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Lack of Calcium Linked to Decrease in Height
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recent study indicates that the average height of elementary level students has dropped by almost a centimeter over the last couple of years. One of them is that too much attention has been paid to weight loss since the average weight of elementary students became a concern. Since calcium is closely linked to human height, a lack of it may cause ahindranceinadequategrowth.However,statisticsindicate that four out of five school children eat foods high in calcium less than three times a month, let alone on a daily basis. Research also suggests that parents do not seem to be familiar with other high-calcium foods, which is one of the main causes for children’s lack of calcium intake.
Some are easily available, such assoyproducts, seafood and certain vegetables. In addition, black and whitesesame seedsare rich in calcium. With this in mind, parents can offer their children different kinds of delicious foods, other than just dairy foods, which can help them grow taller.
Thus, experts also suggest that apart from eating foods that are high in calcium, keeping early hours is also a must. In addition, regular exercise that involves jumping, such as skipping rope and playing basketball can also be a plus for heightenhancement.
Discourse Structure
Genetics, nutrition, exercise, and sufficient rest are believed to be the key elements that influence children’s height.
Another moresignificantreason is that parents haveoverlookedtheir children’scalcium intake.
Experts point out that there area variety offoods rich in calcium.
This shocking finding may be the result of a number of factors.
It is commonly known that the most popularsourcesof calcium are eggs anddairy foods, such as milk and cheese.
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美國的時報週刊專輯中，曾介紹十大最佳營養食品，包括有：
綠 茶（green tea）、鮭 魚（salmon）、菠 菜（spinach）、青 花 椰 菜（broccoli）、蒜 頭
（garlic）、紅 酒（red wine）、蕃 茄（tomatoes）、堅 果（nuts）、燕 麥（oats）、藍 莓
（blueberries），而其中的青花椰菜（broccoli）、菠菜（spinach）及鮭魚（salmon），也 都是富含鈣質的食物。
Vocabulary and Idioms
average ['æv r d ] adj. 平均的
significant [s g'n f k nt] adj. 重要的
overlook [ ov 'l k] v. 忽視
calcium ['kæls m] n. 鈣
intake [' n tek] n. 攝取；進入
hindrance ['h ndr ns] n. 起妨礙作用的人或事物
adequate ['æd kw t] adj. 充分的；適當的
source [sors, s rs] n. 來源
dairy food ['d r fud] n. 乳製品
statistics [st 't st ks] n. 數據
a variety of adj. phr. 許多；不同的
available [ 'vel b ] adj. 可得到的
soy [s ] n. 大豆
sesame seed ['s s m sid] n. 芝麻子
genetics [d 'n t ks] n. 遺傳學
nutrition [n( j)u'tr n] n. 營養
sufficient [s 'f nt] adj. 充足的；足夠的
element [' l m nt] n. 要素
influence [' nfl ns] v. 影響
enhancement [ n'hænsm nt] n. 增加
Patterns
Thus, experts also suggest that apart from eating foods that are high in calcium, keeping early hours is also a must.
apart from 有以下不同的用法：
apart from ＝ except for 除外
Apart from some small mistakes, he did a really good job on the project.
（除了一些小錯誤外，他這項企劃案做得很不錯。）
apart from ＝ as well as 不只；此外
Apart from the great decor, the restaurant offers delicious food.
（除了很棒的裝潢外，這個餐廳也提供美味的食物。）
Translation
鈣質的缺乏與身高下降息息相關
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近一項研究指出，國小學生的平均身高在最近幾年之中，已經下降了約一公分。這項驚人的發現可能由許多 的因素所造成。其中之一是從國小學生的平均體重開始令人擔憂後，太多的注意力都放在減重上。另一項更 重要的原因是父母忽略孩子對鈣質的攝取。因為鈣質與人的身高有密切關係，因此，若缺乏鈣質，將阻礙適當的成長。一般人都知道，蛋、牛奶和乳酪等乳製品，是鈣最普遍的來源。然而，統計數據指出，有80 ％的學童一個月內 吃高鈣的食物少於三次，更不用說是天天吃了。研究調查也指出，父母似乎對其他富含高鈣的食物並不熟悉，這也是 導致孩子們缺乏鈣質攝取的主要原因之一。專家們指出有很多食物含有豐富鈣質。有一些很容易取得，像是大豆類的 食品、海鮮及某些蔬菜。此外，黑芝麻和白芝麻也富含鈣質。有了這樣的認知，父母可以提供孩子們幫助他們長高的 各種美食，而不再只是乳製品。
遺傳、營養、運動及充足的休息被認為是影響孩子們身高的關鍵因素。因此，專家們也建議除了吃富含高鈣的食 物，早睡早起也是必要的。另外，常做有跳躍動作的運動，像是跳繩及打籃球，也有益增高。
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Al Gore Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
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n October 12th it was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee that Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change would be awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The committee gave them the prize “for their efforts to build up anddisseminategreater knowledge about man- made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.” The honor comes as no surprise to the many people who support Gore’s tireless efforts to increase public awareness and help solve the problem of global warming which he claims is the single biggestthreat facing our planet.Al Gore, a former United States senator and the Vice President under Bill Clinton, understood the dangers of climate change long before it became a politicalhot-potato, holding congressional hearings on environmental issues in the late 1970s. His 2006documentaryfilm An Inconvenient Truth clearly showed the effects that climate change is having on our planet. The film, based on amultimedia presentationthat Gore had been personally giving to interested groups of people for years, not only was a huge success at the box officebut also went on to win many awards including the 2007 Oscar for best documentary.
