滴酒未沾也會(huì)醉-2023年高考英語外刊時(shí)文精讀精練

2023年高考英語外刊時(shí)文精讀精練(30)

Unravellingthemysteryofautobrewerysyndrome

解開“自動(dòng)釀酒綜合癥''之謎

【外刊出處】

www./future/article/20221027-unravelling-the-mysterious-cause-of-autobrewery-sy...

【外刊導(dǎo)讀】

國外一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，有些人患有一種罕見病，在滴酒未沾的情況下也會(huì)“醉酒”，甚至?xí)?/p>

現(xiàn)“大腦斷片”的情況。患者往往會(huì)出現(xiàn)胃痛、腹脹、昏迷等酒后反應(yīng)，身邊的人也會(huì)誤以為他

們喝醉了，但實(shí)際上他們根本沒有飲酒。這是一種什么樣的病？

【外刊原文】(斜體單詞為超綱詞匯,認(rèn)識(shí)即可;下劃線單詞為課標(biāo)詞匯,需熟記。)

Itwouldhappentwotothreetimesaweek.NickCarsonwouldstartslurringhiswordsandthenbecome

progressivelylesssteadyonhisfeet.Hisconversationswouldgoaroundincirclesandeventuallyhewould

collapseintoadeepsleep.Thefather-of-twowasshowingallthesignsofbeingdrunk.ExceptCarsonhadn't

consumedanyalcohol.

"BeforethisIhadneverseenhimdrunk,"saysCarson'swife,Karen.Carsonhimselfcouldonlyrecallthe

eventsoftheseepisodesinafoggywaythenextday」［didnothaveacluewhatwashappening."says64-year-old

Carson,wholivesinLowestoft,Suffolk,intheUK."SixtoeighthourslaterIwouldwakeuplikethereisnothing

wrongwithme,veryrarelyfeelinghungover."

EventuallyCarsonandhiswifefoundtheintoxicationandothersymptomsseemedtobetri-eredaftereating

mealsthatwerehighincarbohydrates,suchaspotatoes.Aftermeltiplevisitstodoctorsandnutritionists,Carson

wasdiagnosedwitharareconditioncalledAuto-BrewerySyndrome.

Auto-BrewerySyndrome(ABS),isalargelymysteriousconditionthatraisesthelevelsofalcoholintheblood

andproducesthesymptomsofalcoholintoxicationinpatients,evenwhentheyhavehadminimalornoalcohol

intake.Itcanleadthemtofailbreathalysertests,andbringssocialandlegalconsequcccnsforsufferers.

Butthisunusualphenomenonisalsohighlycontroversial,notleastbecauseitsexactcauseisstillpoorly

understood.

Onesuggestedmechanismunderlyingtheconditionrevolvesaroundimbalancesingutmicrobes,whichlead

toovergrowthofcertainmicrobesthatlater,underparticularconditions,termentahigh-carbohydratemealinto

alcohol.Butwhatmightbetriggeringthissuddenanddramaticchangeinthemicroorganismslivinginsideour

bodiesthatintherightcircumstancesleadstoABS?

Amedicalreportoftwocasesfrom1984highlightedanotherculprit-yeastslivinginthepatients'digestive

tracts.Morerecently,otherstudieshaverevealeditoftentakesacombinationoffactorstoincreasetheriskof

ABS.Anumberofalcohol-producingfungiandbacteriacanleadtooverproductionofalcohol.

【鏈接高考】閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

Itwouldhappentwotothreetimes1.week.NickCarsonwouldstartslurringhiswordsandthen

becomeprogressivelylesssteadyonhisfeet.Hisconversationswouldgoaroundincirclesandeventuallyhewould

collapseintoadeepsleep.Thefather-of-twowasshowingallthesignsofbeingdrunk.ExceptCarson

2(consume)anyalcohol.EventuallyCarsonandhiswifefoundtheintoxicationandothersymptoms

seemedto3.(trigger)aftereatingmeals4.werehighincarbohydrates,suchaspotatoes.

Aftermultiple5.(visit)todoctorsandnutritionists,Carsonwasdiagnosed6.ararecondition

7.(call)Auto-BrewerySyndrome.Auto-BrewerySyndrome(ABS),isa8.(large)

mysteriousconditionthatraisesthelevelsofalcoholinthebloodandproducesthesymptomsofalcohol

intoxicationinpatients,even9.theyhavehadminimalornoalcoholintake.Itcanleadthem

10.(fail)breathalysertests,andbringssocialandlegalconsequencesforsufferers.

KEYS:

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2.hadn'tconsumed

3.betriggered

4.that

5.visits

6.with

7.called

8.largely

9.when

10.tofail

【課標(biāo)詞匯精講】

1.steady

2.collapse

3.consume

4.recall

5.trigger

6.multiple

7.diagnose

8.fail

9.consequence

10.controversial

11.revolve

12.dramatic

13.circumstances

14.reveal

15.combination

【課標(biāo)詞匯精練】

根據(jù)語境，從上面的“課標(biāo)詞匯”和“重點(diǎn)短語”中選用合適的單詞及其正確形式將句子補(bǔ)充完整。

KEYS:

【譯文】

每周會(huì)發(fā)生兩到三次。尼克?卡森(NickCarson)會(huì)開始含糊不清地說話，然后走不不穩(wěn)。說話兜圈子,

最終陷入沉睡。這兩個(gè)孩子的父親表現(xiàn)出醉酒的所有跡象，但卡森沒有喝過酒。

“在此之前，我從未見過他喝醉，”卡森的妻子凱倫說?？ㄉ救酥荒茉诘诙煲阅：姆绞交貞浧疬@些

事件。“我不知道發(fā)生了什么，”64歲的卡森說，他住在英國薩?？丝さ穆逅雇蟹蛱亍！傲桨藗€(gè)小時(shí)后，我

會(huì)醒來，好像沒有什么問題，很少感到宿醉。

最終，卡森和他的妻子發(fā)現(xiàn)中毒和其他癥狀似乎是在吃了高碳水化合物的飯菜(如土豆)后引發(fā)的。

在多次拜訪醫(yī)生和營養(yǎng)師后，卡森被診斷出患有一種罕見的疾病，稱為自動(dòng)釀酒綜合癥。

自動(dòng)釀酒綜合癥(ABS)是一種非常神秘的疾病，它會(huì)在患者只攝入了很少量甚至沒有攝入酒精的情況

下，提高其血液中的酒精含量，并使患者出現(xiàn)酒精中毒的癥狀。該病癥會(huì)導(dǎo)致患者無法通過呼氣酒精測試,

給他們帶來社會(huì)和法律后果。

但這種不尋常的現(xiàn)象也引起了很大的爭議，尤其是因?yàn)槿藗儗?duì)它產(chǎn)生的確切原因仍然知之甚少。

有一種身體機(jī)制可能是導(dǎo)致該病癥