CNN新闻英语第 91 课：Red Fruit Benefits 红色水果好处多

LIZ WEISS, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT 莉斯·维斯，CNN医药记者
The natural plant pigments that give berries, watermelon and cherries their ruby red color are also powerful anti-oxidants that help to keep us healthy when we eat them. 天然植物色素赋予浆果、西瓜和樱桃红宝石般耀目的红色，同时它也是有效的抗氧化剂。食用红色水果有助于保持健康。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE 女被访者
You should try to get two servings of red fruit a day. 每天，你应该尽量保证吃两次红色水果。

WEISS 维斯
And here's why. It turns out that cherries contain anthocyanins, and research shows these compounds may ward off inflammation. 原因如下。研究结果发现，樱桃富含花青素，这些化合物可以预防炎症。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE 女被访者
For a person with inflammation from osteoarthritis, if they eat 35 cherries a day, that is going to give them the pain relief that they would get from getting a dose of aspirin. 骨关节炎患者如果每天吃35粒樱桃，那么将减轻他们的病痛，其效力相当于一剂阿斯匹林。

WEISS 维斯
Cranberries protect against urinary tract infections, but may also lower cholesterol levels. And berries contain ellagic acid, which some studies show may fight cancer. 酸果蔓的果实可以防止尿道感染，也可以降低胆固醇。浆果富含鞣花酸，研究表明它可以抗癌。

Even watermelon, once considered to be a lightweight in the produce aisle because it contains 92 percent water, is now highly respected for its possible role in protecting against certain cancers. 即便是西瓜，那个曾经因含92%的水分而被认为是无足轻重的水果，现在也因它可能防止某些癌症而倍受推崇。

Watermelon and pink grapefruit are teeming with Lycopene, shown to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. "Natural Health" magazine's Cheryl Redmond gives Gazpacho a fun new twist with watermelon. 西瓜和赤柚含有大量的番红素，能够减少患前列腺癌的风险。《自然健康》杂志谢丽尔·雷蒙德做西班牙凉菜汤时别出心裁地将西瓜同它绞在一起。

She also uses frozen berries, which, by the way, do retain their anti-oxidant powers in a frozen fruit smoothy. So if you thought red fruit had little more than water to offer? 她也加入了冻浆果。顺便说一下，将水果冷冻，容易保留住它们的抗氧化功效。那么你是否曾认为红色水果提供给我们的仅仅是水分呢？

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE 女被访者
I don't know if I connect the reds with being healthy. 我不知道要将红色同健康联系起来。

WEISS 维斯
But greens you do? 那么你是否将绿色同有助健康联系起来呢？

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE 女被访者
I do. 是的。

WEISS 维斯
Then remember, the deeper the color, whether green, yellow, orange, or red, the healthier it is. 那么请记住，水果无论是绿色、黄色或橙色，颜色越深就越有益健康。