Diabetes and Me
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Nine-year-old Mia is one of almost three million children and adults in the United States who have type 1 diabetes.
九岁 米娅是美国近300万患有一等糖尿病的儿童和成年人之一.
This disease causes the body to stop making insulin.
这种疾病使身体停止了胰岛素的制作.
Insulin allows our bodies’ cells to take in glucose, or sugar, from food.
胰岛素可以让我们的身体细胞从食物中摄取葡萄糖或糖。
Our bodies’ cells need glucose for energy.
我们的身体细胞需要葡萄糖作为能量。
Without insulin, the cells do not take in the glucose we need to work or play.
没有胰岛素,细胞不会摄入我们需要工作或玩弄的葡萄糖.
Doctors don’t know exactly what causes type 1 diabetes or how to cure it.
医生并不知道什么是1型糖尿病的原因,
With the right treatment, people with type 1 diabetes can live normal, healthy lives.
通过正确的治疗,一等糖尿病患者可以过上正常,健康的生活.
Mia traveled to Washington, D.
米娅去华盛顿了
C.
C组
, to help raise money to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.
帮助募集资金 找到治疗一等糖尿病的方法
She also helped to organize a fund-raising walk at her school.
她还帮助组织了学校的募捐行走.
Mia plays catch with her dog Max.
米娅和她的狗麦克斯玩接球
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
According to experts, each year in the United States, more than fifteen thousand children and fifteen thousand adults learn that they have type 1 diabetes.
专家表示,在美国,每年有超过一万五千名儿童和一万五千名成年人得知他们患有一等糖尿病.
That’s about eighty people each day.
每天约有80人。
Almost 26 million people in the United States have diabetes.
美国近2600万人有糖尿病.
Most of them, about 23 million, have type 2 diabetes—a disease in which the body still makes insulin but can’t use it very well.
大部分, 大约2300万患者患有2型糖尿病,
The rest, about 3 million people, have type 1 diabetes.
其余约300万人患有一等糖尿病.
Reading A–Z: How did you find out you have type 1 diabetes?
读A-Z:你怎么发现你有一等糖尿病的?
Mia: When I was four-and-a-half, I had to get up at night to go to the bathroom a lot.
米娅: 我四岁半的时候,我不得不在晚上起床,经常去上厕所.
I went to the doctor, and they checked my blood sugar.
我去医生那里了 他们检查了我的血糖
It was really high.
这真的很高。
We had to go to the hospital, and I got scared.
我们不得不去医院, 我很害怕。
The day I got out of the hospital, I was feeling better.
我出院那天感觉好多了
Mia’s blood sugar test kit contains the meter, extra test strips, batteries, and a calibration device so her blood sugar tests are right.
Mia的血糖测试包中包含计数器、额外测试条、电池和校准设备,
To live healthy lives, people like Mia take special care of themselves.
为了过上健康的生活,像米娅这样的人会特别照顾自己.
They watch what they eat and get lots of exercise.
他们看他们吃的东西 并得到了很多运动。
They also test their blood sugar levels many times each day.
他们每天还多次测试血糖水平.
I prick my finger about twelve times a day to test my blood with a blood glucose meter.
我一天刺我的手指12次 用血糖测量仪测试我的血液
It doesn’t hurt.
不痛,
If my blood sugar is high, the pump puts insulin into my bloodstream.
如果我的血糖高,泵 将胰岛素进入我的血液。
If my blood sugar is low, I have a snack or some juice.
如果我的血糖少,我有一个小吃或一些果汁。
Mia tests her blood sugar level to make sure she doesn’t have too much sugar in her blood.
Mia测试血糖水平,
Reading A–Z: What kind of medicine do you take to stay healthy?
读取 A- Z : 你用什么药保持健康?
Mia: I take insulin.
我服用胰岛素
I wear an insulin pump near my waist.
我腰部附近有个胰岛素泵
The pump makes taking the medicine easier.
泵使取药更容易.
Insulin pumps are battery-operated devices that inject insulin into the body at a specific rate to control diabetes.
胰岛素泵是电池操作的装置,以特定的速度将胰岛素注入体内来控制糖尿病.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Most people who take insulin use a needle to put the medicine under the skin.
大多数服用胰岛素的人会用针头将药物放入皮肤下.
Insulin pumps can deliver insulin more accurately than shots.
胰岛素泵可以比注射更准确地提供胰岛素.
They release small amounts of insulin all day long.
他们整天释放出少量的胰岛素.
They can even give bigger doses at mealtimes, if necessary.
如有必要,它们甚至可以在用餐时给予更大的剂量。
Reading A–Z: Are there foods you cannot eat?
