听力教程4答案Unit14.pptVIP

Unit Fourteen;1. Presentation 2. New contents Section 1 Listening and Translation Section 2 Hypoglycemia Section 3 News 3. Summary Assignments ; Listening and Translation; 1. Unlike most Western governments such as Canada or Germany, the US government does not guarantee publicly-funded health care to its citizens. 和其他西方国家，如加拿大、德国的政府不同，美国政府不向其国民提供有公共财政支出的医疗保障。 2. Citizens are required to acquire health insurance, typically thousands of dollars per year per capita. 公民必须购买健康保险，每年人均花费需要几千美元。; 3. If a citizen lacks such a policy, then he must either pay for treatment, or typically be treated at another, cheaper, or sometimes third-rate hospital, or the county hospital. 如果一个公民没有这种保险的话，那他必须要么支付医疗费用，要么到别的价格低廉的有时是三等医疗机构或县医院进行治疗。 4. Various government programs for state aid exist to cover some emergency or more long-term care. 各种州政府援助计划可以涵盖一些急诊或长期治疗的费用。 ; 5. Medical bills are overwhelmingly the most common reason for personal bankruptcy in the United States. 在美国，医疗费用是造成个人破产的最常见的原因。;Part 1 Dialogue;;Exercise; For the individual who suffers from hypoglycemia, it’s extremely serious. It may well make you wish you were dead. In the United States, hypoglycemia affects as many as 10% of the population. ; An insufficiency of blood sugar to the nerves and brain can cause symptoms like dizziness, headaches, fatigue, anxiety and depression. However, it’s not only the symptoms which concern us-more especially it’s the possibility that hypoglycemia is related to a number of life-threatening diseases. Research also suggests that it could be a cause of alcoholism and drug addiction. ; Many doctors dismiss hypoglycemia as something of a “fad” disease and scoff at patients who ask for the glucose tolerance test. That’s a great pity, because these doctors, having failed to identify the real cause of their patient’s problems, then probably prescribe drugs unnecessarily. Sometimes a simple change of diet would probably