【填空题】AV Clip 17: Women and Smoking [图]AV 17 Wo...

【填空题】AV Clip 15: Movie and SmokingAV 15 Movie and Smoking.avi Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. There are many reasons why children pick up smoking, from their parents and from friends. But a new government report finds that movies are also to (1)_______. Around two-thirds of the contemporary-hit movies contain smoking, according to the report from the National Cancer Institute. And studies show the children who are (2)_________ to these movies are more likely to become smokers themselves. Cigarette uses (3)_______ in popular media as well, researchers found. Around 20% TV shows and 25% music videos show people smoking. Out-rated movies were the most likely to (4)________ smoking, so reducing kid’s exposure to adult cinema may help the problem. But experts say cutting cigarette in movies (5)________ would have a much greater impact. The good news is that the media can also have a (6)_______ influence. Television, newspapers and the Internet have all help spread the word about the health danger of smoking. Researchers say (7)_________ the power of the media to reach more people with anti-smoking messages is a major goal in the (8)_________ against tobacco.

【填空题】AV Clip 16: Smoking and Mental DeclineAV 16 Smoking & Mental Decline.avi Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. Cigarette smoking has long been associated with many serious health risks, including (1)______________ disease, stroke and cancer. Now new research shows that cigarette smoking may also be (2)________ to increase mental decline with age. Researchers from National Institute for Public Health and (3)____________ in the Netherland studied nearly 2,000 men and women aged 43 to 70 years. They gave (4)___________ cognitive tests, once at the beginning of the study, and then again five years later. The result shows that mental decline among smokers was 1.9 times greater for (5)__________ function, 2.4 times greater for mental (6)__________ and 1.7 times greater for overall cognitive ability. In the U.S., nearly 25% men and 18% women are still smokers. The researchers suggest that smokers who (7)________ their habit at any age may be able to postpone the (8)________ of cognitive decline as they grow older.

【填空题】AV Clip 14: Smoking and Social ClassAV 14 Smoking & Social Class.avi Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. The ill effects of smoking are now well documented. Smokers have high rates of heart disease, many types of cancer and great risks for (1)__________ death. But few studies have examined the (2)_________ between social class and smoking. Typically, people with more financial (3)________ enjoy better health. But the new research finds that smoking negated the benefit of social (4)_________. Doctors in Scotland tracked 15,000 middle-aged people for twenty years. They found people in higher social classes were (5)__________ less likely to smoke. However, more than four in ten still smoke regularly. But wealth offers no (6) ___________ from diseases linked to smoking. Across all classes, men and women who smoke were two or three times as likely to die from lung cancer. Non-smoking women have the greatest (7)_________ more than half still alive at the end of the study. There is also good news for those who have (8)________ the habit. The former smokers have the survival odds very close to participants who have never smoked. Answers:

【填空题】AV Clip 17:AV 17.mp4 Watch the video clip three times and complete each statement according to the information from the video clip. There are medical (1) _______________ that are available. A lot of these children have (2)___________, so as far as treatments goes, we are treating the sleep issue. The only medication approved for treatment is really for a symptom of autism, which is for the (3)___________, which is Risperdal. That is not a cure. We are treating a symptom, I think that is very important to (4)_____________, as we are talking about treatments. There are also (5)____________that are being offered, which is looking at what is happening with a child at a (6)__________ and addressing that. A lot of children with the autism spectrum, for example, have low (7)______________ levels, and that needs to be corrected. Because vitamin D affects the(8)______________________, and kids with autism have immune function problems.

【填空题】AV Clip 7: traffic and Heart AttackAV 7 Traffic and Heart Attack.mp4 Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. There is no question Americans are spending large amounts of their time these days sitting in traffic. More than 120 million people (1) _________ to work by car each day and most of them spend at least 30 minutes on the road. But is always in the car (2) _______ our health? New research from Germany finds exposure to traffic may help (3) ______ heart attacks in people already at risk. They interviewed more than 1,400 patients to determine what type of events immediately (4) ______ heart attack symptoms. Results show that patients were three times more likely to have been driving a car, riding public (5) ________ or riding a bicycle near traffic within an hour of their heart attack than doing any non-traffic activities. Women appeared more (6) ________ than men. Their heart attack risk was five times greater when exposed to traffic. Researchers say they are still not sure how traffic may (7) ______ to heart attacks, but they theorize that a combination of stress and heightened pollution may be to (8) _________.

