一、文章来源:BBC Asia News--China film: Box office hit moves China to act on cancer drugs
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for cheaper and1.________(access) cancer drugs after a successful new film sparked public debate on the issue.
Mr Li spoke 2.______ Dying To Survive stormed the box office, taking 3._____ $390m (£296m) in its first two weeks.
It tells the fictional story of a shopkeeper who imports cheap, Indian drugs 4._____(ban) in China for profit.
Cancer is China's number one 5.______(kill), with nearly three million people dying of the disease each year.
6._______China has universal health insurance, medical 7._______(facility) and the standard of treatment are distributed 8._______(even). Urban areas are generally better served 9._______ the countryside, and everyone usually has to pay something towards their care. That is probably 10.______ this film has struck a chord (和弦)with the public.
Even before its release, the Chinese government recognized it had to improve the 11._______(access) and price of medicine. In May, it got rid of tariffs(关税) on all imported cancer drugs.
But the film seems to have prompted Premier Li to repeat the promise to improve treatment for the more than four million Chinese people who 12._______(diagnose) with cancer each year. The episode (插曲)13._______ reveals something else about China: It is a one-party state 14._______ citizens have few avenues to express their opinions and influence decision-making. But even here, leaders cannot afford not to listen to 15._______their people are saying.
二、文章来源:VOA Technology Report--Electrified Road Can Charge Moving Vehicles
Major world automakers have already invested heavily in electric vehicles and related technology--and they are committed to keep doing so. Even, some 1._______(promise) to stop producing vehicles 2._______ run only on gas or diesel(柴油) fuel in the future.
The changes to the auto industry demonstrate the growing number of buyers willing to spend more money on environmentally friendly cars.
3._______ one of the main issues with the technology is that drivers need to charge the batteries often to be able to travel 4._______(long) distances. The batteries 5._______(they) can also greatly increase the price of the vehicles. They can also be very 6.______(cost) to replace.
Now, a new technology 7._______(develop) and tested in Sweden to help resolve these issues. Engineers there have created 8._______ is thought to be the world's first operating electrified road. A Swedish company, Elways, invented the technology.
The project, involving several companies, is called eRoadArlanda. A large, specially built electric truck transports goods along 9._______ two-kilometer-long stretch of road from Stockholm's Arlanda airport. The truck's battery is charged 10.________ the electrified road 11.______ it travels.
CEO Hans Saell 12._______(lead) the project since 2013. He explains that the technology works in a simple way. A 15-centimeter-wide electrical rail is built 13.________ the road. The vehicle contains equipment that 14._______(automatic) senses the electrified road. An arm then lowers from the vehicle to make contact with the rail.
Saell says the system is designed to make continuous charging on the road 15._______(effort) for the driver.
The polar bear may be the animal most often 1._______(identify) with climate change, but it is far from the only creature 2._____ risk from rising temperatures.
The northernmost part of Earth is warming two to three times 3.______(fast) than the rest of the planet. This means 4._______ melting sea ice is opening new routes for shipping.
The melting ice 5._______ (clear) space through the historically dangerous Northwest Passage, and the Northern Sea Route, along Russia's 6._______(north) coast. This has sharply increased shipping in what was once a largely 7.________(touch) ocean.
Donna Hauser is a marine biologist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Hauser says she and 8._______ people expect more ships to sail in Arctic waters.
\"Part of 9._______ motivated the study is to understand where we're at and where we need to go.\"
Hauser says she was interested in studying the possible threat to Arctic marine mammals—10._____ shipping. Hauser says her hope was to protect 11._______ these animals and the people who depend on them.
四、文章来源:BBC HEALTH NEWS--Fish oil supplements for a healthy heart 'nonsense'
Taking omega-3 fish oil supplements is often touted as a simple way to protect your heart - 1.______ experts say the evidence that it does any good is flimsy at best(不堪一击).
Cochrane researchers looked at trials in over 100,000 people and found little proof that it prevented heart disease.
They say the chance of getting any 2._______(mean) benefit from taking omega-3 is one 3._______ 1,000.
Eating oily fish, however, can still be recommended 4.________ part of a healthy diet. The review mainly looked at supplements rather than omega-3 from eating fish. Experts still believe the latter is good for the heart as well as general health.
The NHS says people should try to eat two portions of fish per week, one of5._______should be oily fish, such as salmon, fresh tuna 6.________ mackerel, to get enough \"good\" fats.
Omega-3
Omega-3 is a family of fats 7._______ includes:
ALA (alpha-linolenic acid) - which the body can't make for 8.______ but is found in vegetable oils, nuts and seeds
EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) - which the body can make from ALA but are 9._______ present in oily fish and fish oils, including cod liver oil
Some brands of milk, yoghurt, bread and spreads have extra omega-3 (usually ALA) 10._______(add) to them.
But when it comes to fish oil supplements, Cochrane lead author, Dr Lee Hooper, from the University of East Anglia, said: \"We can be confident in the findings of this review which go 11._______the popular belief that long-chain omega-3 supplements protect the heart.
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