致死风险堪比一天抽15根烟！孤独竟成全球健康新“杀手”（朗读版）|E1122

▍原文

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared loneliness to be a pressing global health threat, with the US surgeon general saying that its mortality effects are equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

WHO has launched an international commission on the problem, which comes after the Covid-19 pandemic halted economic and social activity, increasing levels of loneliness, but also amid a new awareness of the importance of the issue.

▍语言点

1. pressing /ˈpresɪŋ/ adj. 紧迫的，迫切的(urgent)

· the most pressing issue 最紧迫的问题

· a pressing need for housing 对住房的迫切需求

2. surgeon general 医疗总监，卫生局长，卫生署长

3. equivalent to sth. 相当于/等同于……

· a qualification equivalent to a degree 相当于学位的资历

4. commission /kəˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ n. (为了某项任务专门成立的)委员会

· commission on sth. 针对……的委员会

· a commission on domestic violence 家暴调查委员会

 5. halt /hɑːlt/ v. 使停止，阻止(stop)

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