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第五部分补全短文
WeightWorriesMayStartEarlyforSlimWomen
Thereisarangeofreasonswhythinwomenthinkthey’retooheavy,butthedistortedbodyimagemayoftenhaveitsrootsinchilmlood.theresultsofanewstudysuggest.
ReSearchersfoundthatamongmorethan2,400thinwomentheysurveyed,nearly10percentthoughttheyweretooheavy_1__BExperiencesinchildhood,includinghavinganillparent,orstartingtodrinkorhavesexataparticularlyyoungage,wereamongtheriskfactorsforhavingadistortedbodyimage.
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Accordingtothestudyauthors,1edbyDr.SusanneKrugerKjaeroftheDanishCancerSociety,Copenhagen,society’s“ideal”femalebodyismovingtowardanunderweightphysique·
_2DResearchsuggeststhatmanynormal—weightwome.~1wishtoweighless.
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Toinvestigatebodyimageamongthinwomen,theresearchersgavequestionnairesto2,443womenages27to38whosebodymassindexwasatthelowendofnormal__3__(F)Thewomenwereaskedaboutfactorsrangingfromchildhoodexperiencestocurrentexercisehabits.。
Overall,almost10percentofthewomenthoughttheyWeretooheavy.Thosewhoreportedcertain“severelifeevents”inchildhoodoradolescence,suchashavingaparentbecomeillor
havingtheireducationalhopesdashed,weremorelikelythanotherstohaveadistortedbodyimage.__4_AThesamewastrueof'womenwhostartedhavingsexordrinkingalcoholwhentheywereyoungerthan15yearsold.
Incontrast,traumaticeventsinadulthood,suchasseriousillnessorsignificantmaritalproblems,werenotrelatedtopoorbodyimage,也eresearchersreport.5_C“Ourresultsindicatethattheriskofbeingdissatisfiedwith(one’s)ownbodyweightmaybeestablishedearlyinlife,”Kjaerandhercolleagueswrite.
第二篇
Bedwetting
Millionsofkidsandteenagersfromeverypartoftheworldwetthebedeverysinglenight.It’ssocommonthatthereareprobablyotherkidsinyourclasswhodoit.Mostkidsdon’ttelltheirfriends‘,SOit’Seasytofeelkindofalone,likeyoumightbetheonlyoneonthewholeplanetwhowetsthebed_1__FButyouarenotalone.
Thefancynameforbedwettingisnocturnalenuresis.Enuresisrunsinfamilies.Thismeansthatifyouurinate,orpee,whileyouareasleep,there’Sagoodch,ancethatacloserelativealsodiditwhenheorshewasakid.__2__DJustlikevOumayhaveinheritedyourmom’sblueeyesoryouruncle’slonglegs,youprobablyinheritedbedwetting,too.
Themostimportantthingtorememberisthatnoonewetsthebedonpurpose.Itdoesn’tmeanthatyou’relazyoraslob.3_CIt,ssomethingyoucan’thelpdoing.Forsomereason,kidswhowetthebedarenotabletofeelthattheirbladderisfullanddon’twakeuptopeeinthetoilet.Sometimesa.kidwhowetsthebedwillhavearealisticdreamthathe’sinthebathroompeeing~onlytowakeuplateranddiscoverhe’sallwet.Manykidswhowetthebedareverydeepsleepers.__4BTryingtowakeupsomeonewhowetsthebedisoftenliketryingtowakealog—theyJuststayasleep.
Somekidswhowetthebeddoiteverysinglenight.Otherswetsomenightsandaredryonothers.Alotofkidssaythattheyseemtobedrierwhentheysleepatafriend’Sorarelative’shouse.___5__EThat,sbecausekidswhoareanxiousaboutwettingthebedmaynotsleepmuchoronlyverylightly.Sothebrainmaybethinking,“Hey,you!
Don’twetsomeoneelse’sbed!
”Thiscanhelpyoustaydryevenif
第三篇
WhatMakesMetheWeightIAm?
There,snoeasyanswertothisquestion.Yourgeneticmakeup,thephysicaltraitsthatgetpasseddowntoyoufromyourparents,playsabigpartindeterminingyoursizeandweight._1__FIfbothyourparentsaretall,thereisagoodchanceyou’llbetall.Butifyourparentsaresmallerthanaverage,youmaywanttorethinkthatprofessionalbasketballcareerI.
Thesamegoesforyourbodytype.Haveyoueverheardsomeonesayapersonis“bigboned”?
It’sawayofsayingthepersonhasalargeframe,orskeleton.Bigbonesusuallyweigh
morethansmallbones.__2_AThat,swhvit'spossiblefortwokidswiththesameheight,butdifferentweights,tobothbetherightweight..
Likeyourheightorbodytype.yourgeneshavealottosayaboutwhatyourweightwillbe.Butthat,sOnlvpartofthestory.BeingoverweightCanruninsomeone’sfamily,butitmaynotbebecauseoftheirgenes.3CPooreatingandexercisehabitsalsoruninfamiliesandthismaybethereasonthemembersofafamilyareoverweight.Andeventhoughsomekidsgainweightmoreeasilythanothers.whentheyeatrightandexercise,mostkidscanbeahealthyandhappyweightthat’sfightforthem.It’Strue—thewayyouliveCanchangethewayyoulook.
