2012年突破高考英语词汇篇(100篇短文)(6-10篇).pdfVIP

第 6 篇 Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines , say UK researchers . Their study found that theobromine ( 可碱 ) , found in cocoa , was nearly a third more effective in stopping coughs than codeine ( 可待因 ), which was considered the best cough medicine at present . The Imperial ( 皇 家 的 ; 帝 国 的 ) College London researchers who published their results online said the discovery could lead to more effective cough treatment While coughing is not necessarily harmful it can have a major effect on the quality of life , and this discovery could be a huge step forward in treating this problem , said a professor . Ten healthy volunteers were given theobromine , codeine or placebo ( 安慰剂 ) , a pill that contains no medicine , during the experiment . Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who received which pill , The researchers then measured levels of capsaicin （辣椒碱) , which is used in research to cause coughing and as a sign of how well the medicine are stopping coughs . The team found that , when the volunteers were given theobromine , the capsaicin need to produce a cough was around a third higher than in the placebo group . Whenthey were given codeine they need only slightly higher levels of capsaicin to cause a cough compared with the placebo . The researchers said that theobromine worked by keeping down a nerve activity ( 神经活动 ), which cause coughing . They also found that unlike some standard cough treatments , theobromine caused no side effects ( 不良反应 ; 副作用 ) such as sleepiness . 英国研究人员 ( researcher ) 说，巧克力