科学美国人60秒:Wiki百科医疗信息来源或存在严重错误
日期:2014-07-01 17:04

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Feeling a bit sick?
身体感觉有点不适?
Maybe you checked your symptoms on Wikipedia before seeing a doctor.
也许看医生之前你曾在Wiki百科网站上搜索过相关症状^m|K;;8DeZ*|p
And maybe your doctor checked Wikipedia before seeing you.
或许医生在见你之前也登陆Wiki百科查询过4hms5Jhf#RH
Up to 70 percent of physicians and medical students admit to using Wikipedia as a reference, too.
多达70%的医生和医学院的学生们承认他们常用Wiki百科作为参考7DEew9YIZyzht3yi,G2
But Wikipedia can be shockingly wrong.
但这家知名网站可能存在严重错误X1_&2E~gQ%;PAVgaTV0k

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Researchers who compared peer-reviewed articles to the Wikipedia pages for the 10 most costly medical conditions in the U.S.—including heart disease, back pain and osteoarthritis—discovered incorrect information on nine out of 10 pages.
研究人员们与同类审阅过后信息比较过后,他们发现对包括心脏病,背痛以及骨关节炎在内的美国10种高发疾病中Wiki网页上的搜索结果10篇文章中有9篇中的信息是错误的J.pR~G6l[OzbvDDKC
Only information on concussions appeared to be accurate.
只有对脑震荡的信息检索所显示的内容还算靠谱jQ)WJo#dRnj2IK!F+k
The study is in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.
该研究已在《美国骨科医学协会》杂志上发表WXJWo3ZdYq&q+8RyjBr,
Earlier research suggested that Wikipedia is roughly comparable to peer-reviewed sources.
早期研究显示相对于同类审阅过的文献来源Wiki百科的是比较粗糙;~p(r)_Z;Q
A study in the journal Nature in 2005 found Wikipedia was about as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica, even about science topics.
一篇于2005年在自然杂志上发表的研究曾发现Wiki百科和大不列颠大百科全书一样精准,甚至有关科学方面也是如此VDtXhRgY^eQ[7^ZM
But that analysis looked only at 42 entries among the millions on Wikipedia.
但该研究只是对Wiki百科中几百万条内容中的42条进行了调查分析.]AAO%4ErX#yRz
Since then the site has exploded, now including tens of millions of entries.
而且自从那时起这家网站迅速扩张,现在已经涵盖成百上千万条记录内容Iq(RvAl,mQA3&@a3CJ,C
The new results suggest we should all take online info with a grain of salt.
这些最新的研究结果提示我们不要盲目轻信此类信息的真实性uo9f3-s7Ex=W8[mZ))
词语解释

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1.admit to 承认;允许

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And some men admit to occasional pangs of insecurity.
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Sandy could do nothing but admit to his teacher that he was wrong.
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2.compare to 把…比作,喻为

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So how does this compare to other music solutions?
这个跟其他音乐下载服务比起来如何呢?

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They have nothing to compare to.
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3.heart disease n.心脏病

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Heart disease is a major blight in western countries.
心脏病是西方国家的一个重大疫病s,^&J!v#9l=~s2D5&rWp

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Cholesterol isn't the only factor behind heart disease.
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4.appear to 似乎,好像

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Even so, buffett doesn't appear to be worried.
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Both services appear to provide intuitive solutions to the hassle of monitoring receipts.
针对收集和管理收据方面存在的种种问题,两个服务都能提供直观的解决方案*W_a&YjY&C

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重点单词
  • encyclopedian. 百科全书
  • analysisn. 分析,解析
  • insecurityn. 不安全;不牢靠;无把握;心神不定
  • costlyadj. 昂贵的,代价高的
  • comparableadj. 可比较的,比得上的
  • associationn. 联合,结合,交往,协会,社团,联想
  • factorn. 因素,因子 vt. 把 ... 因素包括进去 vi
  • referencen. 参考,出处,参照 n. 推荐人,推荐函 vt. 提
  • intuitiveadj. 直觉的
  • accurateadj. 准确的,精确的