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Unit 3 Fit for Life Word bank Unit 3 Fit for Life True/false Exercise Unit 3 Fit for Life Alcohol Kills 1,400 US Students a Year Unit 3 Fit for Life Alcohol Kills 1,400 US Students a Year Unit 3 Fit for Life Tips for Reading Unit 3 Fit for Life Practice Exercises Unit 3 Fit for Life Proper Use of Vitamins Unit 3 Fit for Life Proper Use of Vitamins * * comprehensive investigation 全面综合调查 World Trade Center 世贸中心 sexual harassment 性骚扰 unprotected sex 没有安全保护措施的性行为 abstain from alcohol 戒酒 binge drinking 狂饮；滥饮 at a sitting 一口气 fatality 恶性死亡 homicide 杀人；他杀 suicide 自杀 peer pressure 来自同龄人的压力 underage 未成年人的 Half the World Trade Center victims were student smokers from US colleges and universities. In the eyes of the researchers, student drinking has gone to such an extent that is needs to be seen as a major health concern. According to a survey by Harvard School of Public Health, more students are avoiding or giving up alcohol. The common forms of alcohol-related accidents include motor vehicle fatalities, falls, drownings, suicides. General messages warning of the risks of alcohol are effective with college students. Communities and colleges need to make joint efforts to halt student drinking and cut down the number of alcohol stores. About 1,400 US college students are killed every year in alcohol-related acci- dents, according to a study released Tuesday that researchers call the most com- prehensive investigation ever into the consequences of student drinking. “Half the World Trade Center casualties are happening every year in our colle- ges,” said one researcher, Mark Goldman, a psychology professor at the University of South Florida. The researchers say the figures show that college drinking needs to be seen as a major health concern. The study supported by the federal government estimated that drinking by college students contributes to 500,000 injuries and 70,000 cases of sexual harass- ment or rape