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9 年前，隸屬世界衛生組織（World Health Organization）的一組委員會說，一項對動物和人的研究顯示，輪班工作制與乳腺癌可能有關聯。但是最新的科學研究是否與該說法一致？長期上夜班的女性患乳腺癌的幾率是否會增加？請聽 報道。

More than half a million British women, about 5% of the female labour force, work at night. Each year, more than 50,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK, and around 11,000 die from the disease.

A number of studies have concluded that working at night is probably linked with breast cancer, with the risk increasing the longer the night shifts continue. In 2007, the World Health Organisation Committee suggested hormone production might be affected by disruption of the body clock.

However, the latest study which reviewed data from 1.4 million women and included ten different studies and several countries, concluded that there was no link. Its lead author Dr Ruth Travis of Oxford University said the incidents of breast cancer was the same whether a woman had never worked at night or completed 20 or more years of night shifts.

詞匯表

labour force 勞動力
diagnosed with 被診斷為
disease 疾病
concluded 得出結論
linked 與……有關，有關聯
hormone 荷爾蒙
disruption 打亂，擾亂
body clock 人體生物鐘
reviewed 檢驗了
incidents 發生的事件

測驗

請聽報道并回答下列問題。

1. What percentage of women work on night shifts in the UK?

2. The WHO Committee suggested that what may affect hormone production?

3. True or false? The latest study was based on data from 1.4 million women in the UK.

4. Which word means ‘an instance of something happening; an event or occurrence’?

答案

1. What percentage of women work on night shifts in the UK?
According to the text, 5% of female work force worked on night shifts in the UK. That's about half a million women.

2. The WHO Committee suggested that what may affect hormone production?
The disruption of body clock may affect hormone production in people.

3. True or false? The latest study was based on data from 1.4 million women in the UK.
False. According to the text, the latest study was based on ten different studies carried out in several countries.

4. Which word means ‘an instance of something happening; an event or occurrence’?
Incident.