【填空题】AV Clip 13: Anger and Heart Disease [图]AV...

【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: Women and SmokingAV 17 Women 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. One hundred years ago, smoking-related diseases largely affected only men, but since then millions of women have taken up the habit and their health has suffered for it. In 1987 lung cancer (1)__________ breast cancer as the No.1 cancer killer in women. And now new research finds that the women’s lung may be more (2)_________ to damage from cigarette smoke. Doctors in Norway studied nearly 1,000 patients with (3)________ pulmonary obstructive disorder, or COPD, a debilitating lung disease that kills more 120,000 Americans each year. Results show that (4)_________ patients with COPD tend to be younger than men. They are more likely to be (5)__________ before age 60. They also have smoked less, suggesting it takes fewer packs of cigarettes to (6)_________ lung damage in women than it does for men. Researchers have several theories as to why women might be more affected by smoking. Women have smaller airways, and they (7)__________ the chemicals in cigarette smoke at a different rate. Gender difference in genes or (8)__________ may also play a role. Whatever the cause or causes, the message is clear.

【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 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 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 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.

【填空题】AV Clip 15: Daily Vitamin No GoodAV 15 Daily Multivitamin.avi Watch the video clip three times and complete the content of the study by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. 1. For millions of us they are parts of our daily routine, which is why findings of the new study are so hard to ________. Researchers are now reporting that for older women some vitamins might actually be ________. The study wanted on 40,000 women aged 55 through 69 over the course of 19 years, finding that older women who took multivitamins—B6, folic acid, magnesium, zinc or copper were at a ________ increased risk of death. About 2.4% died of things like heart disease and cancer, with women who took ________ having a 3.9% increase risk of death. 2. The report ________ other studies that found that certain other supplements may be harmful. Dietary supplements don’t require the same ________ testing that drugs do. But it is an 11-billion-dollar-a-year business as millions of Americans are convinced of their ________. And today the leading trade association that ________ the makers of dietary supplements was quick to fight back, issuing a statement that the study was ________ and did not prove that supplements caused any harm. It’s important to keep in mind that this is an ________, not a cause-and-effect study. Adding that well, it may make for interesting scientific water cooler discussion, and certainly does not warrant sweeping, overstated ________ for elderly women. 3. And the study had one notable ________—calcium. Researchers found the calcium supplements actually ________ mortality risk. So everyone is asking what should you do when one doctor we spoke to this afternoon said that there is still a lot more research that should be done in this area. But remember the ________ of healthy, balanced diet have been shown over and over again. So it’s not as easy as a pill, but it’s proven.

【填空题】AV Clip 7: Excessive SaltAV 7 Excessive Salt.mp4 Watch the video clip three times and complete each statement in no more than 6 words according to the information from the video clip. 1. A well-known health group gives a new warning that many meals in popularchain restaurants have___________________________________________________________________________. 2. Salt is said to be the single ___________________ in our food supply. 3. Eating too much salt causes the walls of muscles to______________. 4. Some people consume massive amounts of salt and end up with______________. 5. And some people come to the emergency room with ___________________. 6. Few people have any idea how much salt _____________ in that next restaurant meal.

【填空题】AV Clip 3 Cold Cough MedicineAV3 Cold Cough Medicine.mp4 Watch the video clip three times and complete each statement in no more than 6 words according to the information from the video clip. 1. An FDA official today on somebody's medicines. 2. About $50 million are being spent each year to parents telling parents of not only that they are safe and effective but they are recommended by pediatricians. 3. 54 deaths of children are reported to be and 69 associated with anti-histamines from 1969 to 2006. 4. One expert believes that misuse or accidental injection is really the cause of most of these very rare . 5. Up to now there is no further guidance for parents on how to treat that will begin very soon.

【填空题】AV Clip 18 Mental Health First AidAV 18 Mental Health First Aid.mp4 Watch the video clip three times and complete the following summary. In a typical first aid class we learn things like CPR what to do if someone was choking. But would you know what to do if someone was (1) . There are now mental health first aid classes to help educate people on what to do in those kinds of situations. One in four Americans in any given year will experience a mental illness. It could be depression, anxiety, psychosis or even the (2) . So it’s a high likelihood that we might run into someone with a mental illness. It really does run the gamut on things, and it’s something that could have been just occurring, or something that has been a (3) problem. Actually mental illness (4) , from children to the elderly. We can learn how to perform CPR, the Heimlich maneuver but how do we go about recognizing problem signs? This program has an action plan, called algee—ALGEE, which stands for (5) for risk of suicide or harm, (6) , give reassurance and information, encourage (7) help, and encourage self-help and other (8) . And that can help you remember how to react to someone who may be in crisis. Anyone who comes in contact with the general public might be able to help. We teach classes around the country, like community centers or at police academies, universities, anywhere where people can access education. So the first thing that we’re talking about with people and these classes is the awareness. Certainly that mental illness is real and common. But it’s also treatable and people can (9) from mental illnesses, just like a physical illness. However, there is still a strong (10) associated with mental illness. (11) . Or they don’t understand what’s happening to them. They don’t understand why they’re feeling the way they are feeling. (12) .