這篇文章是用菜英文寫的,標題是Eating More Sweet Potato Can Prevent Cancer。我把它的第一及第三段拷貝如下:
As we all know, sweet potato is rich in nutrition. However, what’s more valuable is, among the 20 kinds of anti-cancer vegetables which are released recently by the Japanese National Cancer Research Center, sweet potato ranks the first.
What’s more, sweet potato contains a unique substance called as DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), which is a kind of steroid hormones secreted by the adrenal gland and is similar to the androgen. This substance not only can prevent cancer, but also can prolong human life. A lot of data has confirmed that DHEA can effectively inhibit the occurrence of breast cancer and colon cancer.
第三段話又說,地瓜含有DHEA,而此一類固醇荷爾蒙具有抗癌的功效。可是,地瓜非但不含DHEA,而且,DHEA也無抗癌功效(反而,大多研究發現它可能致癌)。這篇文章是發表在一個叫做LookChem的網站。LookChem就是Look for Chemicals的意思。也就是說,它是一個專門讓人搜索和購買化學物品的網站。網站的總部是設在杭州。這也就怪不得英文是如此菜。至於為何它選擇用英文做溝通,就不得而知了。