VOA慢速英语:Hot Drinks Linked to Cancer(翻译)

brew – n. a cup or mug of tea or coffee.

beverage – n. something you can drink : a liquid for drinking

steep – v. to soak in a liquid at a temperature under the boiling point (as for softening, bleaching, or extracting an essence)

maté – n. a tealike beverage drunk especially in South America

scalding – adj. very hot

gasoline – n. a liquid made from petroleum and used especially as a fuel for engines

exhaust fumes – n. the mixture of gases produced by an engine

carcinogenic – adj. medical : a substance that can cause cancer

esophageal – adj. medical : the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach

factor – n. something that helps produce or influence a result : one of the things that cause something to happen