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And cryptocurrencies like bitcoinhave proventhat if enough people believe in the value of an idea you can create something worth trillions of dollars.
比特币等加密货币已经证明，如果有足够多的人坚信某个理念的价值，那你就可以创造出价值数万亿美元的东西。
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Plastics may lookinert, but the chemicals inside them are not. “There are chemicals used in plastics that are not tightly bound to the material, which means they easily leach away,” especially when exposed to heat, said Dr. Sheela Sathyanarayana, apediatricianand researcher at the University of Washington and the Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
塑料可能看起来没有活性，但其中的化学物质并非如此。华盛顿大学和西雅图儿童研究所的研究员、儿科医生席拉·萨蒂亚纳拉亚纳说：“塑料中使用的化学物质与材料没有紧密结合，这意味着它们很容易流失，”尤其是在受热时。
The two most concerning types of chemicals in plastics arephthalatesandbisphenols, Dr. Trasande said. Phthalates, which are typically added to plastics to make thempliableand soft, are used in plastic food wrap,vinyl flooringand personal care products like deodorants, nail polish, hair gels, shampoos, soaps and lotions. Bisphenols, including BPA, are more typically found in hard polycarbonate plastics such as water and juice bottles, food containers, eyeglass lenses and the linings of food and soda cans.
特拉桑德说，塑料中最令人担心的两种化学物质是邻苯二甲酸盐和双酚。塑料中通常会添加邻苯二甲酸盐以产生柔韧性，用于塑料食品包装、乙烯基地板和个人护理产品——如止汗用品、指甲油、发胶、洗发水、肥皂和乳液。包括BPA在内的双酚更常见于硬质聚碳酸酯塑料中，例如水瓶和果汁瓶、食品容器、眼镜片以及食品和汽水罐的内层。
A large body of research suggests that phthalates and bisphenols canact asendocrine disruptors, meaning that they either mimic or interfere with hormones in the body. The early troubling studies of phthalates and bisphenols were on rodents, but more recently, researchers have begun linking the chemicals to worrying effects on humans, Dr. Trasande said.
大量研究表明，邻苯二甲酸盐和双酚可以起到激素干扰物的作用，这意味着它们可以模仿或干扰体内的激素。特拉桑德说，早期关于邻苯二甲酸盐和双酚的令人不安的研究结果来自于动物实验，而近期研究者们逐渐获得了这些物质对人体危害的证据。
BPA, on the other hand, can mimic estrogen — another hormone important to reproductive development and function — and has been linked to reduced fertility in men and women, later puberty in girls, earlier puberty in boys and behavioral problems in children.
另一方面，双酚A可以模仿雌激素——另一种对生殖发育和功能很重要的激素——并且与男性和女性的生育能力下降、女孩的青春期延迟、男孩的青春期提前和儿童的行为问题有关。
There’s also growing evidence that exposure to hormone disruptors like phthalates and bisphenols is associated with a greater risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and obesity. In a 2021 review, researchers noted that exposure to these and other endocrine disruptors from food, consumer products and the environment may increase the risk of obesity by a similar magnitude as more commonly cited culprits like lack of exercise or following a poor diet.
还有越来越多的证据表明，接触邻苯二甲酸盐和双酚等激素干扰物会增加患2型糖尿病、心脏病和肥胖症的风险。翻译划线句，长按文末小程序码打卡，答案下期公布~
本文节选自：The New York Times（纽约时报）
发布时间：2022.07.24
作者：The New York Times
原文标题：The Types of Plastics Families Should Avoid
词汇积累
1.inert
英/ ɪˈnɜːt /美/ ɪˈnɜːrt /
adj.[化学] 惰性的；呆滞的；迟缓的；无效的
2.pediatrician
英/ ˌpiːdiə’trɪʃn /美/ ˌpiːdiəˈtrɪʃn /
n.儿科医生（paediatrician 的美式拼写）
3.phthalate
英/ ˈθælɪt /美/ ˈθæleɪt /
n.邻苯二甲酸酯；邻苯二甲酸盐；酞酸酯；[有化] 酞酸盐
4.bisphenol
英/ ˈbɪsfɪnɒl /美/ ˈbɪsfiːnɔːl /
n.[有化] 双酚；丙二酚
5.pliable
英/ ˈplaɪəb(ə)l /美/ ˈplaɪəb(ə)l /
adj.柔韧的；柔软的；圆滑的；易曲折的
词组搭配
1.vinyl flooring 乙烯基地面
2.act as 担当
写作句总结
原句：There’s also growing evidence that exposure to hormone disruptors like phthalates and bisphenols is associated with a greater risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and obesity.
结构：There’s also growing evidence that exposure to XX is associated with a greater risk of XX.
例句：There’s also growing evidence that exposure to polluted environment is associated with skin disease.
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