别怪我扫兴,但喝酒真的致癌_BEC初级作文

别怪我扫兴,但喝酒真的致癌

看看2010年《早安美国》的一个片段吧。这一片段主要讲的是演员迈克尔·道格拉斯的喉癌诊断过程，以及喉癌与酒精之间的关系。

Despite past media coverage, a supplemental survey by the ASCO shows that most Americans still have no idea that alcohol poses such a threat. According to the survey, only 30 percent of Americans can identify alcohol consumption as a risk factor associated with cancer. That statistic comes from over 4,000 American adults who participated in the survey.

尽管过去有媒体报道，但ASCO的一项补充调查显示：大多数美国人仍旧不知道酒精会构成如此严重的威胁。调查表示：只有30%的美国人知道喝酒是导致癌症的一个风险因素。这一数据来源于4000多名参加这一研究的美国成人。

Most participants were able to identify other widely accepted risk factors, such as tobacco use and sun exposure, but for the most part, the booze slipped between the cracks.

大多数参与者能识别其它被广泛接受的风险因素，比如抽烟和日光照射，但大多数情况下，喝酒却是漏网之鱼。

What kind of cancer are we talking?

我们所说的又是什么样的癌症呢？

Well, according to the study, alcohol increases the risk of several different types of cancer.

研究表明：酒精会增加好几种患癌风险。

"Alcohol is causally associated with oropharyngeal and larynx cancer, esophageal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, breast cancer, and colon cancer," the study says, adding that the evidence also points convincingly at liver cancer.