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2017 考博英語 閱讀題源經濟學人文章每日精析（九十八）

考博英語閱讀大部分博士研究生招生院校都使用《經濟學人》雜志文章作為題源，旭晨教育考博頻道為考博生們將其中的文章進行深度分析，希望能提高大家的考博英語閱讀水平，讀懂長難句。

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專家表示，網上散布著很多宣稱能夠預防或治療癌癥的“特效食物”，但是要當心，錯誤的建議很可能會帶來災難性的后果。

Everything you wanted to know about cancer diets

你想了解的關于抗癌飲食的全部

The internet is awash with people claiming that 'miracle diets' can prevent or cure cancer. But beware - taking the wrong advice can be disastrous, say experts

專家表示，網上散布著很多宣稱能夠預防或治療癌癥的“特效食物”，但是要當心，錯誤的建議很可能會帶來災難性的后果。

Be awash with：充斥著

Naomi Elster | 976 words

While there is no magic diet that will cure or prevent cancer, intervention in a patient's diet will help them maintain an acceptable quality of life - as long as that intervention comes from a medically qualified professional with no vested interests. Which brings us to the case of Australian blogger Belle Gibson, who is facing legal action for "unconscionable conduct" after promoting a book in which she talked of curing herself of multiple cancers by eating the right things. The publisher, Penguin, paid more than A$264,000 (￡160,000) for the book and Gibson also made more than A$420,000 from app sales before it emerged that she had never had cancer. Her claims to have donated over A$300,000 to charities also turned out to be false.

盡管世界上是沒有任何一種神奇的食物能夠預防或是治愈癌癥，但是調節病人的飲食能夠幫助他們維持一個可接受的生活狀態——只要這種“調節”是來自專業而無既得利益的醫師。這引出澳大利亞博主貝爾吉布森的例子，她正因“不正當指導”而面臨法律訴訟。在其出版的書中，她談到自己通過攝入正確的食物，治愈了存在于自身的多種癌癥。出版商企鵝圖書已為此書投入了二十六萬四千澳元(折合十六萬英鎊)，而吉布森還通過在應用上售書獲利超過四十二萬澳元，隨后人們才發現她從未患過癌癥。她先前自稱向慈善機構捐出三十萬澳元的事情同樣被證明是假的。

legal action：法律訴訟

Unconscionable：a. 不合理的

In contrast, a recipe book for cancer patients experiencing weight loss from University College, Cork, and one for patients with swallowing difficulties from Breakthrough Cancer Research have been developed by dieticians and are available free of charge.

與此相反，一本來自愛爾蘭科克大學關于癌癥患者親歷減肥的食譜書籍，與另一本，關于突破癌癥研究基金會中的吞咽困難的患者通過營養師的指導而好轉的書籍，都是可以免費獲取的。

Recipe：n. 食譜;[臨床] 處方;秘訣;烹飪法

Dietician：n. 營養師

注：Breakthrough Cancer Research：愛爾蘭突破癌癥研究基金會，對愛爾蘭關于癌癥治療與康復的研究進行資金資助。

What is an oncology dietician?

腫瘤學營養學家是做什么的?

Oncology dieticians provide expert, evidence-based advice to cancer patients to help maintain their strength, wellbeing and quality of life. They can, for example, develop plans using fluids or tube feeding to help maintain weight and muscle mass. They also address side effects of treatment that affect a patient's ability to eat. Qualifying as an oncology dietician involves a four-year undergraduate degree in human nutrition and dietetics, with a hospital placement. Alternatively, people with a related science degree can obtain a postgraduate qualification in dietetics, followed by at least three years of post-qualification hospital work.