醫(yī)學(xué)英語輕松學(xué) 第1期:心臟年齡

Her age is 53, but her heart age is 75 because she smokes and has uncontrolled high blood pressure.

她今年53歲，由于吸煙和持續(xù)走高的血壓，導(dǎo)致她的“心臟年齡”為75歲。

Most American adults have a heart that’s older than their actual age.

對于絕大多數(shù)美國成年人來說，他們的“心臟年齡”都老于實際年齡。

One way to understand your risk for a heart attack or stroke is to learn your heart age,the age of your heart and blood vessels as a result of your risk factors for heart attack and stroke.

想要了解自己患有心臟病或是中風(fēng)的風(fēng)險，其中一種方法就是了解自己的“心臟年齡”，心臟和血管年齡將會成為你患心臟病，或是中風(fēng)的風(fēng)險因素。

If you smoke or have high blood pressure, your heart age will be much higher than your actual age.

如果你吸煙，或是患有高血壓，那么你的“心臟年齡”將會大于你的實際年齡。

Some things you can’t change, such as getting older or your family history.

衰老或遺傳史等問題是我們無法改變的。

At any age, help make your heart younger by managing high blood pressure and highcholesterol, obesity, unhealthy diet, and diabetes.

不管你的年齡大小，我們都要控制血壓、膽固醇、遠(yuǎn)離肥胖，糖尿病，摒棄不健康飲食，從而來年輕我們的心臟。

Get more physical activity and if you smoke, quit. If you don’t, don’t start.

多做體育活動，如果吸煙，戒掉。如果你不抽煙，那就永遠(yuǎn)不要觸碰。

Work with your doctor to make heart healthy choices for a lower heart age.

與你的醫(yī)生一起采取心臟健康行動，降低“心臟年齡”。

Take action to lower your heart age and keep it low.

我們應(yīng)該為降低“心臟年齡”而采取行動，讓其青春永駐。

1.blood pressure 血壓

例句：He is being constantly monitored with regular checks on his blood pressure.

他被實時監(jiān)測，定時量血壓。

2.blood vessel 血管

例句：The rupture of a blood vessel usually cause the mark of a bruise.

血管的突然破裂往往會造成外傷的痕跡.

3.heart attack 心臟病

例句：Bob died of a heart attack, brought on by his lifestyle.

鮑勃死于由他的生活方式引起的心臟病突發(fā)。

4.unhealthy diet 不健康飲食

例句：Even ageing itself might be accelerated by an unhealthy diet.

甚至,衰老本身也可能是由不健康飲食而加速.