复旦学术英语(医学)课后问答题期末复习

Examples (2)
• Group A strep
• A change in virulence （毒性） • Mutation in the exterior of the bacterium
What things about Mrs. Osorio’s conditions run through the author’s mind? (Pre. 3)
• Good Things
• Blood tests done • Glucose a little better • Her blood pressure good but not great
What follows
• Out-of-expectation outcome • Appearance of new diseases such as AIDS and Ebola. • Comeback of the old afflictions. • Diphtheria in the former Soviet Union. • TB in urban centers like New York City. • Rising Group A streptococcal conditions like scarlet fever. • The fear of a powerful new flu strain sweeping the world.
The key is in para.4
• The author was in moderate state of panic: juggling so many thoughts about Mrs. Osorio’s conditions and trying to resolve them all before the clock ran down • Mrs. Osorio made a trivial request, not so important as compared to her conditions • Mrs. Osorio seemed to care only about her “ innocent—and completely justified—request ”: the form signed by her doctor • The doctor tried to or at least pretend to pay attention to the patients while completing documentation • Complaints that doctors don’t listen might have other reasons than just doctors’ neuron overload
• Explain the last sentence of this paragraph. (page 5)
Unit 2 Text A
• What does the author imply by mentioning two choices? (para.1, Pre. 1) • What followed ever since the heady days of victory declarations? (para.4, Pre. 2) • What does the joined battle refer to? And elaborate on it. (paras.5-12, pre.3)
• Justify “the realization that world health is indivisible”.(Pre. 4) • Attention to the health conditions of the globe before satisfying OUR most parochial (地方范围的) needs • Meaninglessness of borders to pathogenic (致病的) microbes • With 24 hours of time, from a crowded marketplace in Kikwit, Zaire to a New York City subway
The first question has something to do with…or not?
• People’s inadequate consciousness about the consequence of neglecting the emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. • Unjustifiability of people’s complacency about the prevention and control of the infectious diseases. • Unfinished war against infectious disease. • Above all, something to do with money (budget).
• Bad Things • Her weight a little up • Her bones a little thin on the DEXA
• Do you agree that Paragraph 4 just illustrates that one stray request from Mrs. Osorio sends the delicately balanced three-ring circus tumbling down? (Pre. 4)
• Elaborate on the joined battle.(Pre. 3) • WHO: establishment of a new division devoted worldwide surveillance and control of emerging disease in Oct. 1995 • CDC: launching prevention strategy in 1994 • Congress: raising fund from $6.7 million in 1995 to $26 million for 1997
Review
For 2015 students
Just for reference
Unit 1 Text A
• Do you agree that it is sheer neuron overload on the doctor side that leads to the complaint that doctors don’t listen? (Pre. 1)
• • • • • • • A 56-year-old woman Somewhat overweight Reasonably well-controlled diabetes and hypertension cholesterol on the high side without any medications for this Not as much exercise as she should Thinning of her bones on last DEXA scan Stressful but good about keeping her appointments and getting her blood tests • Generally healthy
What are the reasons why doctors kept awake at night? Are they the reasons of their neuron overload? • What is the use(Pre. of the6) numbers? Use these numbers
How can you compare multitasking in human beings and computers? (pre.5) • See (Paras. 7-8)
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How? • Multitasking originated in computer science.
• Microprocessors in fact linear, actually perform only one task at a time. • Multitasking seems just as an illusion both in computer and humans. • At best, Man juggles only a handful of thoughts in this manner • The more thoughts we juggle, the less we are able to attune fully to any given thought. • So can we say multitasking is a recipe for disaster?
to justify that it is the juggling mind that keeps doctors awake at night. (pre.6)
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7 medical issues to consider 5 separate thoughts, at least, for each issue 7 X 5 = 35 thoughts 10 patients that afternoon 35 X 10 = 350 5 residents under the author’s supervision 4 patients seen by each residents 10 thoughts, at least, generated by each patients 5 X 4 X 10 = 200 350 + 200 = 550 thoughts to be handled in total If the doctor does a good job juggling 98% of the time, that still leaves ten thoughts that might get lost in the process.
Are those proposed solutions, like computer-generated reminders, case managers, ancillary services, capable of solving the author’s problem of overload? (Pre. 7)
Exemplify the statement that “Every returning…”(pre.5)
• Examples (1) • TB
• Prisons and homeless shelters as ideal venues for TB spread • Development of drug-resistant strains or even multi-drug-resistant strain • A ride on the HIV wagon by attacking the immunocompromised (免疫功能不全的)
• Neuron overload • Patients’ high expectations • Mistrust and misunderstanding between the patients and physician
• Please list Mrs. Osorio’s condition(Pre. 2)