【填空题】AV Clip 17: Fitness or FatnessAV 17 Fitness or Fatness.avi Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. Researches released tonight suggest that a person’s fitness may matter more than his or her fatness. Obesity is (1)________to a higher risk of death but new findings indicate that the lack of exercise is a greater health risk than the extra (2)__________. Doctors of Copan Clinics in Taxes tracked 2,600 senior adults for an average of 12 years. Participants (3)___________an exercise test on the treadmill to determine their level of cardiovascular fitness. The result showed that (4)_________obese individuals had more than double the rate of death as normal weight people, but not after doctors took exercise into (5)_______. Once they are affected in fitness levels, researchers found that fit individuals, even they were obese, have a lower risk of death than (6)_______, unfit people. Experts said the problem is that obesity makes it much harder to be fit. It limits (7)________and puts extra stress on the joints. But they also conclude that people of all sizes should focus on increasing physical activity even if they don't (8)_________ any pounds.

【填空题】AV Clip 17: Fitness or FatnessAV 17.mp4 Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. There is nothing that you can't eat but everything you eat has an effect on your blood sugar. Learning to eat regular meals, controlling the amount you eat and making healthy food choices can help you manage your diabetes better and prevent further (1) ___________________. Developing a sensible plan for eating is an important first step in diabetes control. With diabetes you really have to watch the portions and not only the portions but particularly the (2) ___________________________. Because carbohydrates, as you know, are the foods that affect your blood sugar. So watching those carbs is really important. A healthy meal will include complex carbohydrates, (3) __________________ and healthy fats. Complex carbohydrates include (4) __________________ bread. Lean meat such as chicken without the skin or fish are excellent sources of protein. Lots of nuts and healthy oils like olive, peanut or canola are rich in healthy fats. Portion control can help you control your blood sugar. A good first step is to follow a type of meal planning known as the plate method. This method includes a healthy balance of foods and controlled portions. In this method, half of your plate is filled with (5) ________________________ vegetables such as greens: green beans, broccoli or cabbage; 25% should contain meat or another protein like eggs, low-fat cheese or beets; and the other 25% should contain starches such as potato or whole-grain bread. On the side include an 8 ounce glass of (6) _______________ milk or a small piece of fruit .Other things you can do include counting carbohydrates. Counting carbs is one way to control blood sugar by limiting the amount of carbohydrates in your diet to about 45 to 60 grams a meal. You can prevent your blood sugars from going too high after that meal. Reading food labels. Learning to read food labels is an important step in planning healthy meals and limiting the amount of unhealthy fats and (7) ________________ in your diet. For example, by knowing the difference between serving size and total servings you can count the number of total carbohydrates in your meal. Developing a practical meal plan. Your (8) ______________ can help you work on a meal plan that fits you and your lifestyle.

【填空题】AV Clip 13: Anger and Heart DiseaseAV 13 Anger and Heart.mp4 Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. Evidence continues to mount that strong emotions can contribute to sudden (1) _______ arrest. But precisely how anger, shock or sadness might harm the heart remains unclear. New research suggests that (2) _________ emotion might directly alter the heart’s electrical stability. Researchers from Yale University studied 62 patients who had (3) _________ pace-maker devices to treat their heart disease. They asked the participants to record a time when they felt angry and tracked any changes in patients’ heart function. They found that anger triggered (4) _______ in heart’s electrical waves and that some people had a bigger reaction than others. Over the next year people who had had the stronger (5) ________ to anger were eight times as likely to need a shock from their pace-maker to restore a proper heart (6) ________. Doctors theorize that a rush of adrenalin response may cause the electrical (7) ________. Staying calm helps reduce the adrenalin response so experts recommend using (8) ________ techniques including deep breathing and non-stressful exercises such as yoga or working to manage angry emotions.

【填空题】AV Clip 19: Exercise and BrainAV 19 Exercise and Brain.avi Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. Just six months a moderate exercise may be enough to rejuvenate（使恢复活力）an aging brain. Researchers from University of Pittsburg at Illinois examined more than 30 studies on exercise and the brain. They found that regular physical activity can reduce the risk for mental (1)_________ with age, and in some cases may even (2)_________ age-related brain changes. One study compared walking to stretching exercises, and found that the (3)_______ who walked regularly had improvements in their attention skills and decision making ability in just 6 months’ time. Other researches show that people who are physically (4)______ tend to have slightly larger brains, suggesting that exercise may protect against brain (5)_______ with age. Similarly, patients with (6)_________ disease who are physically fit tend to have more white matters in their brains, perhaps providing a large mental(7)________. As for the best type of physical activity to protect the brain, researchers say (8)________exercises such as walking, swimming and biking appear to have the most benefits.

【填空题】AV Clip 11: Alcohol and Cancer DeathAV 11 Alcohol and Cancer Death.mp4 Watch the video clip three times and complete each statement according to the information from the video clip. 1. A study released in the American Journal of Public Health says alcohol causes _________as many deaths as it prevents. 2. Dr. Tom Greenfield says 20,000 Americans lose their lives of the cancer every year as a result of_______________. 3. While most of these deaths occur among those drinking_________________. 4. The most stunning statistics is that _________________________can reduce a person’s life span on average up to 18 years.