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Diabetes increase warning 糖尿病病例激增引起警告

UK stamps celebrate Queen at 90 英皇家郵政發(fā)行女王90歲生日紀念郵票

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The World Health Organisation says there's been a fourfold increase in diabetes in the past four decades. Worldwide nearly one-in-11 adults now has the disease. In one of the largest studies to date, it's been found that poor and middle income countries had seen the steepest rise in cases. That's prompted a warning that diabetes has reached levels that could bankrupt some health systems.

世界衛(wèi)生組織說，近四十年來，糖尿病病例數(shù)量增加了四倍。全球范圍內每11個成人中就有近一人患病。一項迄今規(guī)模最大的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，低、中收入國家見證了糖尿病病例最急劇的增長。這引起了如下警告：激增的糖尿病病例已嚴重到可能會導致部分衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)破產。

The Royal Mail here in the UK has released a historic image of the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George. It's going to be used to make four new postage stamps to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. Prince George is, of course, William's son. Here he is, posing for his very first stamp… The Royal Mail has also produced a further six stamps to mark the birthday.

英國皇家郵政發(fā)布了一張英國女王、查爾斯王子、威廉王子和喬治王子的歷史性合照。這張照片將被用于制作四張新郵票，以紀念女王的90歲生日。眾所周知，喬治王子是威廉之子，他正在為自己的首張郵票擺姿勢拍照。同時，皇家郵政還制作了另外六張郵票給女王慶生。

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1. Justin Bieber's latest album will be released in the next few months. The Canadian singer's fans are very excited!

2. The team has won the championship with a three-goal advantage over its opponent. It's its best performance to date.