(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
Researchers at University of California San Francisco have confirmed that a good night's sleep could keep colds and infections away.
加利福尼亚旧金山大学的研究人员证实，晚间良好的睡眠能摆脱感冒和感染疾病。
The odds of catching a cold are 28 percent higher for those who sleep five or fewer hours a night,
每晚睡眠5小时或更少的人，得感冒的几率增加百分之28，
and for other infections such as pneumonia and the flu, those with less sleep have more than 80 percent higher odds of getting an infection.
而对于其它感染，如肺炎和流感，那些睡眠少的人感染的几率比正常超过百分之80。
While researchers cannot confirm the exact reasons why lack of sleep increases susceptibility to infection,
虽然研究人员无法确定缺乏睡眠会增加易感染的确切原因，
it has been confirmed that T-cells, a type of white blood cell that helps fight infection, do not operate as well when people are deprived of sleep.
但其已经证实T细胞，一种能够帮助抵抗感染的白血球，在人们睡眠缺失时工作不佳。
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词汇解析
1、confirm
证实，证明(情况属实)
X-rays have confirmed that he has not broken any bones.
X光片证实他没有骨折。
These new statistics confirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession.
这些新的统计数据证实经济衰退已经严重到我们最为担忧的境地。
（某人）证实，肯定，确认
The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands.
这位发言人证实该地区现已落入叛乱分子手中。
He confirmed what had long been feared.
他证实了人们长期以来的担心。
为…施坚振礼（或坚信礼）(从而正式成为基督教会的成员)
You make the reservation, and I'll confirm it in writing.
你来预订，我会去函确认。
2、deprive
剥夺;使丧失;使不能享有
The disintegration of the Soviet Union deprived western intelligence agencies of their main enemies.
苏联解体使西方情报机构丧失了主敌。
They've been deprived of the fuel necessary to heat their homes.
他们没法得到家里取暖所必需的燃料。
