VOA慢速英语:How Do You Like Your Caffeine -- In Tea or Coffee?

短语讲解：

1. The study showed that few people have Type 2 diabetes in countries where people drink a lot of tea.

a lot of 许多的；诸多
例句：I subscribed to a lot of periodicals last year.
去年我订了诸多期刊。

2. The number of people with diabetes is expected to rise sharply, to 438 million, over the next 20 years.

be expect to 被期望
例句：The whole project be expect to be profit-make by 1993.
全部工程预期1993年赢利。

3. On average, each person there drank more than two kilograms of black tea a year.

more than 不仅仅
例句：She was no more than 16.
她是不超过16个。

4. But they say earlier research had suggested that some parts of black tea have a possible link to good health.

link to 与…连接， 联系
例句：The colonel was our only link to this place.
那个上校是我们这儿唯一与这个地方有联系的。

5. Researchers questioned 970,000 American men and women who took part in the 30-year-long Cancer Prevention study.

take part in 参加
例句：We often take part in physical labour.
我们经常参加体力劳动。

6. The scientists predict Arabica could disappear in at least one area within ten years because of climate change, deforestation, habitat loss or agriculture pressure.

at least 最少
例句：At least two yeas of experience.
至少有两年的经验。

7. The scientists say they hope the study will lead to new ways to help Arabica survive in the wild.

lead to 导致
例句：Attacks can also lead to counter-attacks.
攻击也可能导致回击。