Skin Cancer Now Top Cancer among Young Women in UK
Melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, is now the most common cancer in youngwomen, the countrys leading cancer organization said Wednesday. Skin cancer hascervical cancer as the top cancer striking women in their 20s, according to the latest data from Cancer Research United Kingdom.The trend is particularlysince younger people are not generally those most susceptible to melanoma. Rates of skin cancer arehighest in people over age 75.But experts worry that increasing numbers of younger people being diagnosed with skin cancer could be theof a dangerous trend. Womentheir 20s make up a small percentage of all patients diagnosed with melanoma in Britain, but nearly a third of all cases occur in people younger than 50.Based on current numbers, Cancer Research UK predicts that melanoma will become the fourth most common cancer for men and women of allby 2024, and that cases will jump from about 9,000 cases a year to more than 15,500.Cancer expertsthe rising number of skin cancer cases largely to the surge in people using tanning salons. Spending time on sunbeds is just dangerous as staying out too long in the sun, said Caroline Cerny of Cancer Research UK. The organization is starting a SunSmart campaign to warn Britons of theof being too bronzed.The intensity of UV rays in some sunbeds can be more than 10 timesthan the midday sun, Cerny said.In the United States, several states require parental approvalminors can use tanning salons. Wisconsin bans people 16 and from using tanning beds, and others ban children under. At least 29 states have -regulations governing minors use of tanning salons.In the U. K. , Scottish politicians passed legislation banning those under 18 from using tanning beds, though it hasnt yet been implemented. There are no plans for 14 in the rest of the U.K.The World Health Organization has previously recommended that tanning beds be regulated because of their potential to damage DNA in the skin.Experts said most deadly skin cancers could be if people took the proper precautions when in the sun and avoided tanning beds.
1. A American B British C world D black
2. A overtaken B overlooked C overseen D overwhelmed
3. A satisfying B encouraging C relaxing D worrying
4. A typically C occasionally D hopefully
5. A end B start C turn D line
6. A at B on C of D in
7. A kinds B ages C colors D sizes
8. A assign B attribute C contribute D allocate
9. A more B so C as D like
10. A points B benefits C steps D dangers
11. A stronger B nicer C darker D deeper
12. A before B after C until D while
13. A below B low C under D beneath
14. A warning B legislation C approval D debate
15. A predicted B treated C avoided D diagnosed
答案:BADAB DBBCD AACBC
Cheap and cheerful 物美价廉
It's on the cards 这件事十有八九会发生
To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话
To make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做
One good turn deserves another 以德报德,礼尚往来
Going forward 从今往后
To turn something upside down 把……翻个底朝天
White / blue-collar worker 白领,蓝领
Alligator takes boy and Tate Modern extension 鳄鱼拖走小男孩,泰特现代美术馆扩建完工
India's sewer workers and British school standards 印度下水道工人施工安全,英国在校生学习成绩下降
Close, but no cigar 几近成功
In the blink of an eye 一眨眼之间
Earth-like planet, Pink cockatoo dies at 83 类地行星,83岁风头鹦鹉逝世
California wildfires and cloned animals 加利福尼亚州野火,克隆动物衰老过程正常
Knee-jerk reaction 本能反映
Cyborg beetle and the teenage brain 半机械甲虫,青少年脑部发育
There's method to my madness 我有一个不合常理的办法
Pain in the neck 令人讨厌的事情或人
Canada wildfire and NASA discovery 加拿大林火,美国国家航空航天局发现系外行星
To make a monkey out of me 捉弄我
Cyclists make Olympic history, 400-year-old shark 英国自行车运动员创英奥运历史,400岁格陵兰鲨鱼
Test the water 试探,摸底
In good nick 品质好、没有损坏
A recipe for disaster 后患无穷
Crash course 速成课
A bitter pill to swallow 不得不吞的苦药
Barefaced 厚颜无耻的
Glass-bottomed bridge, cancer risk for HRT and 120-year-old man 世界最长玻璃桥开放,荷尔蒙替代疗法增患癌风险,印度教120岁僧人
It takes two to tango 一个巴掌拍不响
Burn a hole in your pocket 有钱不花难受