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一份大型報告稱，英國兒童的健康水平正落后于其它歐洲國家。該文件尤其強調(diào)人們應(yīng)關(guān)注兒童肥胖、心理健康及兒童死亡率等問題。這項由英國皇家兒科和兒童健康學(xué)院（ Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health ）發(fā)布的詳盡報告著重指出，貧困是許多兒童健康問題的根源。請聽 Dominic Hughes 的報道。

This report acknowledges there has been progress in the health of children and young people in recent decades. But the authors argue this can’t obscure the fact that the UK is slipping behind other wealthy countries.

It also highlights a stark and growing gap between the health of children from rich families, which matches the best in the world, and the health of those from more deprived backgrounds, which is among the worst.

The report says that childhood mortality rates compare poorly with other European countries while conditions such as diabetes, obesity and mental health are all areas of concern.

詞匯表

acknowledges 承認(rèn)，認(rèn)可
obscure 掩蓋，隱藏
slipping behind 正落后于
stark 明顯的，鮮明的
deprived 貧困的
mortality rates 死亡率
conditions 疾病
mental health 心理健康，和身體健康相對
areas of concern 受關(guān)注、令人擔(dān)憂的領(lǐng)域

測驗

請聽報道并回答下列問題。

1. What kind of gap is highlighted in the report?

2. What conditions among children in the UK are particularly areas of concern, according to the report?

3. True or false? The report shows the level of wellbeing of the UK’s children is higher than that of other wealthy countries.

4. Which word in the text means 'to emphasise or stress'?

答案

1. What kind of gap is highlighted in the report?
The report highlights the gap between the health of children from rich families and the health of those from more deprived backgrounds in the UK.

2. What conditions among children in the UK are particularly areas of concern, according to the report?
Diabetes, obesity and mental health are particularly areas of concern, according to the report.

3. True or false? The report shows the level of well-being of the UK’s children is higher than that of other wealthy countries.
False. Authors of the report argue although there has been progress in the health of children in the UK in recent years, the nation is falling behind other wealthy countries.

4. Which word in the text means 'to emphasise or stress'?
Highlight.