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at (one s) ease with sb. 与某人在一起放松自在 阻;阻碍)

appeal n. 吸引力,趣味性;迫切的请求;呼吁;上诉 vi. 呼 remind sb. of sb. / sth. 使某人联想到某人/ 某事

吁,恳求;上诉;有吸引力,引起兴趣 (appealing adj. 吸引 risk doing sth. 冒……的危险;冒险干……

人的,有感染力的) resist doing sth. 抵御做某事的诱惑;忍住不干某事

encouraging adj. 鼓舞人心的 (encourage vt. 鼓励,激励; hold back (使)犹豫;阻碍,阻止;克制住;隐瞒

鼓动,怂恿;刺激,促进 discourage vt. 使泄气,使灰心;劝 dance to one s own tune 按照自己的节奏跳舞

课标外重要词汇
countless /ˈkaʊntləs / adj. 无数的,数不尽的

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Getting a university degree 1 (benefit) not only your mind but also your heart, says a new study.

The longer you spend in education, the 2 (low) your blood pressure is likely to be. This is particularly

true for women.

Scientists from the U.S. , Canada, U.K. and Australia examined 30 years of data from 3,890 people

of the Framingham Offspring Study, 3 tracked the education and medical histories of the 3,890

people. Researchers divided subjects 4 three groups, low education ( 12 years or less), middle

education(13 to 16 years) and high education(17 years or more). They then calculated the average

systolic(收缩的) blood pressure for the 30-year period.

Women with low education had a blood pressure 3. 26mmHg higher than 5 with a high level of

education. In men the difference was 2. 26mmHg. Lead author Erick Loucks said the analysis may explain

a well-known 6 ( associate) in the developed world between education and heart disease. 7

(educate) people tend to end up in demanding jobs 8 (give) workers little control, which have been

associated with high blood pressure, said researchers. “The effect is greater in women,” said Loucks,

“ 9 women with less education are more likely to be experiencing depression; they are more likely to

be single parents and more likely to be 10 (exceptional) poor. ” (原创)
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词数应为 150 左右。

When she looked around her house, Betty Margaret saw lots of electronics. Along with the usual

things like her laptop and smart phone, there were all of her kids electronic devices: cell phones, video

game devices and more! There seemed to be more than enough ways for her and her three children to be

online all day, every day.

Ms. Margaret worried that her kids were becoming too dependent on the Internet and electronics.

Then she began to reread one of her favourite books, Henry Thoreau s Walden, which gave Ms. Margaret

an idea. Thoreau spent two years in a simple cabin without running such luxuries as computers and

electronic devices for a while.

Ms. Margaret talked with her kids and explained that she wanted the family to try living for six months