歌词
From VOA Learning English,
来自美国之音慢速英语
this is the Health Report.
这里是健康报道
The World Health Organization says
据世界卫生组织报道
women aged 50 and older
50岁以上的妇女
are generally in better health now
都比二三十年前
than they were 20 to 30 years ago.
的妇女健康
But a new study confirms
但是一个新的研究证实
that older women in rich countries live longer
那些在富裕国家的老年妇女活的比
than those in the developing world
那些在发展中国家的老年妇女长
and the differences in life expectancy are widening.
并且前者在生活中的预期寿命也有所延长
The World Health Organization says heart disease,
据世界卫生组织介绍 现在心脏病
stroke and cancers are the leading causes
中风和癌症都是造成
of death of women aged 50 years and older.
50岁以上妇女死亡的主要原因
But it says women in developing countries
但是在发展中国家的妇女
can often die from one of these problems at an earlier age.
常常会更早的死于这些问题中的一个
The study is one of the first to examine
这是最早的研究之一去调查
the causes of death of women aged 50 years and older
几个富裕和贫穷国家
from several rich and poor countries.
50岁以上妇女的死亡的原因
It found that many women die at a young age
据发现许多妇女在很年轻的时候就去世
because they live in places that lack for money
因为她们生活在缺少钱去
to prevent, identify and treat non-communicable diseases.
预防，辨别，和治疗非传染性疾病的地方
Colin Mathers is head of the WHO Mortality and Burden of Disease Unit.
科林·玛瑟斯是世界卫生组织死亡率和疾病部分负担的负责人
He says developed countries have the money
他说 发达国家拥有 金钱
and health systems to reduce and control heart disease.
和健康体系去减少和控制心脏病
He says cancer of the cervix
他说 在非洲妇女中 子宫癌
is one of the leading cancers among African women.
是主要的癌症之一
He says the disease is largely preventable,
这些疾病大部分是可以预防的
but African countries have fewer resources to treat it.
但是非洲国家只有很少的资源能用来治疗
"There is simply not enough money to provide
这里当然也没有足够的金钱去提供
high quality health care to everyone that is accessible.
高质量的健康照料给每个可接近的人
And, also a matter of human resources,
并且人力资源的问题
that there often are not enough trained doctors
是这些国家通常没有足够多的训练有素的医生
and nurses and other health professionals in the country."
护士和其他健康教授
Dr. Mathers says donors give comparatively little money
玛瑟斯先生说 捐赠者提供的资金
to fight non-communicable diseases in African.
用在非洲抗击非传染性疾病相对较少
He says most of the money goes instead
他还说道 大部分资金都被用来
toward reducing the number of women dying during child birth.
减少妇女在分娩中的死亡数量
This has helped to bring down maternal mortality rates,
这有助于降低妇女分娩的死亡率
but death rates among older women have increased.
但是老年妇女的死亡率在上升
The study found on average, women over 50 live at least
研究表明 平均地 50岁以上的妇女和二十年前相比至少
3.5 years longer than they did 20 years ago.
多活三年半
Older women in Japan now can expect to live 88 years.
现在日本的老年妇女预计能活到88岁
In Germany, the life expectancy rate for older women is 84.
在德国，老年妇女的预期寿命是84岁
Women in many other developed countries
在发展中国家的妇女
can expect to live to age 83 or 84.
预期寿命是83~84岁
But women in poorer countries die about 10 years earlier.
但在贫穷国家 妇女的寿命会减少十年
Dr. Mathers says major risks for older women include smoking,
玛瑟斯先生解释 老年妇女主要的风险包括
the harmful use of alcohol, and being overweight or obese.
有害使用酒精 并且 超重 肥胖
The World Health Organization says
世界卫生组织表明
the number of long-lasting diseases can be cut
慢性病死亡的人数可以通过
through cost-effective methods to stop common diseases.
划算的方法预防常见疾病来减少
These include prevention, early identification
这些包括预防 早期识别
and control of high blood pressure, obesity and high cholesterol.
和控制高血压 预防肥胖和高胆固醇
And that's the Health Report from VOA Learning English
以上就是本期美国之音慢速英语健康报道的全部内容
. I'm Milagros Ardin.
我是Milagros Ardin
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