生物醫學U4BStructurePara.1Paras.2-4Para.5Paras.6-10Para.1communicable=contagious:

infectious區別Para.1major:ofgreaterseriousnessordangerminor:Istheconditionserious(major)orminor?oflesserseriousnessordanger病情是很嚴重(有生命危險)還是比較輕微？Para.1acute:havingorexperiencingarapidonsetandshortbutseverecourseattack:asuddenboutofillnessIsthepatientsufferingfromachronicproblemoracuteattack?病人的病癥是慢性病還是急性發作？Para.1Isitlocalizedorwidespread?病情是局部性的，還是癌細胞已發生轉移？Paras.2-4Whatisthedefinitonofsymptoms?Whatarethetwoobviousanddisturbingsymptoms?Whatarethesymptoms?Whatisthedefinitionofsyndrome?Para.2Apainthatisbearablebutpersistentisoftenlabeledanachebypatients.ache:acontinuous,butnotviolent,pain（）可以忍受但痛覺持續的疼痛，病人常稱之為輕微疼痛。Para.4Sometimesapatient'svarioussymptomsfittogetherandformwhatiscalledasyndrome,agroupofsymptomsthatcollectivelyindicatethepresenceofaparticulardiseaseorcondition.有時，病人的各種癥狀同時發作，形成所謂的綜合癥，即共同提示病人患有某種疾病或問題的癥候群。Para.4AnexampleofthisisReye'ssyndrome,anacute,veryseriouschildhoodillnessthatinitsfirststageischaracterizedbyabdominalpain,vomiting,severeweakness,andliverdysfunction.雷氏綜合癥便是這方面的一個例子，它是一種急性的、非常嚴重的兒童疾病，病程初期的癥狀是腹痛、嘔吐、極度虛弱和肝臟機能不良。（）WhatisReyesyndrome？Para.5naked:invisibletothenakedeye:(oftheeyeoreare.g.)withouttheaidofanopticaloracousticaldeviceorinstrument肉眼看不到的Para.5degenerative:(ofillness)markedbygradualdeteriorationoforgansandcellsalongwithlossoffunction退行性的breakdown:weakeningorcollapseofsb'shealth衰竭,衰弱congenital:presentatbirthbutnotnecessarilyhereditary;acquiredduringfetaldevelopmentPara.5Inthiscategoryarechronicdegenerativediseasecharacterizedbythebreakdownoftissueand/ororgans(oftentheresultofaging),----在這一類別中有以組織和器官失去正常功能為特點的慢性退行性疾病（常常是衰老的結果）---Paras.5TransitionalsentenceParas.6-10Whatisthedefinitonofdrugsormedicines?Whatarethewaystotreatillness?Para.6Whetheraperson'sillnessisinfectiousornoninfectious,thereisalwayshopethatthedoctorandthepharmacistwillhavea"magicpotion"which,onceswallowed,willmakeallsignsandsymptomsofdiseasedisappearforever.不管疾病是感染性的或是非感染性的，人們總是希望，醫生和藥劑師會拿出“神奇的藥液”，只要一喝下去，一切癥狀和體征都會立即消除。（）Para.8Manypatientswithheartconditionstakeaspirinonadailybasisbecauseitsblood-thinningpropertieslowertheriskofheartattack.許多心臟病患者日常服用阿司匹林，因為它有稀釋血液的作用，能降低心臟病發的風險。Para.9However,manypeoplewastemoneyondrugsthatdonothelpthei