时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:听美文故事记6级单词


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9. Pessimism 1 Raises Dementia Risks, Study Finds


Pessimistic, anxious and depressed 3 people may have a higher risk of dementia, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. A study of a group of 3,500 people showed that those who scored high for pessimism on a standardized 4 personality test had a 30 percent increased risk of developing dementia 30 to 40 years later. Those scoring very high on both anxiety and pessimism scales had a 40 percent higher risk, the study showed.


"There appears to be a dose-response pattern, i.e., the higher the scores, the higher the risk of dementia," Dr. Yonas Geda, a neuropsychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota who led the study, said in a statement. Geda and colleagues looked at the medical records of 3,500 men and women who lived near the clinic between 1962 and 1965.


They all took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 5, a standard personality and life experience test, Geda's team told a meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Miami. In 2004 the team interviewed the participants or family members. Those who scored higher for anxiety and pessimism on the test were more likely, as a group, to have developed dementia by 2004, including vascular 6 dementia. This did not mean a person who is pessimistic could assume he or she has a higher risk of developing dementia.


"One has to be cautious in interpreting a study like this," Geda said. "One cannot make a leap from group level data to the individual. Certainly the last thing you want to do is to say, 'Well, I am a pessimist 2; thus, I am doomed 7 to develop dementia 20 or 30 years later,' because this may end up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy." And there is not any specific way to prevent dementia, although many studies have shown that a healthy diet, exercise, keeping active in other ways, doing puzzles and other activities lower the risk.



1 pessimism
n.悲观者,悲观主义者,厌世者
  • He displayed his usual pessimism.他流露出惯有的悲观。
  • There is the note of pessimism in his writings.他的著作带有悲观色彩。
2 pessimist
n.悲观者;悲观主义者;厌世
  • An optimist laughs to forget.A pessimist forgets to laugh.乐观者笑着忘却,悲观者忘记怎样笑。
  • The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.悲观者在每个机会中都看到困难,乐观者在每个困难中都看到机会。
3 depressed
adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的
  • When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
  • His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
4 standardized
adj.标准化的
  • We use standardized tests to measure scholastic achievement. 我们用标准化考试来衡量学生的学业成绩。
  • The parts of an automobile are standardized. 汽车零件是标准化了的。
5 inventory
n.详细目录,存货清单
  • Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
  • We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。
6 vascular
adj.血管的,脉管的
  • The mechanism of this anomalous vascular response is unknown.此种不规则的血管反应的机制尚不清楚。
  • The vascular changes interfere with diffusion of nutrients from plasma into adjacent perivascular tissue and cells.这些血管变化干扰了营养物质从血浆中向血管周围邻接的组织和细胞扩散。
7 doomed
命定的
  • The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
  • A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
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'side
adapter kit
aeromonas hydrophia
Alderson discs
arc elasticity of demand
asphyxiating gas
Bennism
boiler output
chaining arrow
character set attribute
child-care
Chola
christ church
chromium tartate
college board science achievement test
compleet
copyedits
Corynebacterium acetoglutamicum
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ekstrom
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Euphrasia jaeschkei
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genus amanitas
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guaiacyl
Guggenheim Collection
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innatant
ionic attraction
iPhoneography
IYDP
Jogbani
jungian dmt
kerbings
Lammas
long surf
lose the battle but win the war
lower-
mannoheptitol,perseite
medial surface of cerbrum
mental strain
metaregression
minicomputer network
NetWare Runtime
Neubauer's ganglion
nonrioting
oenones
over-voltage suppressor
Oxagine
pendulum regulating knob
pesek
Petersburg Campaign
phenacenes
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pitenodi
plunked down
pluripotent cell
polyconjugates
polystyrene-impregnated concrete
radicles
reasonable evidence
reblue
retrieval performance
richardias
ringentiformis
Rubus simplex
seal driving pin
secondary air
sharping
shepherdism
Sinicism
storm guy
strix leptogrammica
subject-objects
to pick up the telephone
Tournaician
tractor controls
Tremerad
tripole antenna
true color image
ungartered
unmelting
unprocessed book
Visconti Family
vlast
vulcanizing agent
walzel
width of rebate
without distinction
woodworking plane
word-order
X-ray scattering