2020-02-02- Cancer death in U.S sees sharpest one-year drop

The cancer death rate in the United States fell 2.2 percent from 2016-2017- the largest single-year decline in cancer mortality ever reported, the American Cancer Society reported on Wednesday.

美国癌症协会周三报道，美国癌症死亡率从2016年到2017年下降了百分之2.2，是美国有记录以来最大的单年降幅。

美国癌症协会周三报道，从2016年到2017年，美国癌症死亡率下降了2.2%，这是有记录以来美国癌症死亡率的最大单年降幅。自1991年以来，该数字下降了29%，意味着假设死亡率保持过去水平不变，实际癌症死亡人数大概减少了约290万。

Since 1991 the rate has dropped 29 percent, which translates to approximately 2.9 million fewer cancer deaths than would occurred if the mortality rate had remained constant.

从1991年来，癌症死亡率下降了百分之29，意味着假设死亡率保持不变的情况下，有少于290万的癌症死亡。

Experts attributed the decline to the reduced smoking rates and to advances in lung cancer treatment. New therapies for melanoma of the skin have also helped extend life for many people with metastatic disease, or cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.

专家称是该下降率归功于吸烟率的下降以及先进的肺癌治疗，针对皮肤黑色素的最新治疗也帮助了大部分患有转移病患者或癌症已蔓延身体其它部位的患者延长了生命。

专家将此归结于吸烟率的降低和肺癌疗法的进步。针对皮肤黑色素瘤的新疗法也帮助许多患有转移性疾病，或是所患癌症已扩散到身体其它部位的患者延长了寿命。

But not all populations benefit from prevention and advances in cancer treatment. Although the racial disparities in cancer care are narrowing, the American Cancer Society report found that black men were still twice as likely to die than Asian/Pacific islander men and 20 percent more likely to die than white men.

但并不是所有的人都可以从癌症防护和先进的癌症治疗法中受益。即便种族差异在癌症治疗中已在一直缩小，美国癌症协会的报道中发现，黑人的死亡率比亚裔美国人高出2倍，比白人高出20%。

但是，并非所有人群都能从癌症治疗的预防和进展中受益。虽然癌症护理治疗方面的种族差异在不断缩小，但美国癌症协会的报告发现，黑人男性死于癌症的可能性仍然是亚太裔美国男性的两倍、比白人男性高20%。

Ensuring equal access to cancer known prevention and early detection methods would go far to accelerate the progress against overall cancer.

确保平等拥有癌症发现预防与早期探测方法的权力，能使抗癌路走得更远。

确保人人都能平等享有已知的癌症预防和早期检测技术，将大大加快抗癌的整体进程。

New expressions:

Translates v.转移，翻译

What he learned in the school did not translate to the world of business.

Mortality n.死亡率 

Mortal adj.必死的

Immortal adj. 不死的

Attribute v.把什么归属于...  近义词 Ascribe 归因于

Attribute the flight cancellation to the coronavirus outbreak

因冠状病毒导致航班取消

While it might be too early to ascribe Bitcoin's rise to the coronavirus outbreak, it might not be  totally wrong.

虽然将比特币的上涨归因于冠状病毒的爆发有点为之过早，但并不一定完全没有道理。

Melanoma n.黑色素瘤

Metastatic adj.转移的

Racial disparities 种族差异