HowmuchyouWeighisabalancebetweenthecaloriesyoueatandthe‘caloriesyouuse·_4_BIfyoueatmorecaloriesthanyourbodyneedstouse,youwillgaintoomuchweight.IfyouspendyourfreetimewatchingTV,yourbodywon’tuseasmanycaloriesasitwouldifyouplayedbasketball,skated,orwentforawalk.Ifyouareinbalance,yourweightwillstayrightforyouasyougrow.Butifyoueatmoreandexerciseless,youmaybecomeoverweight._5__EOntheotherhand,ifyoueatlessandexercisemore,youmayloseweight·
第四篇TheBilingualBrain
WhenKarlKimimmigratedtotheUnitedStatesfromKorea’sateenager,hehadahardtimelearningEnglish.Nowhespeaksitfluently,andhehadauniqueopportunitytoseehowourbrainsadapttoasecondlanguage.1Asagraduatestudent,KimworkedinthelabofJoyHirsch,aneuroscientistinNewYork.____1F Theirworkledtoanimportantdiscovery.____Theyfoundevidencethatchildrenandadultsdon’tusethesamepartsofthebrainwhentheylearnasecondlanguage.
TheresearchersusedaninstrumentcalledanMRI2(magneticresonanceimaging)scannertostudythebrainsoftwogroupsofbilingualpeople.____2B Onegroupconsistedofthosewhohadlearnedasecondlanguageaschildren.____.Theotherconsistedofpeoplewho,likeKim,learnedtheirsecondlanguagelaterinlife.PeoplefrombothgroupswereplacedinsidetheMRIscanner.ThisallowedKimandHirschtoseewhichpartsofthebrainweregettingmorebloodandweremoreactive.Theyaskedpeoplefrombothgroupstothinkaboutwhattheyhaddonethedaybefore,firstinonelanguageandthentheother.Theycouldn’tspeakoutloudbecauseanymovementwoulddisruptthescanning.
KimandHirschlookedspecificallyattwolanguagecentersinthebrain-Broca'sarea3,whichisbelievedtocontrolspeechproduction,andWernicke’sarea3,whichisthoughttoprocessmeaning.KimandHirschfoundthatbothgroupsofpeopleusedthesamepartofWernicke'sareanomatterwhatlanguagetheywerespeaking.____3A ButtheiruseofBroca’sareawasdifferent.____
PeoplewholearnedasecondlanguageaschildrenusedthesameregioninBroca’sareaforboththeirfirstandsecondlanguages.PeoplewholearnedasecondlanguagelaterinlifeusedadifferentpartofBroca’sareafortheirsecondlanguage.____4C HowdoesHirschexplainthisdifference?
____Hirschbelievesthatwhenlanguageisfirstbeingprogrammedinyoungchildren,theirbrainsmaymixthesoundsandstructuresofalllanguagesinthesamearea.Oncethatprogrammingiscomplete,theprocessingofanewlanguagemustbetakenoverbyadifferentpartofthebrain.
Asecondpossibilityissimplythatwemayacquirelanguagesdifferentlyaschildrenthanwedoasadults.Hirschthinksthatmothersteachababytospeakbyusingdifferentmethodsinvolvingtouch,sound,andsight.____5E Andthatisverydifferentfromlearningalanguageinahighschoolorcollegeclass.____
第五篇
ChestCompressions:
MostImportant0fCPR
Cardiopulmonaryresuscitation.orCPR,cansavethelifeofsomeonewhosehearthasstopped.Theconditioniscalledcardiacarrest。
.Theheartstopspumpingblood.Thepersonstopsbreathing.Withoutlifesavingmeasm:
es.thebrainstartstodiewiminfourtosixminutes.CPRcombinesbreathingintothevictim’Smouthandrepeatedpressesonthechest.1__CCPRkeepsbloodandoxygenflowingtotheheartandbrain.
However,anewJapanesestudyquestionstheusefulnessofmouth—to.mouthbreathing.ThestudywaspublishedintheBritishmedicalmagazine,TheLancet。
.DoctorsinTokyoledthe
research.Itexaminedmorethanfourthousandpeoplewhohadsufferedcardiacarrest.Inallthecases,witnessessawtheeventhappen.
Morethanonethousandofthevictimsreceivedsomekindofmedicalassistancefromwitnesses.SevenhundredandtwelvereceivedCPR.Fourhundredandthirty—ninereceivedchestpressesonly.___2FNomouth—to.mouthrescuebreathsweregiventQthem.TheresearcherssayanykindofCPRimprovedchancesofthepatient’ssurvival.But,theysaidthosepeopletreatedwithonlychestpressessufferedlessbraindamage.Twenty-twopercentsurvivedwithgoodbrainability._3___BOnlytenpercentofthevictimstreatedwithtraditionalCPRsurvivedwithgoodbrainability.
TheAmericanHeartAssociation。
changeditsguidelinesforCPRchestpressesin2005.4_EItsaidpeopleshouldincreasethenumberofchestpressesfromfifteentothirtyforeverytwobreathsgiven.GordonEwyisaheartdoctorattheUniversityofArizonaCollegeofMedicineinTucson.Hewroteareportthatappearedwiththestudy.DoctorEwythinkstheCPRguidelinesshouldbechangedagain.Hesaidtheheartassociationshouldremoverescuebreathsfromtheguidelines.Hearguesthatmorewitnessestocardiacarrestswould.providetreatmentifrescuebreathsarenotapartofCPR.Hesaysthiswouldsavelives._5___DHisstudiesshowthatmanypeopledonotwanttoperformmouth-to-mouthbreathingonastrangerforfearofgettingadisease.
Cardiacarrestkillsmorethan300.000peopleintheUnitedStateseveryyear.TheAmericanHeartAssociationsay