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（VOA慢速英语十一）坐过山车有益健康 可排出肾结石（10．14）重点单词：expand[iksp?nd]v.增加，详述，扩展，使 ... 膨胀，rough[r?f]adj.粗糙的，粗略的，粗暴的，艰难的，讨厌的，不适的pilot[pail?t]n.飞行员，领航员，引航员vt.领航，驾association[?.s?usiei??n]n.联合，结合，交往，协会，社团，联想measure[me??]n.措施，办法，量度，尺寸v.测量，量disorder[dis?:d?]n.杂乱，混乱vt.扰乱theme[θi:m]n.题目，主题variable[v??ri?bl]adj.可变的，易变的n. 变量，易变的东heed[hi:d]n.注意，留心v. 注意，留心violent[vai?l?nt]adj.暴力的，猛烈的，极端的听力文本：Roller Coaster Rides Can Help With Painful ConditionFrom VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle report.Roller coasters are fast and exciting. But passing a painful kidney stone is not. The process is painful and can take a long time.But American researchers have found that a roller coaster ride just might help those suffering from a kidney stone. They say such rides help patients pass the stones with a 70 percent success rate.The findings come from researchers at Michigan State University. They published their findings in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.David Wartinger led the study. He says he became curious after hearing many stories of people who passed kidney stones after going on a fun ride at a theme park in Florida.Patients told him that after riding a roller coaster at Walt Disney World, they were able to pass their kidney stones. One man even said he passed three different stones after going on the ride more than once!To test whether the claims were true, Wartinger used a 3-dimensional model of a hollow kidney. Inside the model he placed three kidney stones, each no larger than 4 millimeters.Then he placed the man-made kidney into a backpack. The researchers put the kidney on Disneys Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster for 20 rides.There are many variablesWartinger found that where the person sits on the roller coaster can make a big difference.He said in the pilot study, sitting in the last car of the roller coaster showed about a 64 percent passage rate. Sitting in the first few cars only had a 16 percent success rate.Researchers decided to expand the study. T