词汇:
altitude /’?lt?tju?d/ n.纬度,(海拔)高度
birthweight /’b?:θ,weit/n. 出生体重
underweight /?nd?’we?t/ adj.体重不足的
hormone /’h??m??n/n. 荷尔蒙
stroke /str??k/ n.中风
coronary /’k?r(?)n(?)r?/ adj. 冠状的
hint /h?nt/ vt.暗示
fetus /’fi?t?s/n. 胚胎
under-nourished/’?nd? ’n?r??t/ adj.营养不足的
注释:
1.These babies may grow into adults with a high risk of heart disease and strokes.这些婴儿长大成人后得心脏病和中风的风险很大。
2.be deprived of: 被剥夺了……,缺乏……
3.This may trigger the release or suppression of hormones that regulate growth of the unborn child. 这可能会触发调节未出生儿成长的荷尔蒙的释放或抑制。这里的release是名词。
4.relatively larger heads compared with their bodies:相对身体来说较大的头部
5.a fetus starved of oxygen will send oxygenated blood to the brain in preference to the rest of the body: 一个缺氧的胚胎会优先把充氧的血液输送到脑部,然后才送到身体的其他部位。starved of 是分词短语,修饰fetus, in preference to 表示“优先于……”,如:I chose to study English in preference to Russian in university.读大学时,我选了英语,而不是俄语。
练习:
1.According to the passage, one of the reasons why newborns in mountain communities are underweight is that their mothers are underweight.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
2.Giussani’s team members are all British researchers and professors from Cambridge University.