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Diabetes increase warning 糖尿病病例激增引起警告

UK stamps celebrate Queen at 90 英皇家邮政发行女王90岁生日纪念邮票

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The World Health Organisation says there's been a fourfold increase in diabetes in the past four decades. Worldwide nearly one-in-11 adults now has the disease. In one of the largest studies to date, it's been found that poor and middle income countries had seen the steepest rise in cases. That's prompted a warning that diabetes has reached levels that could bankrupt some health systems.

世界卫生组织说，近四十年来，糖尿病病例数量增加了四倍。全球范围内每11个成人中就有近一人患病。一项迄今规模最大的研究发现，低、中收入国家见证了糖尿病病例最急剧的增长。这引起了如下警告：激增的糖尿病病例已严重到可能会导致部分卫生系统破产。

The Royal Mail here in the UK has released a historic image of the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George. It's going to be used to make four new postage stamps to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. Prince George is, of course, William's son. Here he is, posing for his very first stamp… The Royal Mail has also produced a further six stamps to mark the birthday.

英国皇家邮政发布了一张英国女王、查尔斯王子、威廉王子和乔治王子的历史性合照。这张照片将被用于制作四张新邮票，以纪念女王的90岁生日。众所周知，乔治王子是威廉之子，他正在为自己的首张邮票摆姿势拍照。同时，皇家邮政还制作了另外六张邮票给女王庆生。

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to date

迄今为止

released

发行了

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to date / released

1. Justin Bieber's latest album will be __________ in the next few months. The Canadian singer's fans are very excited!

2. The team has won the championship with a three-goal advantage over its opponent. It's its best performance __________.

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1. Justin Bieber's latest album will be released in the next few months. The Canadian singer's fans are very excited!

2. The team has won the championship with a three-goal advantage over its opponent. It's its best performance to date.