While two sitting U.S. Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and one former U.S.
President, Jimmy Carter, have received the Nobel Peace Prize, Gore is the first sitting or former Vice President to be awarded the honor. The prize itself will be presented at an official ceremony in Oslo, Norway on December 10th. Gore has said he willdonatehis half of the cash award, valued atapproximatelyUS$750,000, to theAlliancefor Climate Protection, an organization that is working to solve the planet’s climatecrisis.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is FALSE?
Al Gore plans to give away half of the money that he will receive for winning the Nobel Prize.
Before Al Gore, no sitting or former U.S. Vice President had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Al Gore is very popular with people who are concerned about the effects of climate change on our planet.
Al Gore served as both a senator and U.S. Vice President, but was never the U.S. President.
What can we infer from the passage?
Al Gore plans to make many more documentary films.
Roosevelt, Wilson and Carter were all concerned about climate change.
The value of the Nobel Prize is about US$1,500,000.
Al Gore was one of the greatest Vice Presidents in American history.
Al Gore shares his Nobel Prize with .
The Alliance for Climate Protection
The Norwegian Nobel Committee
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The makers of An Inconvenient Truth
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the Norwegian Nobel Committee：挪威諾貝爾委員會
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change（IPCC）：跨政府氣候變遷委員會 the Alliance for Climate Protection：氣候保護聯盟
An Inconvenient Truth：《不願面對的真相》，這部電影是史上賣座第三名的政治性紀錄 片，這是一部關於全球暖化問題的電影，內容包含高爾的演講和他的多媒體投影片。
Vocabulary and Idioms
committee [k 'm t ] n. 委員會
panel ['pæn ] n. 討論小組；審查小組
disseminate [d 's m net] v. 散播；傳布
foundation [fa n'de n] n. 基礎
measure ['m ] n. 措施
counteract [ ka nt 'ækt] v. 對抗；抵銷
threat [ r t] n. 威脅
former ['f rm ] adj. 前任的；以前的
senator ['s n t ] n. 參議員
political [p 'l t k ] adj. 政治的
congressional hearings [k n'gr n 'h r z] n. 國會聽 證會
documentary [ d kj 'm nt( )r ] n. 紀錄片
multimedia [m lt 'mid ] n. pl. 多媒體
presentation [ pr z 'te n] n. 報告；呈現
box office [b ks ' f s] n. 票房
sitting [s t ] adj. 現任的；在位的
donate ['donet] v. 捐贈
approximately [ 'pr ks m tl ] adv. 大約
alliance [ 'la ns] n. 聯盟
crisis ['kra s s] n. 危機
Patterns
While two sitting U.S. Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and one former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, have received the Nobel Peace Prize, Gore is the first sitting or former Vice President to be awarded the honor.
在本句中，while 表「雖然」（although）的意思。以下是幾種常見的用法：
while ＝ when 當
Kevin fell asleep while he was driving.（Kevin 在開車時睡著了。）
while ＝ at the same time as 與……同時
While Mother was cooking dinner, we were playing basketball in the yard.
（媽媽在煮晚餐的同時，我們在院子裡打籃球。）
while 表示對比或相反的狀況
I like black coffee while she prefers it with cream.（我喜歡喝黑咖啡，而她卻偏愛咖啡加奶精。）
while ＝ although 雖然
While I apologized, it didn’t mean that I was the only one to blame.
（雖然我道歉了，但並非表示我是唯一一個該被責備的人。）
Translation
高爾榮獲諾貝爾和平獎
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月12 日，挪威諾貝爾委員會宣布，高爾及聯合國組織下的「跨政府氣候變遷委員會」（IPCC）將共同獲頒諾 貝爾和平獎。委員會頒給他們這個獎項，「因為他們不遺餘力地增進及傳布更多有關於人為造成氣候變遷的知 識，及建立抵抗氣候變遷所需採取措施的基礎。」這項榮譽對於許多支持高爾的人而言並不意外，因為他致力於增進 大眾意識並幫助解決他宣稱地球所面臨最大的威脅──全球暖化。艾爾．高爾，是美國前任參議員及柯林頓政府任內的副總統，他早在氣候變遷的危險成為政治的燙手山芋之前，
就意識到這項危機，並在1970 年代晚期，舉行國會的聽證會，探討環境議題。他在 2006 年拍攝的紀錄片《不願面對 的真相》中，清楚地刻劃出氣候變遷對地球所造成的影響。這部片以高爾個人多年來，向許多對此議題有興趣的團體 所做的多媒體簡報為依據，不僅票房亮麗，更進一步為他贏得很多獎項，包括2007 年奧斯卡金像獎的最佳紀錄片。
雖然有兩位美國任內總統，羅斯福及威爾遜，和卸任的總統卡特，曾獲得諾貝爾和平獎，高爾是第一位贏得這項 殊榮的任內或卸任的副總統。這個獎項在12 月 10 日挪威的奧斯陸正式頒獎典禮中頒發。高爾已經表示要將獲得的那 一半獎金，約750,000 美金，捐給致力於解決地球暖化危機的機構──「氣候保護聯盟」。
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