【生病】为什么我们会患各种各样的病

1）Why are many people predisposed to various disease?

为什么许多人容易患各种各样的疾病？

Oh,it’s natural,Because disease are caused by many factors which are often unavoidable.

那是自然的，因为疾病是由许多不可避免的因素组成。

 2) Could you tell me how to define “acute”disease?

你能告诉我如何给“急性病”下定义？

   Acute disease produce severe symptoms,but terminate after a short time, e.g. pneumonia.  

急性肺炎产生严重的症状，但是可以在短时间内消失，如肺炎。

 3) What about “chronic”diseases?

何为“慢性病”？

Chronic disease, e.g. Arthritis, last a long time, and some return periodically and are termed recurrent.

慢性病持续时间较长，并且可以转化为周期性发作，如关节炎。

 4）How to classify disease?

怎样给疾病分类？

One of the most common bases for classifying disease is according to cause---external factors and internal ones.

最常见的方法是根据病因来分类---外在因素和内在因素。

 5）What are external factors?

什么是“外在因素”？

External factors that produce disease are infectious agents,including both microscopic organism and macroscopic ones.

产生疾病的外在因素是感染因子，包括肉眼看不见的微生物，和肉眼可见的微生物。

 6）What diseases may be caused by internal factors?

内在因素可以引起那些疾病？

Diseases that arises from internal causes include hereditary abnormalities,congenital disease,allergies, endocrine

disorders,circulatory disorders,and neoplasms,or tumors.

由内在因素引起的疾病包括遗传性异常，先天性疾病，过敏，内分泌紊乱，循环系统疾病以及肿瘤。

 7）Don’t you think certain disease have something to do with our emotions?

你不认为某些疾病和人们的情绪有关吗？

That’s a good point. It seems to me a wide range of diseases are attributed to or at least influenced by,emotional

disturbance.

你说得有道理。我认为大部分的疾病可以归因于情绪的异常，或至少受它的影响。

 8）Why are elderly people vulnerable to disease?

为何老年人易患疾病？

Aging is accompanied by a progressive reduction in organ function. Degenerative disease occur as a result of the

natural aging of the body tissue.

老化常伴随器官功能的逐渐衰退。退行性疾病随着身体组织的自然老化而产生。

 9）Do we still have infectious diseases in our community?

我们生活的周围仍然有传染性疾病吗？

Yes.We still have infectious disease,such as diphtheria,typhoid,dysentery,measles,chicken pox,mumps etc.

有的。目前仍然存在的传染性疾病有白喉，伤寒，痢疾，麻疹，水痘和腮腺炎等。

 10)How do they spread?

它们是如何传播的呢？

Only infectious diseases can he transmitted by humans,certain animals and insects,and infected objects.

传染病可以由人，某些动物和昆虫以及被感染的物品传播。

 11）Can you give an example?

你能举个例子吗？

For example, malaria is an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes,and it is one of the most common causes of sickness and death in the world.

例如，痢疾是由蚊子传播的一种传染病，也是世界上引起疾病和死亡最常见原因之一。

 12）What will happen if malaria is untreated?

如果痢疾不治疗会怎样呢？

Most patients will recover after a dozen of attacks,but if there are complications,it may lead to death.

大多数患者经过十多次发作之后可自动痊愈。但如果出现并发症，同样可以导致死亡。