Unit One 1
Section Ⅰ Medical Terminology 1
Section Ⅱ Readings 5
Text A Plague 5
Text B The Death of Young King Edward Ⅵ 16
Text C The Major Infectious Diseases in the World—To Treat or Not to Treat 23
Unit Two 28
Section Ⅰ Medical Terminology 28
Section Ⅱ Readings 31
Text A The Human Body 31
Text B Organs and Diseases 43
Text C The Structure of Human Body 49
Unit Three 56
Section Ⅰ Medical Terminology 56
Section Ⅱ Readings 59
Text A Biology of Blood 59
Text B ABO Blood Group System 68
Text C Common Medical Tests 74
Unit Four 79
Section Ⅰ Medical Terminology 79
Section Ⅱ Readings 81
Text A Smoking Cessation 81
Text B Smoking Cessation 89
Text C Problems Resulting from the Irresponsible Use of Alcohol 93
Unit Five 98
Section Ⅰ Medical Terminology 98
Section Ⅱ Readings 100
Text A Puberty 100
Text B Hypersomnia and Intoxicant Parasomnia 108
Text C Sleep Apnea Syndromes 112
Unit Six 116
Section Ⅰ Medical Terminology 116
Section Ⅱ Readings 118
Text A AIDS 118
Text B Immunodeficiency 127
Text C Autoimmune Hepatitis 132
Unit Seven 136
Section Ⅰ Medical Terminology 136
Section Ⅱ Readings 138
Text A Written Self-help Treatments for Depression 138
Text B Integrating Psychological Care into General Medical Practice 146
Text C The Powerful Placebo and the Wizard of Oz 150
Unit Eight 155
Section Ⅰ Medical Terminology 155
Section Ⅱ Readings 157
Text A Human Cloning and Genetic Modification—The Basic Science You Need to Know 157
Text B Baby Needs a New Set of Genes 167
Text C Scientists Trying to Make Old Cells Young 172
Unit Nine 177
Section Ⅰ Medical Terminology 177
Section Ⅱ Readings 180
Text A Bacteria:Friend or Foe? 180
Text B Plasmodium Parasites 188
Text C Are Viruses Alive? 195
Unit Ten 200
Section Ⅰ Medical Terminology 200
Section Ⅱ Readings 203
Text A Medical Ethics 203
Text B No Mercy in Florida 215
Text C An Ethical Market in Human Organs 220
Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary 226
Appendix Ⅱ English-Chinese Common Medical Glossary 262