美国:与肥胖相关的癌症案例上升

短语讲解：

1. The American Cancer Society says in its annual report that fewer Americans are dying of cancer, but doctors are seeing more patients with cancers linked to obesity, including pancreatic and kidney cancers.

die of死于
例句：He died of a stroke.
他因中风而死。
link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

2. But after having surgery and undergoing chemotherapy, Cain says his cancer went into remission.

go into进入(某种状态)
例句：He went into a rage when he learned about it.
他听到这事后勃然大怒。

3. That translates to a million lives saved.

translate to (把…)转移到…; (把某人)调到…
例句：He translated the fight to the public arena.
他把格斗转移到公共竞技场。

4. At the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian focuses on the connection between diet and chronic diseases.

focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意
例句：Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.
许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。

5. For close to 50 years, the U.S. government has adopted policies to discourage people from taking up smoking and to encourage smokers to quit.

discourage from阻止
例句：The rain discouraged us from going out.
雨使我们不能外出。
take up开始从事
例句：When did he take up football?
他是什么时候开始踢足球的?

6. The new Cancer Society report says the resulting drop in lung cancer deaths accounts for almost 40 percent of the decline in overall cancer deaths.

account for占有，占...百分比
例句：APEC members account for more than half of the world's economic output.
亚太经合组织成员的经济总量在世界占一半以上。

7. Dr. Mozaffarian says public health officials should use the anti-smoking campaign as a model to get people at risk of obesity to improve their diets. 

at risk有危险
例句：The disease is spreading, and all children under five are at risk.
这疾病在蔓延, 五岁以下的小孩都有危险。