2016-12-1

ScalersTalk千人早起晨讀團3期材料

Scalers

自己搞一份材料朗讀錄音，用于存檔，以對比你一個月的進步。錄音的要求是，

時長要求為4分鐘，前后誤差5秒，也就是你要用3分55秒到4分5秒左右的

時間，把這段材料朗讀完。材料如下，請多打印幾份。

ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishHealthReport.

Cardiopulmonaryresuscitation,orCPR,cansavethelifeofsomeonewhosehearthas

stopped.Theconditioniscalledcardiacarrest.Theheartstopspumpingblood.The

personstopsbreathing.Withoutlifesavingmeasures,thebrainstartstodiewithinfour

tosixminutes.

CPRcombinesbreathingintothevictim'smouthandrepeatedpressesonthechest.

CPRkeepsbloodandoxygenflowingtotheheartandbrain.

However,anewJapanesestudyquestionstheusefulnessofmouth-to-mouth

breathing.

ThestudywaspublishedintheBritishmedicalmagazine,TheLancet.DoctorsinTokyo

ledtheresearch.Itexaminedmorethanfourthousandpeoplewhohadsuffered

cardiacarrest.Inallthecases,witnessessawtheeventhappen.

Morethanonethousandofthevictimsreceivedsomekindofmedicalassistancefrom

witnesses.SevenhundredandtwelvereceivedCPR.Fourhundredandthirty-nine

receivedchestpressesonly.Nomouth-to-mouthrescuebreathsweregiventothem.

TheresearcherssayanykindofCPRimprovedchancesofthepatient'ssurvival.But,

theysaidthosepeopletreatedwithonlychestpressessufferedlessbraindamage.

Twenty-twopercentsurvivedwithgoodbrainability.Onlytenpercentofthevictims

treatedwithtraditionalCPRsurvivedwithgoodbrainability.

TheAmericanHeartAssociationchangeditsguidelinesforCPRchestpressesintwo

thousandfive.Itsaidpeopleshouldincreasethenumberofchestpressesfromfifteen

tothirtyforeverytwobreathsgiven.

GordonEwyisaheartdoctorattheUniversityofArizonaCollegeofMedicineinTucson.

Hewroteareportthatappearedwiththestudy.DoctorEwythinkstheCPRguidelines

shouldbechangedagain.Hesaidtheheartassociationshouldremoverescuebreaths

fromtheguidelines.

Hearguesthatmorewitnessestocardiacarrestswouldprovidetreatmentifrescue

breathsarenotapartofCPR.Hesaysthiswouldsavelives.Studiesshowthatmany

peopledonotwanttoperformmouth-to-mouthbreathingonastrangerforfearof

gettingadisease.

CardiacarrestkillsmorethanthreehundredthousandpeopleintheUnitedStates

everyyear.TheAmericanHeartAssociationsaysaboutninety-fivepercentofvictims

diebeforetheygettoamedicalcenter.

Andthat'stheVOASpecialEnglishHealthReport,writtenbyCatyWeaver.I’mBob

Doughty.

1，里面有生詞老是讀不熟Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

2，前期準備工作有點欠缺

3，1.5小時

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