Lance Armstrong and Fighting Cancer with Exercise

By Nancy Steinbach
Broadcast: August 6, 2003
This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Health Report.
American bicycle racer Lance Armstrong says he will attempt to set a record next year and win the Tour de France for the sixth time. Last month he won the race for the fifth year in a row. Only one other person, Miguel Indurain of Spain, has ever done that.
For three weeks, Lance Armstrong raced more than three-thousand kilometers, up and down mountains and through the French countryside. He called this his most difficult year.
But each time he makes sports history, he also makes medical history. As many people know by now, Lance Armstrong is a survivor¹ of cancer.
In 1997, doctors found cancer of the 1)reproductive 2)organs. The cancer had spread to his lungs and brain. Doctors removed the affected² 3)testicle and operated on his brain as well. Later, they treated him with anti-cancer drugs. These drugs were powerful³ but had dangers of their own.
Lance Armstrong says he survived because he had excellent doctors and because he truly believed he would get better. He also began to ride again as soon as his condition improved.
Doctors say other cancer patients might also improve with physical activity. A Canadian researcher recently published a study in the Journal⁴ of 4)Clinical 5)Oncology. It shows that cancer patients who are physically⁵ active are less tired, have more energy and have improved chances of long-term⁶ survival⁷.
This kind of research goes against the belief that cancer patients need a lot of rest. As a result, more doctors and patients are coming to believe that what is needed is exercise.
This will come as no surprise to Lance Armstrong. The thirty-one-year-old bicycle racer says it was his experience with cancer that really helped him win the Tour de France so many times. He says the disease⁸ tested him like nothing else could.
Lance Armstrong says he wants to be remembered not for just winning⁹ many bicycle races. He says he wants people to remember that the winner was a cancer survivor.
He says his victories¹⁰ send a message to all people who have ever had cancer. This message, he says, is that it is possible for them to return to what they were doing before -- and become even better.
This VOA Special English Health Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. This is Bill White.

注释：
1) reproductive [5ri:prE5dQktiv] adj.再生的，复制的
2) organ [5C:^En] n.（生物）器官
3) testicle [5testikl] n.（解）睾丸
4) clinical [5klinikEl] adj.临床的
5) oncology [CN5kClEdVi] n.肿瘤学

1 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 powerful   

adj.有力的，有权力的，强大的

参考例句：

• The UN began to get more and more powerful.联合国开始变得越来越强大了。
• Such are the most powerful voices of our times!这些就是我们时代的最有力的声音！

4 journal   

n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物

参考例句：

• He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
• He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。

5 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

6 long-term   

adj.长远的，长期的

参考例句：

• It isn't a long-term policy.这不是长久之计。
• We must calculate on a long-term basis.我们要作长期打算。

7 survival   

n.留住生命，生存，残存，幸存者

参考例句：

• The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.医生告诉我的妻子，说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
• The old man was a survival of a past age.这位老人是上一代的遗老。

8 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。

9 winning   

adj.获胜的，胜利的；吸引人的，有说服力的

参考例句：

• Team A has no chance of winning.A队没有获胜的可能。
• They have great hopes of winning.他们获胜的希望极大。

10 victories   

n.胜利，成功，赢( victory的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The team chalked up the ten victories against two defeats. 该队赢10场输2场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Bush has racked up victories in another five states. 布什在另外五个州又获得了胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》