雅思閱讀練習(xí)題對(duì)待人口老齡化態(tài)

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雅思閱讀練習(xí)題：對(duì)待人口老齡化的態(tài)度

ONastagedecoratedwithtinsel(金箔)andfairylights,Liu

Changshengissinging“TheEastisRed”intoamicrophone,

wearingayellowandgreytracksuit(運(yùn)動(dòng)套裝).ForMrLiu,

theMaoistanthem(贊美詩(shī);頌歌)ofthe1960smayarouse

memoriesmorevividthanthosehehasofhisimmediatepast.

Nowinhisseventies,hehasdementia(癡呆癥),anincurable

braindiseasethatisoftenrevealedbyalossofshort-term

memory(短時(shí)記憶).FortwoyearsMrLiuhaslivedatthe

QianheNursingHomeinnorthernBeijinginafacilityfor

around75dementiapatients.Theyareamongthefewsufferers

ofthisconditioninChinawhoreceivespecialistcare.

Dementiahasmostlybeenarich-worldsickness,because

itbecomesmorecommonaspeoplelivelonger.Chinaisfast

catchingup.Lifeexpectancy(希望壽命)increasedfrom45in

1960to77now,andthepopulationisageingrapidly：one

personinsixisover60now;by2025nearlyoneinfourwill

be.Factorsthatincreasethe(age-adjusted)riskof

developingdementiaarealsoontherise,including

obesity(肥胖癥),smoking,lackofexerciseanddiabetes(糖尿

病).

Alreadyabout9mpeopleinChinahavesomeformof

dementia.Inabsoluteterms,thatismorethantwiceasmany

asinAmerica.(從絕對(duì)數(shù)看，這個(gè)數(shù)字是美國(guó)的兩倍以上。)ItisalsomorethandoublethenumberinIndia,acountrywitha

populationsimilarinsizetoChina’sbutamuchyoungerone.

Nearlytwo-thirdsofChina’ssufferershavetheformknown

asAlzheimer’s(老年癡呆癥),casesofwhichhavetripled

since1990.ThenumberofAlzheimer’spatientsmayincreaseanotherfourfoldbetweennowand2050.

China’sgovernmentiswoefully(不幸地)unpreparedfor

thiscrisis,withaseverelackofhealth-careprovisionforsufferers.Sotooisthepublic.Despiterecentpublic-informationcampaigns,manyChineseregarddementiaasanaturalpartofageing,notasadisease,anddonotknowthatitisfatal.Othersseeitasapsychologicalailment(

疾

病)ratherthanadegenerationofthebrainitself.It

carriesastigma(污名)ofmentalillness,makingsufferersandtheirrelativesreluctanttoseekhelp.Thiscompounds(使嚴(yán)重化)thesufferingcausedbydementia

：

activemanagementcansometimesslowitsprogress.

EvenattheQianheNursingHome,whereMrLiulives,someaspectsofthecareappearcrude(初級(jí)的;原始的).Ashared“activity”spacefordementiasufferershasnogamesortoystoentertainthem;relativesarediscouragedfrom

visitingmorethanonceaweekforfearof“disturbing”

theirkin(intheWest,carehomesencouragevisits,whichcanbestimulatingandprovideasenseofwarmthandfamiliarity).Somedementiapatientsendupinpsychiatricwards,whichcannotdealeffectivelywiththeirspecificrequirements.Thereisanacuteshortageofmedicalworkers

qualifiedtotreatsufferers(合格的醫(yī)護(hù)工作人員嚴(yán)重缺乏來治療患者。).Onereasonisthatfewareattractedtothework.

ZhangXiurong,50,acareassistantatQianhe,ispaidlessthan3,000yuan($450)amonth,closetotheaveragenational

migrantwage,toprovideallpatients’basicneeds12hoursaday,withonlyfourdaysoffamonth.“NoChineseparent

wantstheironedaughtertoworkinahospitalcleaningbedpans,”saysMichaelPhillipsoftheShanghaiJiaoTongUniversitySchoolofMedicine.

IntheWestmostpatientsgotoacarehomeforthefinalbrutalstagesofthedisease,whichcanlastmorethanayear.InChinafamiliescarrymostoftheburdenfrombeginningtoend.Thegovernmenthaslongunderinvestedinsocialcare,assumingthatadultchildrenwilltakeresponsibility(

在社會(huì)

照護(hù)方面，政府長(zhǎng)久投入不足，認(rèn)為應(yīng)當(dāng)由長(zhǎng)大的孩子來負(fù)責(zé)。

).

Butthisisunsustainable.Plungingbirthratessincethe

1970s,exacerbated(使加重;使惡化)byaone-child-per-couplepolicy,meanthatthenumberofworking-ageadultsperpersonover65willfallby2050fromtento2.5.Migrationinto

cities(seearticle)isleavingsomeelderlypeopleinthecountrysidewithoutfamilymemberstocareforthem.

Needfornewthinking

Thegovernmenthasbeenslowtorecognisethescaleof

theproblem.Itfundssomedementiaresearch,butthemoneygoestoscientistslookingforacure,ratherthantothose

tryingtofindwaysofalleviating(減少)thesufferingof

patientswhohavenochanceofone.(政府資助了一些癡呆癥研究，

可是擁有經(jīng)費(fèi)的科學(xué)家們搜尋的是治療方案，而不是致力于找到方法來減少那些根本沒治的病人的傷心。)“Peopledon’tgetNobelprizesorgrantsfordevelopingastrategyforcommunitycare,”saysDrPhillips.

Inanycountrycarecanbeexpensive,bothforfamiliesandgovernments.InChinathegovernmentwillfinditselfhavingtospendmuchmoreasrelativesproveunequaltothetask.Becausefamilymembersrarelyunderstandthecondition,

morethan90%ofdementiacasesgoundetected(沒被發(fā)現(xiàn)的),accordingtoastudyledbyRuolingChenofKing’sCollege

inLondon.Suffererswillbenefitwhenthegovernmentatlastrealisesithastostepin.

Vocabulary

anthem贊美詩(shī);頌歌

dementia癡呆癥

short-termmemory短時(shí)記憶

lifeexpectancy希望壽命

obesity肥胖癥

diabetes糖尿病

woefully不幸地

ailment疾病

stigma污名

compound使復(fù)雜化;化合物

crude原始的;莽撞的

exacerbate使惡化

alleviate減少

undetected未被發(fā)現(xiàn)的

讀句子，記雅思詞匯

Nocompoundthatwouldsafelyachievethesamefeatinpeoplehasbeenfoundyet,butthesearchhasbeeninformative

andhasfannedhopethatcaloric-restriction(CR)mimetics

canindeedbedevelopedeventually.(劍6T3P3)

參照譯文：安全地在人類實(shí)現(xiàn)同樣奏效的化合物還沒有找到，可是這份研究已經(jīng)很有啟迪性，最后開發(fā)出控?zé)岱律锏南Ｍ稽c(diǎn)燃了。

2.Couldsucha‘caloric-restrictionmimetic

’,aswe

callit,