广播电视英语短句 第 326 课：心血管疾病-4

The new study confirmed a link, but did not find evidence that the C-reactive protein causes the disease. 这项新研究证实了其中有联系，但并没有发现 C 反应蛋白致病的证据。

Both studies appeared in the July first issue of Journal of the American Medical Association. 上述的研究均发表在 7 月份第一期的美国医学联合会杂志上。

The World Health Organization estimates that cardiovascular disease killed seventeen and a half million people in two thousand five. 世界卫生组织估计，心血管疾病 2005 年夺走了一千七百五十万人的生命。

That was thirty percent of all deaths. 占总死亡率的 30% 。

Eight out of ten happened in low and middle income countries. 其中十分之八发生在中低收入的国家。

At current growth rates, the W.H.O. expects the number to reach twenty million by two thousand fifteen. 以目前的增长速率，世界卫生组织预测到 2015 年，这个数字会增加到接近二千万。