A. Food and Drug Administration official says that these serious side effects of sleep disorder drugs appear to be rare. But, he also says there are probably more cases than are reported.5 He says the agency believes the risk of such behaviors could be reduced if people take the drugs as directed and do not drink alcohol while taking the drugs. The Food and Drug Administration has advised drug companies to carry out studies to investigate the problem.
词汇:
disorder /d?s’??d?/n. 障碍;紊乱;疾病
crash /kr??/ v.(使)碰撞
allergic /?’l??d??k/ adj. 变应性的,过敏性的
lawmaker /’l??me?k?/ n.立法者,立法机关的成员,议员
incident /’?ns?d(?)nt/n. 偶发事件,小事件
representative /repr?’zent?t?v/n. 代表
sickness /’s?kn?s/ n.疾病;恶心,呕吐
stomach /’st?m?k/ n.胃
document /’d?kj?m(?)nt/ vt.记载
sleepiness /’sli?p?n?s/ n.昏昏欲睡
注释:
1.United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA):美国食品及药品管理局
2.United States Congress:美国国会
3.Rhode Island:罗得岛(美国州名)
4.New York Times:《纽约时报》
5.But, he also said there are probably more cases than are reported.不过,他也说道,可能实际病例要比报道的多。请注意本句中than的用法。than后面连接了一个句子,可是却没有主语,学术界对此有两种说法:一种认为than是关系代词,它本身在从句中作一个句子成分;另一种则认为than仍为连接词,后面省略了句子的部分成分。请看类似的句子:You spent more money than was intended to be spent.你花去的钱比预计的多。(请比较:You spent the money that was intended.)As the child grows, the jawbones grow also; therefore, there is space for more teeth than are in the first set.随着孩子的长大,颌骨也随着长大,因此就有空间供比第一套还要多的牙齿占用。