字神帝國英語天地

💼 今日主題：How bad is booze? 豪飲有何壞處？

💼 凱妃老師&派老師共同推薦：雅思聽力最好的課外教材：BBC
💼 康康精選雅思會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!

👯 建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。

👯 MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/1038.mp3

👯 只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：

👯 中英文稿：
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I’m Alice…
大家好，歡迎收聽六分鐘英語。我是愛麗絲。
And I’m Rob…
我是羅伯。
You look very pale, Rob. Are you OK?
羅伯，你的臉色看上去很蒼白。你還好嗎？
Well, I was at a rather boozy wedding party last night. And I had a bit too much champagne.Do you know any good hangover cures?
還好，我昨晚參加婚宴喝得比較多。喝了太多的香檳。你知道什麼治療宿醉的良方嗎？
A hangover is the headache and sickness you can feel after drinking too much alcohol. And a cure is something that makes you better. Well, I’m teetotal – I don’t drink alcohol. So, I’d say the best hangover cure is not to drink in the first place.
宿醉是指喝太多酒後感到頭疼不適。良方是指讓你感覺好一點的東西。我滴酒不沾，也就是說我不喝酒。所以我想說治療宿醉最好的良方是一開始就不喝酒。
You don’t believe in hair of the dog then?
你不相信所謂的宿醉還得酒來解嗎？
No, Rob, I don’t. Hair of the dog is the belief that drinking more alcohol when you already have a hangover will make you feel better! And boozy means lots of alcohol.
不相信。這種說法是指宿醉時喝更多酒會讓你更好一點。嗜酒是指和喝很多酒。
I can see I’m not going to get much sympathy from you. So I’m going to take a couple of painkillers and let you tell everyone what the subject of today’s show is.
我看出來了我得不到你的同情了。我要吃幾片止痛片，你來告訴大家今天節目的主題吧。
Alright then. Well, it’s drinking too much, Rob. And I have a question for you. What is the name of the main process involved in producing alcohol? Is it…a) fermentation? b) hydration? Or c) purification?
好吧。今天的主題就是飲酒過量。我有一個問題要問你。酒的生產過程中最主要的一道過程是什麼？a) 發酵？b) 水合作用？還是 c) 提純?
OK, I know it has something to do with water so I’m going to go for b) hydration. It rings a bell from chemistry lessons at school.
我知道是和水有關的，所以我選b) 水合作用。這讓我想起之前在化學課上學到的知識。
Well, we’ll find out later on in the show whether you were listening carefully in class, Rob.
好的，節目最後我們看看你上課有沒有認真聽講。
Well, er… no comment.
額，無可奉告。
Well, most people are aware of the links between smoking and cancer, but fewer are aware that drinking alcohol is linked to an increased risk of future health problems. The UK government is currently trying to raise awareness with their new guidelines on how much it’s safe to drink. Let’s hear what Dr Michael Moseley has to say about health risks.
大多數人都知道抽煙和癌症之間有關聯，但很少有人意識到飲酒也會加大未來出現健康問題的風險。英國政府最近出臺了一些飲酒量參考，想要提高大家對安全飲酒的關注。我們來聽聽Michael Moseley醫生講述健康風險問題。
Unfortunately whatever level of alcohol you are drinking it is likely to increase your risk of some forms of cancer, particularly breast cancer, but also other rarer forms of cancer like head, neck, and the throat. The rest are quite low at moderate drinking but they do rise rapidly.
不幸的是，無論你喝多少酒都有可能增加得某種癌症的幾率，尤其是乳腺癌，也有可能是其他罕見癌症，如腦癌，頸癌和食道癌。如果是適度飲酒，得其他癌症的幾率很小，但如果飲酒過量，癌症患病率會大大增加。
So any drinking at all – even one small glass of wine with your evening meal – raises your risk of cancer? Is that right?
所以只要是喝酒，哪怕是晚飯時喝了一小杯酒，都會增加癌症的患病風險？是不是？
Yes. And the health risk increases with the amount you drink.
是的。健康風險與你的酒量成正比。
But I thought wine was supposed to be good for you?
但是我一直認為飲酒對人體有好處。
It’s a popular belief, but medical evidence doesn’t seem to support this view. Let’s listen to Dr Michael Moseley again on this.
很多人都這麼認為，但是並沒有醫學證據證明這一點。我們繼續聽聽Michael Moseley醫生的看法。
Now there’s long been this idea there is this marvellous stuff in red wine called ’resveratrol’ which is said to reduce your risk of all sorts of things. Unfortunately the amount you’d have to consume would be so huge that the downsides of drinking red wine would swiftly overwhelm them.
