For years,people-and doctors-believed that stomach ulcers were caused by stress and/or spicy foods.But in the last twenty years,studies have shown that the cause of many

ulcers may be a kind of bacteria.In the past,people went on long special diets

when they had ulcers.Now,doctors often cure ulcers quickly with antibiotics.

[我的筆記]

過去二十幾年的研究顯示，許多的潰瘍的原因並非原先我們以為的壓力或幸辣的食物，致病的原因可能是細菌。所以現在醫生都捨食物療法改用抗生素治療潰瘍。

In the last twenty years,studies have shown that the cause of many ulcers,not sress or spicy foods we have thought, may be a kind of bacteria.So,now doctors cure ulcers with antibiotics instead of long special diets.

[Introduce to vocabulary]

壓力:stress

細菌:bacteria

潰瘍:ulcer

抗生素:antibiotic

(為治療而有限制的)特別飲食:diet