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Processed meat causes cancer!

午餐肉、火腿、煙肉等等加工肉食，在香港餐廳甚為普遍，幾乎可謂早餐必備。不過，世界衛生組織早前公布，每天進食50克加工肉食，便會增加患大腸癌風險達18%！

Processed meats - such as bacon, sausages and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Its report said 50g of processed meat a day - less than two slices of bacon - increased the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18%.

processed 加工

（adjective 形容詞）

例子：Bacon is always processed before it is packaged and sold.

process 過程; 進程

(noun 名詞)

mental processes 心理歷程
the processes of the law 法律程序
a process of elimination 淘汰過程

例子：Mary figured out who he was by the process of elimination.

the learning process 學習過程

例子：Learning a foreign language especially Latin can be a long process.

in the process of doing this 做這件事時

例子： John won the match but was injured in the process. 在過程中受傷

bacon 煙肉

(noun 名詞)

例子：He eats bacon and eggs for breakfast every day.

a slice of bacon = (British) a rasher of bacon 一片煙肉

► bring home the bacon 養家糊口

(informal 非正式)

例子：Peter worked hard all week to bring home the bacon for his family.

slice

(noun 名詞)

1. 薄片

a slice of cake/cheese/lemon 一片蛋糕／乳酪／檸檬
a slice of bread and butter 一片塗牛油的麵包
to cut sth into slices 把某物切成片

例子：They sell cake by the slice.

2. 部分

a large slice of the territory/population 大片領土／大批民眾
a slice of the credit 一部分榮譽
( to have ) a slice of luck （有）一些運氣
a slice of the cake 應得的利益

► slice (verb 動詞)

1. 把…切片

to slice sth . thin or thinly/thick or thickly 把某物切成薄片／厚片
to slice sth. in two or half 把某物切成兩半

例子： Joanna sliced the lemon in half.

2. 切下

to slice sth. off or from sth . 把某物從某物上切下來

例子：My mother sliced open her finger while cleaning the fish.

3. 縮短；減少

to slice two seconds off the record 把紀錄縮短兩秒鐘
to slice £ 300 off the budget 把預算減少300英鎊

modify 改變

(verb 動詞)

例子：That company can help us modify an existing home or build a new one.

例子：The chef modified the recipe by using olive oil instead of butter.

例子：My boss has modified her views on the matter.

cure

(verb 動詞)

1. 治理

例子：Doctors cured her disease.

2. 醃製

例子：cure bacon/meat

例子：The fish was cured with salt.

preservative 保存／防腐劑

(noun 名詞)

例子：They claim all food do not contain any artificial preservatives.

► preserve 保存

(verb 動詞)

例子：The committee is in charge of preserving all historical buildings in the city.

例子：These laws are intended to help preserve the natural resources of the country.

IDIOMS 慣用語時間 - 拯救煙肉？！

save somebody's bacon 解救某人

(mainly British informal 主要是英式英語用；非正式)

例子：You really saved my bacon by helping out in the meeting.

例子：I'd probably have lost my job if Sally hadn't been ready with an explanation. She saved my bacon there.

例子：If the boat sinks, a life jacket may save your bacon.


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