Audio-Visual-Oral English for ContemporaryMedicine—Health Management  当代医学英语视听说教程

Unit 4

Autism 

Section A  Pre-audio-visual Tasks

Task 1 Glossary Preview

Get familiar with the words and expressions listed below, and then complete each of the following sentences with a prope word from the list.

1. autism              n. 孤独症，自闭症

2. autistic             adj.患自闭症的，患孤独症的

3. spectrum         n.系列；范围；光谱；[科]频谱

4. severity            n. 严重；严重性

5. repetitive          adj. 重复的

6. identification    n. 鉴定，识别； 

7. identical twins  双胞胎

8. stuffed                  adj. 充满的，饱的

9. intervention        n. 介入；干预；妨碍

10. Asperger's syndrome  阿斯伯格综合征(孤独症）

11. pervasive            adj. 普遍的；扩大的；流行的

12. diffusion              n. 扩散

13. magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) 磁共振成像

14. abnormalities      n. 畸形；反常，异常

15. tensor                     n. 肌张力，肌张量

16. microscopic         adj. 显微镜的，微小的

17. fiber                         n. 纤维

18. circuitry                 n. 电路，线路

19. accuracy                 n. 精确性，准确性

20. ground-breaking adj. 突破性的，开创性的

21. genetic code              遗传密码

22. frontal lobe               额叶

23. abstract                    n. 摘要；抽象；理论上的 

24. scholarship             n. 奖学金 

25. enroll                        v.登记，参加 

26. track                           v. 追踪，监测，跟随

27. margin of error         误差幅度

28. antidepressant        n. 抗抑郁剂

29. pregnancy                n.怀孕；妊娠

30. grateful                       adj. 感恩的；感激的

31. Idiosyncratic            adj.异质性、特异性的

1. The study    track   the patients over the course of ten years.

2. The words such as love or beauty express   abstract   concepts.

3. Most women feel sick in the mornings during their first months of    pregnancy 

4. The human body is capable of handling some conditions without outside   diffusion  .

5. Even the doctors were shocked by the    severity   of his injuries.

6. An increasing number of tests are available for detecting genetic   abnormality .

7. Several volunteers   enroll    in a study for the environmental effects on development of the disease.

8. Each experiment is performed twice to ensure      accuracy  

9. Law is a  pervasive  feature of social life that profoundly affects us.

10.  Autistic  disorders involve problems with social and communication skills and repeated behaviors.

11. Early  intervention  of a disease can prevent death and illness.

12. Depression is usually treated successfully with professional counseling or antidepressant  medication.

13. The individual colors within the light   spectrum   are believed to have an effect on health.

14. I should like to extend my  grateful    thanks to all the volunteers.

15. She was honored for her   ground-breaking work in autism research.