雅思听力考试中，健康医疗场景的考查跨度比较大，如果出现在section1和2生活场景中，主要以考查医院名称、医生类型、医疗卡号码、体检、症状、诊断结果、治疗方案、相关建议以及简单的个人信息为主；如果出现在section4学术场景中，则主要以科学研究性的问题为主，如人肥胖的原因等与健康有关的研究型文章。
【考试拼写词汇】
医院及医生
hospital n.医院
[用] small hospital 小医院
clinic n.诊所
doctor n. 医生
[拓] physician内科医生
oculist/eye doctor眼科医生
surgon/surgeon外科医生
[用] see a doctor看病
send for a doctor请医
nurse n.护士
[拓] nursery n. 托儿所
[用] nursing care 护理
[情景再现] Since women are likely to be the ones left without a partner in old age, they may therefore have to pay for nursing care, because they don’t have a spouse to look after them.
因为年老时女士们可能失去另一半孤独一人，因此她们不得不支付她们的护理费用，因为没有配偶照顾她们。
dentist n.牙医
[拓] dental adj.牙科的
vet n.兽医
disease n.疾病
medicine n.药
[拓] medical adj.医学的
pills药丸
tablet药片
capsule胶囊
mixture合剂
eyedrops眼药水
syrup糖浆
cold cure感冒药
[用] medical care 医疗护理
medical unit医疗单位
symptom n.症状
have/catch a cold感冒
have a sore throat嗓子痛
stomachache n.胃痛
[用] have a stomachache 腹痛
headache n.头痛
[用] have a headache 头痛
have chest pain 胸痛
feel nauseous 恶心
have diarrhea 腹泻
fever n.发烧
cough n.咳嗽
toothache n.牙痛
[用] redness and swelling of the gum 牙龈红肿
have a runny nose流鼻涕
[同] have a stuffed nose鼻子不通
depression n.沮丧，消沉
make an appointment预约
vomit/throw up/呕吐
[用] have been vomiting 呕吐
dizzy adj.头晕的
[用] feel dizzy 头晕
feel chilly觉得发冷
case history病历
【高分认知词汇】
phlegm n.痰
liver trouble肝炎
pneumonia肺炎
flu流感
allergy过敏症
twisted扭伤的
asthma哮喘
diabetics糖尿病患者
cramps抽筋
cholera霍乱
stiff neck脖子发僵
yellow fever黄热病
hay fever枯草热
pad药棉块
vitamin维他命
penicillin盘尼西林
antibiotic抗生素
ointment药膏
aspirin阿司匹林
sweating medicine发汗药
febrifuge退烧药
bandage绷带
syringe注射器
stethoscope听诊器
injection注射
[用] preventive injection预防针
gauze纱布
extract拔牙
take one's temperature量体温
feel one's pulse量脉搏
take one's blood pressure量血压
give a prescription开药方
have an operation手术
寻宝活动答案宝箱：
Wind velocity also increases with altitude and may cause serious stress for trees, as is made evident by the deformed shapes at high altitudes.
Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the sentence above?
A. As altitude increases, the velocity of winds increase, leading to a serious decrease in the number of trees found at high altitudes.
B. Because of their deformed shapes at high altitudes, trees are not likely to be seriously harmed by the strong winds typical of those altitudes.
C. The deformed shapes of trees at high altitudes show that wind velocity, which increase with altitude, can cause serious hardship for trees.
D. Increased wind velocity at high altitudes deforms the shapes of trees, and this may cause serious stress for trees.
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