</p> “These health objectives,primarily set for the nation by the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services'Healthy People 2010 agenda,provide a road map for assessing the status of women's health.”
7 z: }" K. m$ f, C* e5 v Of 27 measures examined by the group,from screening for diseases to actually treating
- Y5 b* Y! R! O( m8 T* R$ x them,the nation passes on only two,the researchers said.“The nation is so far from the Healthy People goals that it receives an overall grade of‘unsatisfactory',”they wrote.+ {- k' {! W: Y1 I
The problem seems to be a lack among states of an overall plan for health in general,the NWLC said.
! h: ?( M/ c9 t9 }3 L “State policy makers' piecemeal approach to our health Care crisis has resulted in a complex and ineffective system that fails to meet the health care needs of women,”Judy Waxman,NWLC Vice President for Health,said in a statement.7 S, v, N, {& Z+ z! @
“Lawmakers need to take a comprehensive,long-term approach to meeting women'S health
; S n/ K2 g6 }" r needs and tackle this serious problem that plagues SO many families.“
8 D; N- X- E' H 词汇:4 x4 ?6 L* W( Y/ }0 X/ w6 Y, q
mammogram/n.乳腺X光照片! z! b: G' n! Z2 T! V
dental/adj.牙齿的;牙科的9 S+ B# R" x6 O# l5 u
enroll/vi.加入,参加
; [! q( ~0 n" @0 D/ I1 Q piecemeal/adj.一件一件(做)的:逐渐(做)的;零碎(做)的
7 h$ j/ C9 T0 \0 ]1 c) | plague/vt.使苦恼;折磨;烦扰4 O, l3 [7 K N, } c8 }) F
练习:* E9 M, Q9 E9 N) X! h/ U+ y
1.The nation does poorly in all the following aspects of women's health EXCEPT1 F4 V) E, N, G$ C0 h
A1 conducting dental check-ups.! r0 s5 T) \1 o- ]- r6 t" P
B)helping women quit smoking.
2 @! ]4 [# {1 r- F$ U' O C)screening for diseases./ G) o8 Y8 E) j1 J# w1 C
D)treating cancer.- ^0 S$ y+ I6 h F/ r6 _9 D$ ]1 g
2.Medicaid is a program aimed at& E9 k) b& i' @& g. [! x8 I
A)helping women.9 u# T& U( a) E7 f' M; O% {
B)helping the poor.: L, D1 w6 z6 S0 A# Q* _6 a8 q
C)reducing poverty.- v! a3 f, |8 Y7 p
D)preventing disease.! G3 ^! Y5 Z! T5 J
3. Which causes the biggest number of deaths in the US?' z, s' j) X3 [+ c
A)Accidents.5 Y0 R, J! |/ a6 I# k
B)Heart disease. Q0 N0 A0 F; \3 }- @
C)Cancer., @5 M$ A# Z- R _" d u6 J
D)Smoking.: f1 j. u* p' ~3 i
4.The national goals for women's health make it easier to Y) w0 C' U2 @& e. A; p7 o% J( g2 e* M
A)meet women's health needs.
& y# I' n! w2 n/ { E B)assess the status of women's health./ z1 ]5 ~! D: V
C)make an overall plan for health in general.' Z3 K6 ]* a, U7 j$ O6 H
D)deal with the health care crisis.
! m. R) V) i/ ^$ q( m) Q+ v/ l 5. What kind of approach should be adopted to meet women's health needs7! m! x8 G3 A! w7 X
A)Piecemeal.
7 ?3 X$ E4 h8 L+ W5 ~) C) Y B)State-federal.
1 Z5 n2 b! k( b& X2 k C)Comprehensive and long-term.
9 \" [3 f$ H _4 _; `7 k J6 ^ D)Complex and ineffective.6 X- k, k) t1 z4 k' P) f% ?8 V- |
第2篇# N0 h2 |7 `% M. b
Cigars instead2 M( B3 ~5 m8 U( J8 i
Smoking one or two cigars a day doubles the risk of cancers of the lip,tongue,mouth and throat,according to a government study.- f' i: R* T/ d0 k- }
Daily cigars also increase the risk of lung cancer and cancer of the esophagus,and increase the risk of cancer of the larynx(voicebox) sixfold,say researchers at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda,Maryland.
) |& [( z. f; P! x9 ?- a In addition,the report revealed that smoking three or four cigars a day increased the risk of oral cancer to 8.5 times the risk for nonsmokers and the risk of esophageal cancer by four times the risk of nonsmokers. |