下載聲音檔請點我 下載填空卷請點我 下載解析版請點我 大多數的年輕人都沒有天天量血壓的習慣,許多人甚至根本不曉得自己有高血壓。體重過重的人通常是高危險群,另外家族遺傳的因素也要考量在內,總之大家不能掉以輕心。 這篇NPR的報導,揭露了一個可怕的事實:那就是 美國年輕人當中,幾乎每五人就有一人有高血壓 ,長期高血壓會導致動脈狹窄、血管阻塞、腦中風、心臟衰竭、心肌梗塞、糖尿病甚至腎臟疾病,所以有空大家來量量血壓吧。運動(減重)與清淡的飲食(少鹽份)也能改善狀況。一旦服用高血壓藥物,就不能擅自停藥,這篇報導有很多很棒的英文詞彙可以學起來,請大家多多收聽下載。 Nearly 1 in 5 young adults has high blood pressure From NPR news Here's a worrisome trend : 令人憂心的趨勢 high blood pressure among young adults. The findings 調查結果 , by researchers at the University of North Carolina, appear online in the journal Epidemiology 流行病學期刊 . As NPR's Patty Neighmond reports, this is the first, large, long-term study 美國首度出現的大規模長期研究 to find such high rates of hypertension 高血壓 among such young people. PATTY NEIGHMOND: Sociologist Kathleen Mullan Harris is analyzing 分析 a number of health surveys 健康調查 that were mandated by 受委託 Congress 受美國國會委託調查研究 in the mid-'90s. The idea was to examine the health and habits