VOA常速英语:Heavy Smokers at Risk for Deadly Kidney Cancer

词汇讲解：

1. cigarette n. 纸烟, 香烟
例句：I like having cigarette with my drink.
我喝酒时喜欢抽烟。

2. deadly adj. 致死的, 致命的
例句：The shock was deadly to him.
这次打击对他是致命的。

3. kidney n肾, 肾脏
例句：She got a very dangerous disease of kidneys.
她得了一种很危险的肾病。

4. exaggerate v. 夸大, 夸张
例句：She always exaggerates when she tells something she's done.
每当她谈及自己所做的事时, 她总是言过其实。

5. inhale v. 吸入
例句：Don't inhale dust into your lung.
别把灰尘吸进肺里。

6. indigestion n. 消化不良
例句：A food that is too fatty may cause indigestion.
过于油腻的食物会引起消化不良。

7. undergo vt. 经历，经受（变化、不快的事等）
例句：The explorers had to undergo much suffering.
探险者不得不忍受很多困苦。

8. non-smoker n. 不吸烟的人
例句：I suppose that you are a non-drinker and non-smoker .
我猜你不喝酒不抽烟。

9. odds n. 可能性, 机会
例句：The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.
她获胜的机会是五比一。

10. quit vt. 停止
例句：My father has quit smoking.
我父亲已戒烟了。

11. survival n. 幸存, 生存
例句：The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.
医生告诉我的妻子, 说我活下去的可能性只有50%。

12. by-product n. 副产品，意外结果， 副作用
例句：Poverty is a by-product of greed.
贫穷是贪婪的一个副产品。

13. malignant adj. (疾病)恶性的; 极危险的; 致命的
例句：He was died of a malignant tumour.
他死于恶性肿瘤。