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2020考研英语时事阅读:美叫停电子烟

US health officials warned people not to vape until they determine the cause of a severe respiratory illness, which has killed at least three people and hospitalized many more. Officials are investigating more than 450 possible cases of a severe breathing illness among otherwise “healthy young people”, they said on Friday. Possible cases have been identified across 33 states and one US territory.

Symptoms of the illness include vomiting, nausea, shortness of breath, coughing and chest pain. All confirmed cases appear to have a kind of non-infectious pneumonia, called lipoid pneumonia, developed when oil is inhaled. In all confirmed cases, patients vaped either nicotine or the marijuana constituent THC in the last 90 days. An estimated 9 million adults and 3.6 million US teenagers vape, including 20% of high school students.

One of the things found in common was all patients were using vaped substances in e-cigarettes. They all had abnormal chest x-rays and developed a need for a lot of oxygen. Doctors and researchers are still working to determine whether the phenomenon is new, or newly recognized, and how the cases may be connected.

文本选自：The Guardian(卫报)

 

【单词】

respiratory

英 [rəˈspɪrətri] 美 [ˈrespərətɔːri]

adj. 呼吸的

vomit

英 [ˈvɒmɪt] 美 [ˈvɑːmɪt]

v. 呕;吐;呕吐

n. 呕吐物

lipoid

类脂;脂类;磷脂;脂质;类脂质

inhale

英 [ɪnˈheɪl] 美 [ɪnˈheɪl]

v. 吸入;吸气

【参考译文】

美国医疗卫生官员警告大众，在查清楚这种重度呼吸系统疾病的原因之前，不要再“吞云吐雾”了，最近至少有三人治疗无效死亡，越来越多的人前往医院就诊。周五，官员们声称他们正在来自全美33个州和一个属地(准州)的其他“健康的年轻人”中调查450多例有关这种重度呼吸系统疾病的疑似病例。

该疾病的症状有头晕恶心、呕吐不止、呼吸短促、咳喘不宁以及胸前区疼痛。所有确诊的病例会出现脂性肺炎，不具备传染性，是由于吸入油脂引起的。确诊的病例中，患者在最近90天里都有吸食尼古丁或大麻(含有四氢大麻酚)的经历。预估900万成人和360万美国青少年在使用电子烟，其中包括20%的高中生。

所有患者的共同之处就是都使用电子烟吸食过违禁品。他们的胸透检查结果不正常并且需要大量吸氧。医生和研究人员正在努力查证这一现象是“新情况”还是“新认知”，研究这些病例背后有什么关联。

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