壹蘋派生活美語　你今天擦防曬了嗎？

　　In spite of the importance of protecting your skin from the sun, some people believe sunscreen is harmful. One of the claims made by these people suggests that a chemical in sunscreen may affect our body’s hormone production. Their concern came from a study that was done on rats. However, in the study, the chemical was fed to the rats instead of being placed on their skin. Scientists have also explained that a person would need to use sunscreen for 277 years to reach the same amount used in this study.

　　儘管保護皮膚免受陽光照射很重要，但有些人認為防曬乳是有害的。這些人提出的其中一項主張表明，防曬乳中的一個化學物質可能會影響我們身體生成荷爾蒙。他們的擔憂來自於一項在老鼠身上進行的研究。然而，在研究中，這種化學物質是被餵給老鼠吃的而不是塗抹在牠們的皮膚上。科學家還解釋道，一個人需要使用防曬乳二百七十七年才能達到本研究中所使用的防曬乳用量。

生活必備字詞：

claim　n. & vt. 宣稱，聲稱

production　n. 生成，生產

be fed to...　　被餵給……

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