读 A-Z : 有不能吃的食物吗?
Mia: I can eat anything I want.
我可以吃任何我想要的东西。
My mom just has to know about it, and I have to get the right amount of insulin.
我妈妈必须知道这件事 我必须得到正确的胰岛素量
Mia eats snacks that have lots of protein because they have fewer carbohydrates than candy bars.
米娅吃有大量蛋白质的小吃,因为它们的碳水化合物比糖果条还少.
I count the carbohydrates in my food and put the number into my pump.
我数了食物中的碳水化合物 然后把数字放进我的泵里
That helps the pump know how much insulin to give me.
这帮助泵 知道多少胰岛素给我。
Mia adds up the number of carbohydrates in all her food so she can put the right number into her pump.
米娅将所有食物中的碳水化合物数量加起来,这样她就可以将正确的数字放入泵中.
I also wear a bracelet that tells people that I have type 1 diabetes.
我还戴着一条手镯,告诉人们我患有一等糖尿病。
If I was walking home and my blood sugar was too low, I could pass out.
如果我走回家 我的血糖太低, 我可能会昏倒。
The bracelet has my mom’s phone number on it.
手镯上有我妈妈的电话号码。
Mia’s bracelet has her name and her mom’s phone number as well as her doctor’s name and phone number.
Mia的手镯有她的名字、妈妈的电话号码以及医生的名字和电话号码。
Reading A–Z: What other things do you do to stay healthy?
读取 A- Z : 你为了保持健康还做了些什么?
Mia: I ride my bike with my brother, Alex, and my friends.
我和哥哥亚历克丝和朋友一起骑自行车
I like to roller- skate and swim and do archery.
我喜欢滑冰和游泳 并做箭术。
I get my arms exercising by climbing a tree.
我靠爬树来锻炼手臂
Mia and her brother, Alex, like to ride their bikes for fun and exercise.
米娅和弟弟亚历克斯喜欢骑自行车取乐和锻炼.
Reading A–Z: What is the hardest thing about having diabetes?
读取 A- Z : 糖尿病最难的是什么?
Mia: My dad switches out the place where my pump is connected to my skin every three days.
米娅: 我爸每三天就把水泵 连接到我皮肤的地方开关
He has to move the needle.
他必须移动针头。
Mia shows Gabrielle from Learning A–Z how her insulin pump is attached.
米娅显示 她的胰岛素泵是怎样附着的。
Reading A–Z: How does having type 1 diabetes make you different from other kids?
阅读A-Z:1型糖尿病如何让你与其他孩子不同?
Mia: I have to go to the school nurse every few hours to have my blood sugar checked.
米娅:我必须每隔几个小时去学校护士那里检查我的血糖。
Mia’s first aid kit includes fruit juice, snacks, insulin, needles, and a glucose emergency kit.
米娅的急救箱包括果汁,点心,胰岛素,针头,以及一款葡萄糖应急箱.
Glossary blood sugar the amount of sugar (n.)
血糖词典 糖量 (n.)
in one’s blood (p.
血(p.
5) carbohydrates food substances, such (n.)
(5) 碳水化合物食物物质,如(n.)
as sugars and starches, which provide an organism with energy (p.
作为糖和淀粉,为生物提供能量(p.
9) contagious able to spread through (adj.)
9) 传染性能够传播(adj.
contact with people or other living things (p.
与人或其他活物接触(p.
15) diabetes (n.)
15) 糖尿病(n.
a disease in which the body cannot properly control the amount of sugar in the blood (p.
一种疾病,身体无法适当控制血液中的糖量(p.
3) glucose (n.)
3) 葡萄糖 (n.
a simple sugar made by plants during photosynthesis that is an important source of energy for all living things (p.
一种由植物在光合作用时制成的简单糖,是所有活物的重要能量来源(p.
3) insulin (n.)
3)胰岛素 (n.
a hormone that allows the body to turn glucose into energy (p.
一种能使身体将葡萄糖转化为能的激素(p.
3) Reading A–Z: What would you like other kids to know about having type 1 diabetes?
3)读取A-Z:你希望其他孩子了解什么1型糖尿病?
Mia: Diabetes is not contagious.
米娅:糖尿病不会传染.
You can play sports and do anything you want.
你可以玩运动 做任何你想做的。
Having type 1 diabetes can be kind of a bummer, but I’m used to it.
患上一等糖尿病,
I’m not much different from any other kid.
我和其他孩子没什么不同。
Mia likes to play the guitar in her free time.
米娅喜欢在她空闲时间弹吉他.