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（VOA慢速英语十八）喝高温热饮或引发癌症（10．21）重点单词：esophagus[i:s?f?g?s]n.食道spoke[sp?uk]v.说，说话，演说temperature[temprit??(r)]n.温度，气温，体温，发烧corporate[k?:p?rit]adj.社团的，法人的，共同的，全体的liquid[likwid]adj.液体的，液态的n.液体gasoline[g?s?li:n]n.汽油application[.?plikei??n]n.应用; 申请; 专心n.应用软件程序factor[f?kt?]n.因素，因子vt.把 ... 因素包括avoid[?v?id]vt.避免，逃避听力文本：Hot Drinks Linked to CancerFrom VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle report.Next time you make yourself a hot cup of tea or coffee, you might want to let it cool down a bit before drinking.Researchers say letting your hot drinks cool off could help you avoid some kinds of cancer.In fact, the United Nations cancer research agency decided to list hot drinks with lead, gasoline and exhaust fumes as possibly carcinogenic. In other words, each one could cause cancer.The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is part of the World Health Organization (WHO). The IARC published the findings in the medical journal Lancet Oncology.Researchers at IARC found evidence that drinks at temperatures above 65 degrees Celsius, when swallowed, can cause cancer of the esophagus.The researchers examined findings from other studies where tea and coffee were often served at 70 degrees Celsius or above. Those studies were completed in Iran, China and South America.In developed countries, health experts have linked esophageal cancer to smoking and alcoholic drinks. However, this form of cancer is more common in areas where people drink beverages at very high temperatures.In Europe and the United States, many people drink coffee and tea at temperatures around 60 degrees Celsius. And they often add milk which lowers the temperature considerably.However, tea-drinkers in Iran and mate-drinkers in South America often enjoy their beverages at closer to 70 degrees Celsius. mate is a tea-like brew made by steeping the leaves of the yerba mate plant in near-boiling water.The researchers note that South Americans not only drink their mate very hot, they also drink it thro