高中英语 Unit 2 Fit for life知识点及同步练习 牛津版选修7

unit 2 fit for life part one welcome to the unit获取主题信息第一，阅读短文，根据内容判断错误。researchers at Stanford university in California say acupuncture can be an effective weapon against depression in pregnant women。Depression是pose serious health risks to mother and baby、according to Rachel man ber、A Stanford university psychiatry professor。depression is associated with suffering，Can be associated with suicide she adds that depression has been linked to baby who are more diffiingpsychological counseling is commonly used to treat depression in pregnancy。but many women avoid taking anti depressants while theyre pregnant because o F safety concerns . that makes finding an alternative treatment importatesacupunture has been used to treat other medical conditions during pregnancy，Like pain and nausea。its also used to treat depression in other patients。man ber and her colleagues wanted to find out if the technique could be used to ease depression during pregnancy as well .they recruited pregnant women who suffered from major depressive disorders for a study .we then randomzed them to receive eight weeks of treatment wi Th one of three treatment s . one of the treatment s was the acupuncture that web have testeststhe two other groups，Who received massage therapy and acupuncture treatment s not known to ease depression，were used as controls。After eight weeks，The women were tested to see if their symp toms of depression remained .what we found is that women who received the acupuncture for depression had a Greater reduction in symptom severity and a Greater proportion of women henresearchers found acupuncture to be about as effective as the current treatment approachs，Counseling and drugs。we found 63 percent of the women who received the acupuncture for depression ended up responding to treatment，Which is really at the high end of reatmentman ber says the results must be independently replicated，and scientists need to better understand the mechanisms of how acupuncture therapy www()1。researchers at Stanford university believe acupuncture helper fight depression in pregnant women . t/f()2 .depressed mothers will give birth to an unhealthy child . t/f()3 .acupunture has been used to treat depression，pain and nausea during pregnancy。T/F()4。the pregnant women were given three kinds of treatment during the study to test whether acupuncture can cure depression。T/F()5。the study shoved acupuncture can be as effective as counseling and drugs。T/F第二，阅读短文，根据内容回答问题。what is the single largest cause of sick leave in the uk？the answer is not the common coldor flu，but back pain . back pain affects one in three British adults，costs the country over 5 billion every yeerybut now britains national health service(NHS)will be offering a new solution : acupuncture。the ancient Chinese needle therapy has been around in the uk for many years，But this is the first time it has been officely endorsed by the nhss advisTraditionally，doctors in the uk have advised back pain sufferers to stay active，Do stretching exercises and take pain killers when necearsin more serious cases some people are given X-ray treatment or injections with theraputilc subsances。尼克、霍韦伯、cyex weeks sup ffering for over six weeks should be given a choice。As an alternative to acupuncture，patients will be able to opt for either a course of spinal manipulation，or a series of special exercise sessesIn the uk，acupuncture is classed as a complement ary therapy，Which is the term given to a medical procedure Which hassent been subjected to towhile many experts have welcomed the move to make acupuncture available on the NHS，some are still scestical about its effectiveness。research from the us earrier this month found that simulated acupuncture using tooth picks which do not pierce the skin could be as good as using real NealSo while some are yet to be convted，back pain sufferers will be hoping that acupuncture helper get them feeling healthy and mobile again . employees1.what is the single largest cause of sick leave in the uk？2.what treatment will britains NHS offer as a new way to treat back pain？3.what are the back pain sufferers adivised to do tradiitionally？4.why is acupuncture classed as a complement ary therapy in the uk？5.what did the us researchers find earrier this month？密钥：一、T F F F T第二，1.后pain2.Acupuncture。3.they are adivised to stay active，do stretching exercises and take pain killers when necessary。4.because acupuncture is consired as a medi