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第254期：主餐一道：泛聽練習
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一、泛聽建議：
1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。
2、繼續聽，特別注意關鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。
Suck from a definitive study on the matter by a group of Harvard researchers have spent 30 years,_1_ at whether people who eat nuts which often called heart-healthy are indeed any healthier. Conclusion after looking 119,000 men and women was that those who ate nuts roughly everyday were 20% less likely to die during the same period of those who never ate them. Doctor Charles S. Fuchs who is in charge of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute says those studies _2_ other behaviors as well.
哈佛大學研究人員花費了30年的時間進行權威研究，以確定那些經常食用被稱為有益于心臟健康的堅果的人是否更加健康。研究人員對11.9萬名男性和女性進行調查后得出結論，每天進食堅果的人，在研究期間死亡的可能性比從不進食堅果的人低20%。達納·法伯癌癥研究所負責人查爾斯·福克斯博士表示，這些研究同樣也涉及了其他的習慣。
"The regular nut users tend to be leaner and _3_ have lower rate of obesity. So it may be the nature of calorie is an alternative to the high carbohydrate that people typically enjoy and meals should be affected on metabolic more general."
“常食用堅果的人群體重較輕，肥胖率較低。堅果的卡路里可以替代人們喜歡的高碳水化合物，也會影響肉類的新陳代謝。”
Studies published in the England Journal of Medicine, the research was fund by the national institutes of the health along with a grant from the nut industry.
這項研究發表在《英國癌癥雜志》期刊上，由美國國立衛生研究院及堅果產業共同贊助。
Fewer Americans were buying _4_ homes last month. The National Association of Realtors _5_ today sales of previously owned homes fell 3.2% from the previous month due to seasonally-adjusted rates of 5.12 million.
上個月，購買現房的美國民眾減少。今天，全美地產經紀商協會宣布，上個月現房銷售量較前月下滑3.2%，經季節性調整按年率計算為512萬套。
On Wall Street today, the Dow was down 66 points at close 15,900. The S&P fell six points.
今天的華爾街數據，道瓊斯工業平均指數下降66點，報收15,900點；標準普爾500指數下降6點。
This is NPR.
這里是NPR新聞。
詞匯解析：
1. an alternative to
可供選擇的；可供替代的；
eg. New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
關節炎的新療法可能是止痛藥之外的另一種選擇。
eg. Amalgamation was the only alternative to going bankrupt.
聯合起來是避免破產的唯一途徑。
