Southern California has some of the worst traffic and air pollution in the United States. That can be annoying for motorists stuck in their air-conditioned cars. But Professor W. James Gauderman says it can be hazardous for children who live and play close to the highway.
南California拥有美国最差的交通以及严重的空气污染。这可能会使开空调车的人深感担忧。但是W. James Gauderman 教授称，这对居住和在高速公路附近玩耍的孩子有危害。
"If you live both near a freeway and in an area of high air pollution, our results suggest that you're getting, in a sense, a doubling of the effect -- both the regional pollution levels that the children are breathing as well as the air that they are breathing, that is coming out of the tail pipe."
如果你既居住在高速公路附近又在一个高空气污染地区，那么我们的研究结果建议，你在某种程度上受到了双倍的影响--孩子们既呼吸着本地区的污染，同时也在呼吸着排出的尾气。
Professor Gauderman of the University of Southern California Medical School co-authored a study of children who live within 500 meters of a busy thoroughfare. What he discovered was that lung capacity in these children was far weaker than in those kids who live at least 1500 meters away. That sets up a greater risk for childhood respiratory problems, like asthma
南California医科大学的Gauderman教授一起对居住在距离繁华路段500米以内的孩子进行了研究。他发现这些孩子的肺活量远小于那些居住在离繁华街道至少1500米的孩子。这使孩子们患呼吸疾病的风险大大提高，如哮喘。
a.
1. 有危险的;冒险的
That was a hazardous journey.
那是个危险的旅程。
Smoking is hazardous to your health.
抽烟有碍你的健康。
in a sense 在某种程度上
tail pipe 排气尾管
n.
1. 大街,大道;干线道路[C]
Don't park your car on a busy thoroughfare.
不要将车停在繁忙的大街上。
2. 通行[U]
No thoroughfare!
禁止通行!
respiratory 呼吸的
asthma 哮喘
posted on 2007-02-01 11:05
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