Unit 1 Skin Care 1
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 1
Aging, Healthy Skin 2
Psoriasis 3
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 5
Vitiligo, A Skin Disorder 5
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 6
Acne, Teenagers’ Most Common Skin Disorder 7
Part Ⅳ Reference 7
Key to Exercises 14
Unit 2 Detecting and Treating Breast Cancer 17
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 17
Bioluminate Breast Probe 18
Rad iofreq uency Ablation for Breast Cancer 20
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 21
Osteoporosis Drug Shown to Protect Older Women from Breast Cancer 21
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 22
医患对话 22
Part Ⅳ Reference 24
Key to Exercises 29
Unit 3 Children’s Disease 34
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 34
Blood Diseases in Children 34
Pain in Children 36
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 37
Hormone Detected Identifies Patients with Sickle Cell Disease 37
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 38
How Much Lead in Children’s Blood Is Safe? 38
Part Ⅳ Reference 39
Key to Exercises 46
Unit 4 Heart Disease Prevention and Treatment 49
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 49
Heart Disease Predicator 50
Reversing Heart Disease 51
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 54
Having a Sibling with Heart Disease Raises Personal Risk 54
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 55
带教医生与医学生讨论冠心病病例 55
Part Ⅳ Reference 56
Key to Exercises 62
Unit 5 Unconventional Therapy 66
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 66
Healing Power of Music 67
Massage Therapy 67
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 69
Salivary Diagnostics 69
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 70
New Clue about Acupuncture 70
Part Ⅳ Reference 71
Key to Exercises 77
Unit 6 High Technologies in Diagnosis and Treatment 80
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 80
Robotic Surgery 81
Fetal Echocardiogram 83
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 85
The Future of Medical Imaging 85
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 86
两位住院医生的对话 86
Part Ⅳ Reference 87
Key to Exercises 93
Unit 7 Living with Disabilities 96
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 96
Living with Neuromuscular Disease 96
Congenital Myasthenia 98
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 99
Dopamine Drug Leads to New Neurons and Recovery of Function 99
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 100
Parkinson’s Disease 100
Part Ⅳ Reference 101
Key to Exercises 109
Unit 8 Diabetes 113
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 113
Prediabetes 114
New Treatments for Diabetes 116
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 118
Diabetes Management Campaign 118
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 119
医患对话 119
Part Ⅳ Reference 121
Key to Exercises 127
Unit 9 Medical Transplants 130
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 130
A Survivor of Organ Transplant 131
Organ Donation and Transplant 133
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 134
Medical Transplants 134
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 135
Medical and Moral Issues with Face Transplant 135
Part Ⅳ Reference 136
Key to Exercises 143
Unit 10 Osteoporosis and Fracture 146
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 146
Osteoporosis 147
Vertebroplasty 148
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 150
Gene Linked to Osteoporosis 150
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 151
医患对话 151
Part Ⅳ Reference 153
Key to Exercises 159
Unit 11 Cancer Screening and Detection 163
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 163
Screening for Cancer 164
Detecting Colon Cancer 166
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 167
Most Americans Unaware of When or How Often to Get Cancer Screening 167
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 168
World Cancer Rates 168
Part Ⅳ Reference 169
Key to Exercises 178
Unit 12 Lung Cancer 181
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 181
Lung Cancer Survivor 181
Lung Cancer in Women 183
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 185
Attracting More Minorities to Cancer Research Careers 185
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 186
《卫生周刊》记者采访医院院长(3) 186
Part Ⅳ Reference 187
Key to Exercises 194
Unit 13 End-of-life Care 199
Part Ⅰ Audio-visual Exercises 199
Caregiving for Alzheimer’s 200
Hospice Care 202
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 203
Debate about End-of-life Issues 203
Part Ⅲ Oral Interpretation 205
带教医生与医学生讨论老年痴呆症相关问题 205
Part Ⅳ Reference 206
Key to Exercises 213