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Drinking tea may make you live longer

1 Tea may lead to a healthier and longer life. Thats according to a recent Chinese study. Chinese researchers found that drinking tea over a long period of time—especially green tea—had associated health benefits. The benefits were more obvious among men， according to the study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

2 “We found that the protective effects of habitual tea consumption were very obvious across different outcomes for men but only modest for women，” said Dr Dongfeng Gu from Chinas National Center for Cardiovascular Disease to CNN in an email. “One reason might be that the proportion of habitual tea consumers among men was approximately two and a half times as high as that among women.”

3 Among those surveyed， 48% of men were regular tea drinkers compared to 20% of women. In analyzing data from 100，902 Chinese people who had no history of a heart attack， stroke or cancer， researchers found a pattern between groups who habitually drank tea three days or more a week and those who drank tea non?habitually or who never consumed the beverage.

4 After following the groups for seven years， researchers estimated that 50?year?old habitual tea drinkers would develop atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease （動脈粥樣硬化性心血管疾?。?1.41 years later and live 1.26 years longer compared to people who did not make drinking tea a habit.

5 But its not simply about regularly drinking tea. Green tea was found to be especially? linked to health benefits. USA Today reported about 25% lower rates of heart disease， strokes and death were linked to consuming green tea compared to black tea. Among the participants， 49% drank green tea compared to 8% who preferred black tea. There were no significant associations found for black tea in the study.

1. What may be the reason why drinking tea has less obvious effects on women？

A. Women dont like drinking tea.

B. Women have longer lives than men.

C. The number of women drinking tea is lower than men.

D. Many women drink tea less regularly than men.

2. What can we learn from the analyzing data？

A. It is from the people who have a certain disease.

B. It is collected from 100，902 people across the world.

C. It shows long?term tea drinkers live 1.41 years longer.

D. It shows long?term tea drinkers develop a certain disease later.

3. What is the effect of drinking black tea on peoples lives？

A. There are no obvious associations.

B. It has more benefits than drinking green tea.

C. People drinking black tea live longer than those drinking green tea.

D. It may cause 25% lower rates of heart disease， strokes and death.

4. Where does the text most probably appear？

A. In a notice.

B. In a notebook.

C. In a diary.

D. In a newspaper.

語篇解碼

研究表明，喝綠茶可能讓你活得更久，但喝紅茶沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)顯著的相關(guān)性。喝茶對女性的影響也不明顯。

[The benefits were more obvious among men.] [Drinking tea may make you live longer][48% of men were regular tea drinkers.][People who habitually drink tea three days or more a week would develop atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease 1.41 years later.][Green tea was found to be especially linked to health benefits.]

語言學習

Ⅰ. 語料薈萃

[語篇單詞 especially adv. 尤其；特別 associate v. 聯(lián)系；與……交往 benefit n. 好處；優(yōu)勢 obvious adj. 明顯的 protective adj. 保護的；防護的 consumption n. 消費；消耗量 modest adj. 謙虛的；些許的 proportion n. 部分；份額 habitual adj. 習慣性的；慣常的 approximately adv. 大約；近似 survey n. 調(diào)查；概述 analyze v. 分析；分解 attack v. 攻擊 estimate n. 估計；預(yù)測 participant n. 參加者；參與者 significant adj. 重要的；顯著的 重要短語 lead to 導(dǎo)致 compare to 與……相比 be linked to 與……連接；與……有聯(lián)系 ]

Ⅱ. 語句分析

1. One reason might be that the proportion of habitual tea consumers among men was approximately two and a half times as high as that among women. 其中一個原因可能是，男性習慣喝茶的比例大約是女性的2.5倍。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復(fù)合句。that引導(dǎo)表語從句，two and a half times表示倍數(shù)。

2. After following the groups for seven years， researchers estimated that 50?year?old habitual tea drinkers would develop atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease 1.41 years later and live 1.26 years longer compared to people who did not make drinking tea a habit. 在對這些群體進行了7年的跟蹤調(diào)查后，研究人員估計，與那些沒有喝茶習慣的人相比，50歲習慣喝茶的人患動脈粥樣硬化性心血管疾病的時間要晚1.41年，壽命要長1.26年。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復(fù)合句。that引導(dǎo)賓語從句，賓語從句中還有一個who引導(dǎo)的定語從句。

語言運用

Ⅰ. 例句仿寫

1. 其中一個原因是，看電影通常是一種社交活動。

going to the cinema is generally a social activity.

2. 這座房子是那座房子的三倍大。

This house is.

3. 任何違反法律的人都將受到懲罰。

will be punished.

Ⅱ. 寫作實踐

今天，你校組織活動，老師們帶領(lǐng)你們?nèi)ヅ郎?，鍛煉身體，請你寫一篇關(guān)于爬山的日記。內(nèi)容包括：

1. 爬山的過程；

2. 爬山的感受。

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)80左右；

2. 可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。