Asthma
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents What Is Asthma?
内容表 什么是哮喘?
4 People with Asthma.
4人与哮喘相会.
6 The Causes of Attacks.
6 袭击的原因。
8 Keeping Asthma Under Control.
8 控制着哮喘。
9 Living with Asthma.
9与哮喘同住.
13 Glossary.
13 词汇。
16 What Is Asthma?
16是哮喘吗?
Asthma is a disease that makes it difficult for a person to breathe.
哮喘是一种使人难以呼吸的疾病.
When people breathe, air makes its way through the nose or mouth to the lungs.
当人们呼吸时,空气会通过鼻子或口到肺上.
Air moves in and out of the lungs through special tubes.
空气通过特殊的管子进出肺.
Special tubes carry air into and out of the lungs.
特殊管能携带空气进出肺.
These tubes swell and become narrow during an asthma attack.
这些管子在哮喘发作时会膨胀而变窄.
Because of this, less air moves into and out of the lungs.
由于这个原因,少有空气进出肺.
People with asthma might wheeze or cough.
哮喘患者可能会喘息或咳嗽.
Their chest might feel tight.
他们的胸可能很紧
They may have a hard time breathing.
他们可能呼吸困难
A bad asthma attack can last for days or even cause death.
严重的哮喘发作可能持续数天甚至会致死.
People with Asthma About 235 million children and adults around the world have asthma.
全世界约有2.35亿儿童和成人患有哮喘。
Asthma can show up in a person at any age.
哮喘可以在任何年龄出现在一个人身上.
About one child out of every ten in the United States has asthma.
在美国,每10个孩子中就有1个患有哮喘.
About half of these children will see their asthma get better as they grow older.
这些孩子中约有一半会在长大后看到哮喘病变好.
However, their symptoms often return when they become older adults.
然而,他们的症状在成年后往往会回发.
One adult in twelve has asthma.
十二分之一的成年人患有哮喘.
Each year, more people in the United States and around the world get asthma.
每年,美国和全世界有更多的人患上哮喘.
Asthma in the United States: 2001–2010 Percentage Year On the right is a normal tube that carries air into and out of the lungs.
美国的哮喘:2001-2010年 百分比 右边是正常的管子,能携带空气进出肺.
On the left is one of these tubes during an asthma attack.
左边是哮喘发作时的这种管子之一.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics; 2010.
资料来源:国家卫生统计中心,2010年。
Doctors do not know how people get asthma.
医生不知道人们是怎么患上哮喘的
They do know that it cannot be passed from one person to another like a cold.
他们知道不能像感冒一样从一个人传到另一个人。
However, the disease often runs in families.
然而,这种疾病往往发生在家庭。
If both parents have asthma, their children are more likely to have it.
如果父母双方都有哮喘,他们的孩子更有可能有哮喘.
People who are around cigarette smoke are also more likely to develop asthma.
在烟雾周围的人也更有可能会发出哮喘.
The Causes of Attacks Many things can cause asthma attacks.
袭击的原因很多事情都会导致哮喘发作。
These triggers are different from person to person.
这些触发器因人而异.
Dust, animals, pollen, or mold can cause an attack for many people.
灰尘,动物,花粉,或模具会给许多人造成攻击.
Cigarette smoke, fumes from cars, and other strong smells are also common triggers.
香烟烟雾,汽车产生的烟雾等强烈的气味也是常见的触发物.
Coming down with a cold or the flu can often bring on an attack as well.
感冒或流感会引发攻击
Exercise can cause an asthma attack in some people.
锻炼会导致一些人哮喘发作.
Children Under Age 15 with Asthma in the United States: 2009 The things in these images are common triggers for an asthma attack.
美国15岁以下患哮喘的儿童:2009年 这些图像中的事物是哮喘发作的常见触发.
Keeping Asthma Under Control Most people with asthma learn to control the disease.
控制哮喘 大多数有哮喘病的人学会控制疾病.
They often start by meeting with their doctor to create an action plan.
他们通常首先与医生会面,制定行动计划。
Each person’s action plan is a little different.
每个人的行动计划都有所不同。
It can include a person’s triggers and how to avoid them.
