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VOA慢速英语:Children Who Drink Lots of Soft Drinks More Likely to Be Aggressive

2013-09-04来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. The researchers found that 43 percent of the boys and girls drank at least one daily serving of soda, 4 percent of the youngsters had four or more sodas to drink every day.

at least 至少
例句:Read at least 30 books.
至少读30本书。

2. She says they found that children who drank the most soda were more than two times as likely as those who drank no soda to show signs of aggression.

more than 不只是,多于
例句:More than 100 people were wounded.
爆炸还造成100多人受伤。

3. The aggressive behaviors included destroying possessions belonging to others, taking part in fights and physically attacking people.

belong to 归属于
例句:The only organization you belong to for life is yours.
在生活中,你唯一的归属便是自己。
take part in 参加 加入
例句:Nearly one in four children do not take part in any organised sport, new research shows.
最新研究结果表明,近1/4的孩子不参加任何体育活动。

4. In addition, the researchers examined parenting styles and other social conditions that might be taking place in the home.

in addition 此外
例句:In addition, american soft power is hurting.
此外,美国的软实力是有伤害力的。
take place 发生,进行
例句:They will now take place on january 15th.
这一切将会在明年1月15日发生。

5. Doctor Suglia says it's not clear why young children who drink a lot of soda have behavior problems.

a lot of 许多的;诸多
例句:Clothing requires a lot of fine tuning.
制衣业需要做许多细致的工作。