英语美文：Stay Away From Bad Habits

We all know what a bad habit is. Smoking, eating unhealthy foods and being lazy are just some of the behaviors we ought to avoid in order to increase our overall well-being. 

我们都知道什么是坏习惯。为了让自己更健康，我们需要改掉一些坏习惯，比如吸烟，好吃懒做，等等。

Yet a recent study by scientists at the centers for disease control and prevention, found that avoidable behaviors such as poor diet, lack of exercise, smoking and drinking alcohol, were some of the underlying causes of nearly half of the deaths in the United States. 

然而，疾控中心的科学家们最近的一项研究表明，在美国，将近一半的死亡，是由饮食不健康、缺乏锻炼、吸烟、饮酒等习惯引起的，而这些坏习惯其实是可以避免的。

Tobacco accounted for eighteen point one percent of total deaths. Inactivity and bad eating sixteen point six percent and alcohol consumption three point five percent. 

因吸烟而死的人，占总死亡人数的18.1%。因不运动和饮食不健康而死的人，占总死亡人数的16.6%。因饮酒而死的人，占总死亡人数的3.5%。

If we know bad habits are so detrimental to our health, why do we continue to do that? We all indulge in behaviors that we know aren't good for us, and the main reason we resort to these behaviors, is because bad habits give us the comfort we need. 

既然我们知道坏习惯对健康有害，为什么我们还要去做这些事情？我们都沉迷于对自己有害的坏习惯，主要的原因就是，我们需要舒适，而这些坏习惯满足了这个需要。

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