VOA慢速英语:For Smokers, Never Too Late to Quit; Diesel and Cancer

1. Researchers have found that smokers reduce their risk of dying from tobacco even if they stop smoking after the age of sixty.

even if 即使;虽然
例句：He will come on time even though it rains.
即使下雨,他还是会准时来的。

2. The latest analysis by German researchers examined the findings of seventeen studies carried out in the United States, China, Australia, Japan, England, Spain and France.

carry out 实现
例句：She had finally carried out her promise to quit smoking.
她最终实现了戒烟的诺言。

3. Smokers sixty and older had an eighty-three percent increased risk of dying from all causes compared to people who had never smoked.

compare to 把...比作
例句：He compared the girl to the moon in the poem.
他在诗中把那姑娘比作月亮。

4. He says people who continue to smoke as seniors have at least a fifty percent chance of dying from their smoking habit.

continue to 继续
例句：Property values continue to advance rapidly. 
房地产价值继续急速上涨. 

5. The diesel industry pointed out that the mining study lacked exact data on exposure levels during its early years.

point out 指出
例句：He pointed out the mistake to me.
他向我指出错误。

6. The WHO says stronger standards are needed to limit diesel emissions into the air.

need to 需要
例句：If you want to find a file on disk, you need to know its name and its place. 
如果想找到磁盘上的一个文件，你必须知道它的名字和地址。