今天我们要学的词是 mortality. Mortality is spelled M-O-R-T-A-L-I-T-Y, mortality.

Mortality 的意思是死亡率，死亡数字。

A scientific adviser to Italy's minister of health said on Saturday that the coronavirus mortality rate in Italy may be exaggerated due to the way the country records fatalities. 意大利卫生部长的一位科学顾问周六表示，该国报告死亡记录的方式可能导致意大利的冠状病毒病人死亡率被夸大。

Recent research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the number of steps a person takes each day, rather than the intensity of stepping, had a strong association with mortality. 最近发表在《美国医学学会杂志》上的一个研究报告指出，一个人每天走步的数量，而不是步行的强度，与死亡率密切相关。

好的，我们今天学习的词是 mortality, mortality, mortality.