(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
It’s an increasingly common story: a woman found dead from a prescription pain killer overdose.
下面这一案例尤为普遍 。某女性发现死于家中,死因是处方药用药过量 。
Men are more likely to die from an overdose, however, in the past decade, deaths have skyrocketed among women.
男性更有可能因服药过量而死亡,但在过去十年间,女性死亡人数直线上升 。
In 2010, over 6,600 women died from overdosing on these drugs.
在2010年,超6600名女性因服药过量死亡 。
One reason is that women are more likely to have chronic pain than men, so they’re prescribed pain killers more often and in higher doses.
原因之一是,女性比男性更容易患慢性疼痛病,所以开具止疼处方药就会更加频繁,药量也会更多 。
If someone you know is struggling with prescription pain killers, encourage them to contact a health care provider or call 1-800-662-HELP.
如果你知道有人正在和止疼处方药苦苦挣扎,鼓励他们与医生联系,或拨打1-800-662进行求救 。
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重点讲解
1.die from 死于
例句:Forty-thousand children a day die from preventable diseases
每天有4万个孩子死于本可以预防的疾病 。
2.pain killer 止疼
例句:Please give me an injection of pain killer.
请给我打一针止痛针 。
3.struggle with 与…斗争
例句:He is currently locked in a power struggle with his Prime Minister.
他目前陷入了一场同总理的权力之争当中 。
4.health care 医疗卫生
例句:The department said many countries had reciprocal agreements for health care with Britain.
该部门称许多国家和英国签订了医疗卫生互惠协议 。