去了。
• He broke the lock with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把锁砸坏了。

3 strokes   

中风； a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.； （游泳或划船的）划( stroke的名词复数 )； 中风； （打、击等的）一下； （成功的）举动

参考例句：

• Apply the paint thickly in even strokes. 涂颜料要厚，笔画要匀。
• To improve your tennis strokes you try using a different grip. 为了提高你网球的击球法，你试试用另一种握拍方法。

4 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

5 cholesterol   

n.（U）胆固醇

参考例句：

• There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
• They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。

6 stewing   

炖

参考例句：

• The meat was stewing in the pan. 肉正炖在锅里。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The cashier was stewing herself over the sum of 1, 000 which was missing. 钱短了一千美元，出纳员着急得要命。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》