2017考博英语阅读题源经济学人文章每日精析（九十八）

2017考博英语阅读题源经济学人文章每日精析（九十八）

　　考博英语阅读大部分博士研究生招生院校都使用《经济学人》杂志文章作为题源，新东方在线考博频道为考博生们将其中的文章进行深度分析，希望能提高大家的考博英语阅读水平，读懂长难句。

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　　专家表示，网上散布着很多宣称能够预防或治疗癌症的“特效食物”，但是要当心，错误的建议很可能会带来灾难性的后果。

　　Everything you wanted to know about cancer diets

　　你想了解的关于抗癌饮食的全部

　　The internet is awash with people claiming that 'miracle diets' can prevent or cure cancer. But beware - taking the wrong advice can be disastrous, say experts

　　专家表示，网上散布着很多宣称能够预防或治疗癌症的“特效食物”，但是要当心，错误的建议很可能会带来灾难性的后果。

　　Be awash with：充斥着

　　Naomi Elster | 976 words

　　While there is no magic diet that will cure or prevent cancer, intervention in a patient's diet will help them maintain an acceptable quality of life - as long as that intervention comes from a medically qualified professional with no vested interests. Which brings us to the case of Australian blogger Belle Gibson, who is facing legal action for "unconscionable conduct" after promoting a book in which she talked of curing herself of multiple cancers by eating the right things. The publisher, Penguin, paid more than A$264,000 (£160,000) for the book and Gibson also made more than A$420,000 from app sales before it emerged that she had never had cancer. Her claims to have donated over A$300,000 to charities also turned out to be false.

　　尽管世界上是没有任何一种神奇的食物能够预防或是治愈癌症，但是调节病人的饮食能够帮助他们维持一个可接受的生活状态——只要这种“调节”是来自专业而无既得利益的医师。这引出澳大利亚博主贝尔吉布森的例子，她正因“不正当指导”而面临法律诉讼。在其出版的书中，她谈到自己通过摄入正确的食物，治愈了存在于自身的多种癌症。出版商企鹅图书已为此书投入了二十六万四千澳元(折合十六万英镑)，而吉布森还通过在应用上售书获利超过四十二万澳元，随后人们才发现她从未患过癌症。她先前自称向慈善机构捐出三十万澳元的事情同样被证明是假的。

　　legal action：法律诉讼

　　Unconscionable：a. 不合理的

　　In contrast, a recipe book for cancer patients experiencing weight loss from University College, Cork, and one for patients with swallowing difficulties from Breakthrough Cancer Research have been developed by dieticians and are available free of charge.

　　与此相反，一本来自爱尔兰科克大学关于癌症患者亲历减肥的食谱书籍，与另一本，关于突破癌症研究基金会中的吞咽困难的患者通过营养师的指导而好转的书籍，都是可以免费获取的。

　　Recipe：n. 食谱;[临床] 处方;秘诀;烹饪法

　　Dietician：n. 营养师

　　注：Breakthrough Cancer Research：爱尔兰突破癌症研究基金会，对爱尔兰关于癌症治疗与康复的研究进行资金资助。

　　What is an oncology dietician?

　　肿瘤学营养学家是做什么的?

　　Oncology dieticians provide expert, evidence-based advice to cancer patients to help maintain their strength, wellbeing and quality of life. They can, for example, develop plans using fluids or tube feeding to help maintain weight and muscle mass. They also address side effects of treatment that affect a patient's ability to eat. Qualifying as an oncology dietician involves a four-year undergraduate degree in human nutrition and dietetics, with a hospital placement. Alternatively, people with a related science degree can obtain a postgraduate qualification in dietetics, followed by at least three years of post-qualification hospital work.

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