一直以來有這樣一種觀點，認為紅酒中有一種神奇的物質“白藜蘆醇”，據說可以降低對健康造成威脅的因素。不幸的是，你需要喝很多酒才能發揮它的功效，但這時過量飲酒的副作用會大大超過其帶來的積極影響。
And the downside of something means the disadvantages. Now Alice, what’s your favourite tipple?
某物的負面影響是指缺點。愛麗絲，你最喜歡的酒是什麼？
Well, I don’t have one Rob because I’m teetotal, remember? A tipple is another way of saying ’an alcoholic drink’. I enjoy beetroot and kale smoothies with a dash of turmeric and ground pepper.
我沒有喜歡的酒，羅伯，我滴酒不沾，你忘了嗎？tipple是酒精型飲品的另一種說法。我喜歡甜菜根和甘藍奶昔，外加少許薑黃和胡椒粉。
Kale? Yuk, that’s disgusting! Now, a smoothie is a thick drink made of fruit or vegetables blended with milk or yogurt or water. Well, I like sweet stuff… maybe a banana smoothie with some honey, but beetroot and kale sounds disgusting!
甘藍？天啊，好噁心！奶昔是一種果蔬與牛奶、優酪乳或水混合的濃稠飲品。我喜歡甜品，像香蕉奶昔加一些蜂蜜，但是甜菜根和甘藍聽起來很噁心。
Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. And that means to try something before you criticize it.
試過之後再發表意見。這是說在你沒嘗試前不要妄下評論。
OK, OK, but seriously. A glass of wine makes me happy and relaxed. And there are health studies that suggest being happy is good for your health.
好的好的，認真點說。一杯酒讓我感到很開心很放鬆。有健康調查顯示好心情有利於健康。
That’s true, but eating and drinking healthily makes me happy! Now moving on, it’s important to put the risk of drinking alcohol…
這沒錯，但是健康飲食才會讓我開心。我們繼續說，重要的是將喝酒的風險……
…or horrible vegetable smoothies…
或者可怕的蔬菜奶昔……
… in context. Statistically, drinking alcohol regularly represents just under 1% lifetime risk of death.But actually an hour of TV watching or eating a bacon sandwich a couple of times a week is more dangerous.
放在具體情境中考量。據統計，規律飲酒只會增加1%的死亡率。但相比之下，每週看一個小時電視或每週吃幾次熏肉三明治更危險。
Well, that’s what I like to hear! Though… what if I’m watching TV, enjoying a beer and a lovely bacon sandwich, does that triple my lifetime risk of death?
這正是我想聽到的。如果我看著電視，喝著啤酒，吃著熏肉三明治，我的終生死亡率會增加三倍嗎？
Well, Rob, you better ask Professor David Spiegelhalter at the University of Cambridge that question. I was quoting him earlier about the TV watching and the bacon sandwich. He works with statistics, but this is for another programme. Now, let’s get on to the serious matter of today’s quiz question. I asked: What is the name of the main process involved in producing alcohol? Is it… a) fermentation, b) hydration or c) purification?
這個問題你最好問問劍橋大學的David Spiegelhalter教授。我剛才說的看電視和熏肉三明治就是引用了他的研究。他的工作領域屬於統計學，但這不是今天節目要說的。現在我們回到今天 的問題上。我問你：酒的生產過程中最主要的一道過程是什麼？a) 發酵？b) 水合作用？還是 c) 提純?
Well, I said b) hydration. Though you were sceptical, weren’t you, Alice?
我選的是b) 水合作用。你對我的回答抱有疑慮是嗎？
Yes. And I was right to be sceptical, which means ’doubtful’, because b) is the wrong answer I’m afraid, Rob. The main process involved in producing alcohol is fermentation, which is the process in which yeast or bacteria changes sugar into alcohol. Hydration is the process of making your body absorb water. And purification is the act of removing some harmful things from something. Actually, have this glass of water, Rob. Hydration is a good hangover cure – much better than hair of the dog.
我的懷疑是有道理的，因為b)不是正確答案，羅伯。酒的生產過程中最主要的一道工序是發酵，就是酵母或細菌將糖轉化為酒精的過程。水合是人體吸收水的過程。提純是從某物中將有害物質移除。羅伯，喝了這杯水。水合是治療宿醉最好的方法，比繼續喝酒治療宿醉好多了。
Cheers, Alice!
乾杯，愛麗絲！
Now let’s hear the words we learned today.
我們聽聽今天學到的單詞吧。
They are:
今天學到的單詞有：
hangover
宿醉
cure
良方
teetotal
滴酒不沾
hair of the dog
所謂的宿醉還得酒來解
boozy
嗜酒的
downside
負面
tipple
酒
don’t knock it until you’ve tried it
在沒嘗試前不要妄下評論
sceptical
懷疑的
fermentation
發酵
Well, that’s the end of today’s 6 Minute English. Keep hydrated and don’t forget to join us again soon. Bye.
今天的六分鐘英語就到這裡。聽眾朋友們多喝水，不要忘了下次節目再會。再見。