Weakened Uranium Causes Cancer Problem in Europe
Brussels: NATO ambassadors(1) have rejected(2) calls to ban(3) the use of antitank【反坦克的】weapons that contain(4) weakened uranium【貧鈾】, but they are expected to call for more studies into possible health threats from those weapons. Italian officials have said about 20 Italian troops who served in south-eastern Europe have developed cancer(5). Eight of them have died. The European Union has asked independent experts to study possible health risks from weakened uranium. EU officials have asked for a report within a month. The United States Defense Secretary William Cohen says there is no evidence(6) to show that weapons with uranium cause cancer.
聽音瓶頸詞匯
1. ambassador [] n.大使;使節(jié)
2. reject [] v.拒絕;駁回
3. ban [] v.禁止
4. contain [] v.包含
5. cancer [] n.癌癥
6. evidence [] n.證據(jù)
聽音超級(jí)句型
There is no evidence to show that…
沒有證據(jù)表明…
貧鈾武器在歐洲引起健康危機(jī)
布魯塞爾消息:北大西洋公約組織大使反對(duì)禁用帶有微量鈾元素反坦克武器的要求,但他們希望對(duì)這些武器給人類帶來的潛在健康威脅給予更多的研究。意大利官員說大約20名在歐洲東南部效力的軍人患了癌癥。其中八個(gè)已經(jīng)死亡。歐盟已要求成立獨(dú)立的專家隊(duì)伍對(duì)微量鈾元素給人類造成的健康危害進(jìn)行研究。歐盟官員要求在一個(gè)月內(nèi)得出結(jié)論。美國國防部秘書威廉稱,沒有證據(jù)表明含貧鈾的武器會(huì)引起癌癥。