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2012 年 03 月 28 日 (No. 572)

 
 
Politics
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush endorses Romney for president -- Reuters
前佛州州長傑布.布希支持羅姆尼競選總統(2012/03/21)

U.N. Security Council plea fails to stem Syrian bloodshed -- CNN
聯合國安理會呼籲遏止敘利亞殺戮無效(2012/03/23)

Society

Japan's majority favour phasing out nuclear power: poll -- China Post
民調顯示日本大多數支持逐步淘汰核能發電(2012/03/19)

French police scour country for Jewish school gunman -- Reuters
法國警方全國全面搜補猶太學校槍手(2012/03/20)

Business
Experts warn of inflationary pressure -- China Post
專家警告台灣面臨通膨壓力(2012/03/19)

Jobless claims at 4-year low, lift recovery hopes -- Reuters
失業救濟申請人數達四年來最低 提高經濟復甦希望(2012/03/23)

Science & Technology

Climate change threatens idyllic Seychelles habitat -- China Post
氣候變遷威脅風光明媚的塞席爾群島棲地(2012/03/19)

Study: People with lots of Facebook friends more likely to be narcissists -- CNN
研究指出臉書朋友多的人較有自戀者傾向(2012/03/22)
Entertainment

Oprah Winfrey's OWN network lays off 30 in restructuring -- Reuters
歐普拉 OWN 電視網重整遣散三十人(2012/03/19)

Disney projects $200 million "John Carter" loss -- Reuters
迪士尼預估《異星戰場:強卡特戰記》賠二億美元(2012/03/21)
Sports

100-year-old will help carry London flame -- Reuters
百歲人瑞將協助傳送倫敦聖(2012/03/20)

Tebow traded to New York Jets -- Reuters
【美足】提伯被交易到紐約噴射機隊(2012/03/21)

 
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Drugs and Heart Disease May Have Contributed to Whitney Houston's Death
 

毒品與心臟病疑促使惠妮休斯頓死亡

According to a preliminary autopsy report released by the Los Angeles County Coroner, Whitney Houston died from an accidental drowning in a hotel bathtub, while the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use" also were contributing factors in her death.
  根據洛杉磯郡法醫處公布的初步驗屍報告,惠妮休斯頓死於在飯店浴缸內意外溺斃,「動脈粥狀硬化心臟病與使用古柯鹼的影響」也是造成她死亡的因素。
The toxicology report released Thursday said tests found other drugs in her body, including marijuana, the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, the muscle relaxant Flexeril and the allergy medicine Benadryl.
However, these drugs "did not contribute to the death," it said.
  週四發布的毒理學報告指出,檢驗結果發現她體內還有其他藥物,包括大麻、抗焦慮藥物贊安諾、肌肉鬆弛劑環苯扎林與過敏藥物豐樂敏。不過,這些藥物「並未促成她的死亡」,報告指出。
Houston, 48, was "found submerged in a bathtub filled with water" and "no trauma or foul play is suspected," the coroner said in a one-page release.
  四十八歲的休斯頓「被人發現淹沒於一個裝滿水的浴缸裡」,但「沒有外傷或他殺嫌疑」,法醫處在一份單頁新聞稿中指出。
Her cocaine use appeared to have occurred "in the time period just immediately prior to her collapse in the bathtub at the hotel," Chief Coroner Craig Harvey told reporters.
  她吸食古柯鹼的時間顯然就在「她在飯店浴缸裡昏倒之前」,首席法醫克雷格•哈維向記者表示。
The 60% narrowing of her arteries "suggest a cardiac event complicated by the cocaine use" that led to Houston's slipping underwater, Harvey said.
  休斯頓的動脈狹窄率達百分之六十,「顯示心臟狀況因使用古柯鹼而惡化」,才導致她滑入了水下,哈維指出。
"Something happened that caused her to go down and we know that when she slipped under the water she was still alive," he said.
"We have evidence of drowning since there was water in the lungs."
  「某事發生導致她沉入水裡,因為我們知道她滑入水裡的時候還活著,」他說:「肺裡的積水證明她的死因是溺斃。」
The report did not disclose the level of each drug, but that information will be included in the final coroner report to be made public within two weeks, the coroner said.
  報告中沒有透露各藥物的劑量,但這些資訊將會收錄在兩週內公布的正式驗屍報告裡,這位法醫表示。
Houston, who had struggled for years with substance addiction, died February 11 in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the day before the music industry gathered for the annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
  與毒癮搏鬥多年的休斯頓,在二月十一日死於加州比佛利山的比佛利希爾頓飯店客房裡,時間就在音樂界人士聚集於洛杉磯參加年度葛萊美獎的前一天。
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contribute to v. 導致;促成

Smoking may have contributed to Ted's heart condition.
吸煙可能是導致泰德心臟病的原因。

preliminary adj. 初步的

The doctor's preliminary diagnosis is that John has the flu.
醫生初步診斷約翰是得了流感。

autopsy n. 屍體解剖

coroner n. 驗屍官

toxicology n. 毒物學;毒理學

marijuana n. 大麻(煙)

relaxant n. 緩和劑;鬆弛劑

submerge v. 沈入水中;浸沒;淹沒

The bathers submerged themselves in the hot spring.
那些泡澡的人把自己浸入溫泉水中。

trauma n. 外傷;傷口

foul play n. 不正當手段;犯罪行徑;謀殺

prior to phr. 在……之前

Prior to going to college, Trish served two years in the military.
崔許上大學前曾當過兩年兵。

collapse n. (健康等的)衰竭;垮掉

artery n. 動脈

cardiac adj. 心臟的;心臟病的

The patient died from cardiac arrest.
那名病人死於心臟麻痺。

disclose v. 透露;公開

The candidate disclosed his tax records before the election.
那個候選人在選舉前公開了自己的稅務記錄。

substance n. 物質;藥物

addiction n. 成癮;上癮

make public 公開;公諸於世

public 在此為形容詞表示「公開的;眾所周知的」,make (sth.) public 表示以口頭或書面方式將某事物「公開」。
The politician made public his pending divorce before it could come out in the press.
那名政治人物在媒體曝光前將他即將離婚的消息公諸於世。
 

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