原文期刊：卫报
原文标题：Airpollutionisalethalblightthatshamesourpoliticians
本文选自年8月8日《卫报》的一篇文章。文中，作者对英国严峻的空气污染现状及其对民众健康的威胁进行了分析，并指出是英国*府的不作为将人们置于巨大的生命威胁中。
行文脉络：以研究引出英国空气污染问题（第一段）——介绍空气污染对生命健康的威胁（第二、三段）——对英国*府展开批驳（第四至六段）——总结（第七、八段）
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I①LastweekcamesolidevidencethatlivingintoxicBritaincanseriouslyharmyourhealth.②CardiologistsatQueenMaryUniversityofLondonfoundthateven“safe”levelsofairpollutionarelinkedtoheartabnormalitiessimilartothoseseenduringtheearlystagesofheartfailure.③Theirstudyofalmost4,peoplewasbackedupbyamajorUSstudywhichshowedthathigherexposuretofineparticlesandnitrogenoxidesislinkedtoanaccelerationinthehardeningofthearteries.
II①Wehavelongknownthatairpollutionleadstocoughing,shortnessofbreathandirritationintheeyes,noseandthroat.②Itisalsoclearlylinkedtorespiratorydiseasessuchasasthmaandbronchitis,aswellasdiabetesandsomecancers.③Butthemoreresearcherslookatpeople’slong-termexposuretoairpollution,theworsethepicturegets.④Itisnowbeyonddoubtthatchildren’shealthisgreatlyaffected,andlinkshavebeenmadebetweenitandParkinson’s,Alzheimer’s,dementiaandcongenitalbirthdefects.
III①Thestatisticsarestark.②IntheUK,morethan2millionpeoplesufferfromcardiovasculardiseases,andnearlyoneinsevenmenandonein12womenwillgoontodiefromthem.③HeartdiseasecoststheUKeconomynearly￡30bnayeartotreat,asmuchasthestatespendsonsecondaryeducation.④Itisoneofthegreatestsingledrainsonthepublicpurse.⑤YouwouldthinkthenthatanyresponsiblegovernmentwouldtrytoeliminatesomethingthattakesmorelivesinayearthanallthewarsBritainhasfoughtsince.⑥Britain,however,defies
