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1、Keys andlisteningscripts Unit 10 Geriatric Nursi ng Part I Listening Scripts A Campaign against Alzheimer S Disease Last week, the United States government announced a major education and research campaig n aga inst Alzheimers disease. The brain-wasti ng disease has no cure. The pla n in cludes more

2、 efforts to develop drugs to preve nt it. In the United States, more than five million people have Alzheimers or some other form of dementia. As the population gets older, the number is expected to reach almost eight million by 2030. By then, experts say Alzheimers and other dementia disorders could

3、 affect as many as sixty-six millio n people worldwide. The n ati onal Alzheimers pla n calls on scie ntists to develop treatme nts to preve nt the disease by 2025. Officials at the National Institutes of Health have promised fifty million dollars to help support that effort. NIH held a conference o

4、f the nation s top Alzheimers researchers where NIH Director Fran cis Colli ns discussed the pla n. We have lear ned more about this disease in the last couple of years tha n probably ever before. And now the goal is to take that andranslate it into interventions. Early next year, scie ntists at the

5、 Banner Alzheimers In stitute in Arizona pla n to beg in huma n testi ng of an experime ntal drug. The drug is called cren ezumab, and the hope is it will preve nt Alzheimers. The study will involve members of a large extended family living in villages in the Medelli n area in Colombia. Some of the

6、family members have a rare gen etic disorder that causes them to get early-on set Alzheimers. They beg in to show sig ns of men tal loss in their mid-forties and fully develop the disease by their early fifties. Three hundred people have agreed to be in the study. One-third of them will receive cren

7、 ezumab. The others will be give n a placebo, a pill that does not contain any drug. They will not know if they have bee n give n the drug or the placebo. The study will also include a smaller number of people in the United States. Pierre Tariot will help lead the study, known as a human trial. He s

8、ays all of the people have bee n in formed that the drug might not work or that they might receive a placebo. Mr. Tariot says the people still wan ted to be in the study. They have been faced with this devastating illness hitting every generation for hundreds of years. As one of them put it, There a

9、re many rivers to cross but at least were at the first bank. And thats kind of the attitude that people have had.” Scie ntists hope that if the drug works in those facing early-on set Alzheimers, the n it might also help older people. The study in Colombia could take as long as five years, but resea

10、rchers believe they could get results in two years. (449 words; Abridged from http:/ ) Part I Listening for Discussion 1. Alzheimer s disease is the most com mon formdofme ntia. It was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was n amed after him. Most

11、ofte n, AD is diag no sed in people over 65 years of age, although the less-prevale nt early-on set Alzheimers can occur much earlier. In 2006, there were 26.6 million sufferers worldwide. Alzheimers is predicted to affect 1 in 85 people globally by 2050. 2. There is no cure for the disease, which w

12、orse ns as it progresses, and eve ntually leads to death. 3. All of the people have bee n in formed that the drug might not work or that they might receive a placebo. 4. (Open). At present, there is no definitive evidence to support that any particular measure is effective in preve nti ng AD. Global

13、 studies of measures to preve nt or delay the on set of AD have ofte n produced incon siste nt results. However, epidemiological studies have proposed relati on ships betwee n certa in modifiable factors such as diet, cardiovascular risk, pharmaceutical products, or in tellectual activities among ot

14、hers, and a populations likelihood of developing AD. Only further research, including clinical trials, will reveal whether these factors can help to prevent AD. 5. Omitted. Part II Dialogue I Comprehension Check 1. Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) carry cholesterol to all the cells in your body, inc l

15、uding the arteries that supply blood to your heart. LDL cholesterol is sometimes called bad cholesterol because it can build up in the walls of your arteries. 2. HDL cholesterol is sometimes called good cholesterol becauseit helps remove cholesterol from your artery walls. There are two main ways to

16、 lower your cholesterol-through therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) and with medicines. Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes, or TLC, is a set of lifestyle changes that can help you lower your LDL cholesterol. TLC includes a cholesterol-lowering diet (the TLC diet), weight management and physical activity.

17、 3. Drug treatment does not“higchurbelo”od cholesterol. It simply controls it. 4. Vaccines are available to prevent pneumococcal pneumonia and the flu. Other preventive measures include washing your hands frequently and not smoking. 5. ADLs (activities of daily living) refer to the patients ability

18、to bathe, toilet, ambulate, dress, and feed himself or herself. II Role-play Omitted. Part III Theme Reading Exercises Comprehension Check I1-6 F T F T F T II 1. forgetful 2. communication 3. intimacy 4. remembering 5.disease 6. depressed7. reassure 8. frustration 9. self-esteem 10. affection Vocabu

19、lary Study 1. Forgetfulness 2. progressive 3. neurologic 4. depressed 5. Massage 6. terminal7. irreversible 8. incurable 9. senile 10. dementia Skill development I. Word building 1-5. Omitted. 6. f 7. j 8. e 9. i 10. b 11. d 12. h 13. a 14. c 15. g 16. adenoma 17. hypothyroidism 18. hypoparathyroidism 19. Endocrinology 20. mammography II. Translation 1. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese. 老年病護(hù)理是護(hù)理學(xué)的一個(gè)分支， 涉及老年人的護(hù)理。 老年人有特殊的需求， 這種需求可能會(huì)非常復(fù)雜， 從而使得老年護(hù)理領(lǐng)域的就業(yè)前景非常好。 現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué) 的發(fā)展使人們的壽命更長(zhǎng)， 許多老年人需要更多的特殊關(guān)愛， 這種關(guān)愛可以從專 注于老年健康問題的專業(yè)醫(yī)學(xué)人士哪里獲得