它可以包括一个人的触发器和如何避免它们。
It can also include the kinds of medicines a person uses and how to use them correctly.
还可以包括一个人使用的药物种类以及如何正确使用。
People use different medicines to control asthma.
人们使用不同的药物来控制哮喘.
Some people take pills every day.
有些人每天都吃药
Others may take pills only when they feel the symptoms of asthma.
其他人只有在有哮喘症状时才能吃药.
Many people use inhalers.
许多人使用吸入器。
These devices spray a mist of medicine that is breathed in.
这些装置喷出一股被吸入的药雾.
Inhalers may be used daily or only when a person has an asthma attack.
吸入器可以每天使用,或者只在一个人有哮喘发作时使用.
Following an action plan is important to staying healthy.
执行行动计划对于保持健康十分重要。
Inhalers are small so people can carry them around.
吸入器很小,所以人们可以随身携带.
Another important part of keeping asthma under control is staying healthy.
保持哮喘控制的另一个重要部分是保持健康.
Exercise, a healthy diet, and plenty of sleep can help keep asthma under control.
锻炼,健康饮食,多睡觉,可以帮助控制哮喘.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Some people use a nebulizer (NEB-yuh-ly-zer) to control asthma.
一些人使用发光器(NEB-yuh-ly-zer)来控制哮喘.
Like inhalers, these machines deliver a mist of medicine that is breathed in.
像吸入器一样,这些机器传递出一股被吸入的药雾。
Unlike inhalers, these machines use power and can deliver larger amounts of medicine over a longer time.
与吸入器不同,这些机器使用动力,可以在更长的时间里提供更大量的药物.
Living with Asthma People with asthma can do anything that anyone else can.
与哮喘同住的人可以做任何其他人所能做的.
Many famous athletes have asthma.
许多著名运动员都患有哮喘.
Jerome “The Bus” Bettis was fourteen when doctors told him he had asthma.
Jerome“巴士”Bettis14岁,当时医生告诉他他患有哮喘。
It did not stop him from becoming a Super Bowl champion.
这并没有阻止他成为超级杯冠军.
Amy Van Dyken was an Olympic swimmer for the United States.
艾米·范德肯是美国奥运会游泳运动员.
She has asthma and won six gold medals.
她患有哮喘并获得6枚金牌.
When she was a child, her doctor said that she should start swimming to make her lungs stronger.
小时候,她的医生说她应该开始游泳来使肺更坚固.
Jerome Bettis kisses the Super Bowl trophy he helped the Pittsburgh Steelers win in 2006.
杰罗姆·贝蒂斯接吻了2006年他帮助匹兹堡钢人队夺得的超级碗奖杯.
Amy Van Dyken celebrates after winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1996.
艾米·范德肯在1996年奥运会中夺得一枚金牌后举行庆典.
People with asthma have climbed the tallest mountains.
有哮喘的人爬了最高的山
They have explored the deep waters of the ocean.
他们探索了海洋的深水。
They have led countries and made discoveries that have changed the world.
他们领导了国家,并发现了改变世界的发现。
With an action plan and a healthy lifestyle, asthma doesn’t have to slow anyone down.
有了行动计划和健康生活方式,哮喘就不必让任何人慢下来。
Glossary disease (n.)
词汇疾病(n.)
an illness (p.
疾病(p.
4) inhalers (n.)
(4) 吸入器(n.)
devices that allow a person to breathe in medicine (p.
允许人在药物中呼吸的装置(p.
10) mist (n.)
10) 雾(n.
a fine spray of liquid (p.
细细地喷出液体(p.
10) symptoms specific signs of (n.)
10) 症状具体征兆 (n.
illness or injury (p.
疾病或伤害(p.
6) triggers (n.)
6) 触发器(n.
things that cause a process or reaction to take place (p.
导致进程或反应发生的事物(p.
8) wheeze (v.)
8) wh (五.
to make a rattling or whistling sound while breathing as a result of partially blocked air passages (p.
由于部分阻塞的空气通道(p.
5) John F.
5) 约翰·F.
Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, had asthma.
美国第35任总统肯尼迪患有哮喘.