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文章一：Dangerous Trend Among Youth

Vaping is growing among teens and children too. An October 2022 study from the CDC found that 2.55 million middle and high school students reported e-cigarette use last year. More than one in four used them daily.   The growing vaping trend among youngsters has triggered alarm bells given the potential negative impact it can have on their development. The e-cigarette industry came into prominence on the premise that vaping is a safer alternative to smoking regular cigarettes, a claim that has never been proven. In fact, a study published in February reported the opposite—that vaping can end up causing more damage than smoking actual cigarettes. The researchers found that vapers had 2.6 times more DNA damage compared to nonusers, while smokers had 2.2 times the DNA damage compared to nonusers. DNA damage to the oral epithelial cells lining the mouth is a change that is associated with a higher risk for several chronic diseases, including cancer.

想一想：
1. 根據本文關於電子煙的敘述，下列哪一項有誤？（1）電子煙在年輕族群很受歡迎。（2）電子煙比傳統菸安全。（3）吸電子煙會造成DNA受損。（4）超過25%的國、高中生每天吸電子煙。

2. 電子煙為何接受度變高？

3. 您周遭也有使用電子煙的人口嗎？哪些點吸引他們？

解答：
1.（2）

2. Vaping is a safer alternative to smoking regular cigarettes.（以電子煙替代普通香菸更安全。）  

（文章來源：英文大紀元時報）

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文章二：4 Tips for Staying Hydrated

1. Drink Warm Water

Warm water is closer to body temperature and will not cause additional burdens on the body. Drinking either too cold or too hot water can easily aggravate the gastrointestinal tract.  

2. Hold Water in the Mouth for a Moment Before Swallowing

When drinking water, keep it in your mouth for a while, and then swallow slowly. This will keep the water temperature closer to that of the mouth—not too cold or too hot. In doing so, it will also relieve dry mouth and bad breath and keep you from drinking too fast or too much.

4 Tips for Staying Hydrated。（Fotolia）

3. Drink Tap or Mineral Water Rather Than Purified water

Purified water, such as reverse osmosis, distilled, and deionized are all treated, thus lacking in minerals required by the human body. If you drink purified water long-term, it will affect the balance of minerals in your body. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a report “Nutrients in drinking water” in 2005, which listed six likely health hazards of drinking demineralized water, including damage to the intestinal mucosa. Purified water will take away the minerals in the food, which will easily lead to the lack of essential elements such as calcium, magnesium, and copper.

4. Avoid Drinking Ice-cold Water After Exercise

The traditional Chinese medicine classic, “Treatise on Febrile Diseases” （《傷寒雜病論》）pointed out that “after sweating, drinking a lot of water will cause panting, and irrigated with cold water will cause the same.” This means that after sweating heavily from exercise, sudden drinking of ice-cold water or taking a cold shower can cause difficulty in breathing.  

想一想：
1. 根據本文關於喝水的敘述，下列何者有誤？（1）運動後喝冰水容易造成氣喘。（2）喝水時，建議先含在口中一會兒再吞嚥下去。|（3）多喝礦泉水容易造成腸胃不適。（4）據報導，只喝過濾純水可能造成腸黏膜受損。

2. 根據本文，喝太冷或太熱的水，有何缺點？

3. 您平常也是水壺不離身嗎？如果不是，不如試試從今天起，每天喝足2千c.c.以上的水，看看身體有什麼改變？

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解答：
1.（3）

2. Drinking either too cold or too hot water can easily aggravate the gastrointestinal tract.（喝太冷或太熱的水都容易加劇胃腸道負擔/症狀。） 

（文章來源：英文大紀元時報）◇