Glass of wine 'safe' for pregnant women 

    Drinking a small glass of wine every day is safe for pregnant women, a British health watchdog has suggested. The National Institute of Clinical Excellence's (NICE) new draft guidance contradicts the British government's official advice which is for pregnant women and those trying to conceive to avoid alcohol altogether. The institute says pregnant women can safely consume up to 1.5 units of alcohol - the equivalent of a 125ml glass of wine or a 25ml measure of spirits - a day after the first three months of pregnancy. Its recommendation says there was "no consistent evidence" suggesting that small amount of alcohol damages unborn children. A NICE spokesman said the guidance was developed by experts who carried out a review of all available evidence on the risks facing pregnant women who drink alcohol. "The experts have concluded that there is no consistent evidence of adverse effects from low to moderate alcohol during pregnancy (less than one drink or 1.5 units per day) but the evidence is probably not strong enough to rule out any risk," the spokesman told The Times. The draft guidelines are due to be published in full next March. (Agencies) 
    
    英國(guó)某健康機(jī)構(gòu)建議，孕婦每天喝一小杯葡萄酒不會(huì)危害胎兒健康。 英國(guó)國(guó)家臨床優(yōu)化研究所提出的新健康指導(dǎo)草案與英國(guó)政府的官方意見(jiàn)相矛盾。英國(guó)衛(wèi)生部建議，孕婦和準(zhǔn)備懷孕的人都不宜飲酒。 該機(jī)構(gòu)稱，孕婦在懷孕前三個(gè)月每天攝入1.5單位的酒精（相當(dāng)于125毫升的葡萄酒或25毫升的烈酒）不會(huì)對(duì)胎兒造成危害。 該機(jī)構(gòu)的建議稱，目前“并沒(méi)有一致的證據(jù)”表明孕婦少量飲酒會(huì)影響胎兒健康。 英國(guó)國(guó)家臨床優(yōu)化研究所的一位發(fā)言人稱，這一結(jié)論是專家們對(duì)所有有關(guān)孕婦飲酒風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的實(shí)例進(jìn)行調(diào)研后得出的。 這位發(fā)言人在接受《泰晤士報(bào)》的采訪時(shí)說(shuō)：“專家們經(jīng)過(guò)調(diào)研得出結(jié)論，并無(wú)可靠證據(jù)證明孕婦少量或適量飲酒會(huì)危害胎兒健康。”  

    Vocabulary:

    conceive:to become pregnant（懷孕）