VOA常速英语:Medical Community Debates How Much Salt Is Too Much

短语讲解：

1. A new study published in a respected American medical journal concludes that low-salt diets could lead to heart disease.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia. 
忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。 
heart disease心脏病

2. When the data was analyzed, those who consumed the lowest amounts of salt turned out to be the most likely to die from cardiovascular disease.

turn out to be结果是, 原来是, 证明是
例句：What we teach our children is what they turn out to be.
我们怎样教我们的孩子，他们长大后就变成怎样的人。
cardiovascular disease心血管疾病

3. The study also reports that salt consumption did not cause high blood pressure for some 2,000 participants whose blood pressure was normal at the start of the study.

blood pressure血压
例句：His blood pressure tended to stabilize.
他的血压趋向稳定。

4. he World Health Organization referred to the evidence on the harmful effects of sodium as being conclusive," said Dr. Havas.

refer to提及；涉及，谈到，提到；关系到
例句：Don't refer to the matter again.
不要再提这件事了。

5. "You risk having a stroke, you risk having a heart attack if you are consuming as much salt as the Salt Institute is recommending," Dr. Havas stated.

risk doing 冒险做…
例句：The boatman was willing to risk ferrying them across.
船夫愿冒险渡他们过江。

6. It shouldn’t have gotten out there.

get out出版, 发行
例句：They got the book out quickly.
他们很快出版了那本书。