英语新闻听写 女性更容易患老年痴呆

Alzheimer's Worsens Faster in Women, Study Finds

女性更容易患老年痴呆

Researchers said Tuesday women with memory problems that may signal early Alzheimer's descend¹ into dementia twice as fast as men.

周二，研究人员称：存在阿尔茨海默氏症早期症状——记忆障碍的女性,其陷入痴呆状态的速度比男性快两倍。

The Alzheimer's Association says women in their 60s are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's as they are to get breast cancer.

阿尔茨海默病协会表示，60岁左右的女性患老年痴呆的概率是其他女性的两倍，因为这个年龄段是乳腺癌的高发期。

Researchers told the annual Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Washington, D.C.

今年美国华盛顿举行的阿尔茨海默氏症国际会议上，

that two-thirds of Americans suffering from Alzheimer's are women.

研究人员称美国的阿尔茨海默氏症患者中，三分之二为女性。

Katherine Lin of Duke University and colleagues studied 400 people with mild cognitive² impairment

杜克大学的凯瑟琳·林和同事采访了400名患有轻度认知障碍的患者

a loss of memory and thinking skills that can become Alzheimer's.

即丧失记忆和思维能力,可能发展为阿尔茨海默氏症的患者。

They used an 11-part test that's routine for diagnosing memory loss and Alzheimer's.

他们利用常规的11步骤的测试方法诊断老年痴呆的记忆丧失等问题。

They found that women declined at a rate of more than two points a year on the test,

他们发现女性一年内记忆力下跌的速度超过两个点，

compared to men- who declined at a rate of just over one point a year.

而男性一年记忆力下跌的速度超过一个点。

1 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

2 cognitive   

adj.认知的，认识的，有感知的

参考例句：

• As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大，他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
• The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。