【英语时差8，16】女人的心

 Don and Yael discuss a problem with the medical system that needs to be corrected.   D: Time once again for What You Didn't Know. This is where we read a well-known science fact and then surprise you with the follow-up. Ready?

Y: Yep.

D: Heart disease¹ is a leading cause of death.

Y: Hey, it turns out the sky is blue. Everybody knows heart disease is bad news for all those overweight guys in suits.

D: . . . for women.

Y: Whoops²! Did you say heart disease is a leading cause of death for women?

D: More than that: it's not only a leading cause of death, it's the leading cause of death. Women over fifty are more likely to die of heart attacks than anything else.

Y: But I thought heart attacks were a guy thing.

D: You and almost everyone else. A recent American Heart Association³ poll⁴ asked what the leading cause of death in women over fifty was. Guess how many American women got the answer correct?

Y: Not a lot?

D: Only eight percent. Even more alarming, a Gallup poll asked doctors the same question. Only fifty-five percent knew it. That's almost one out of two getting it wrong!

Y: So heart attacks aren't a guy thing?

D: Heart disease happens to women just as much as to men--maybe even more. The number of men dying⁵ of heart attacks is dropping, studies show, while the number of women dying of them is on the rise. Some researchers speculate⁶ that it has to do with just this lack of understanding that heart disease isn't just a male problem. Men may be getting better prevention and better treatment, while women's warning signs are being missed.  

1 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

2 whoops   

int.呼喊声

参考例句：

• Whoops! Careful, you almost spilt coffee everywhere. 哎哟！小心点，你差点把咖啡洒得到处都是。
• We were awakened by the whoops of the sick baby. 生病婴儿的喘息声把我们弄醒了。

3 association   

n.联盟，协会，社团；交往，联合；联想

参考例句：

• Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.我方和贵公司的长期合作带来了巨大的利益。
• I broke away from the association ten years ago.我10年前就脱离了那个团体。

4 poll   

n.民意测验，民意调查，选举投票

参考例句：

• The result of the poll won't be known until midnight.选举结果要到午夜才能揭晓。
• They expected a heavy poll.他们期望会有很高的投票数。

5 dying   

adj.垂死的，临终的

参考例句：

• He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
• She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子，那里有一个垂死的人。

6 speculate   

v.推测，推断，投机，做投机买卖

参考例句：

• It's dangerous to speculate.做投机买卖是很危险的。
• We don't know all the circumstances,so it would be pointless to speculate.我们不了解所有的情况，妄加推测是没有意义的。