杂乱的书桌

欢迎来到“杂乱的书桌”每天准时为你带来的VOA听写，本期的慢速VOA是中年腹部肥胖的新闻第一部分，标准VOA则是关于布什谈伊拉克的新闻的第二部分。还犹豫什么，赶紧和Hugh一起加入到学习英语，锻炼听写的队伍中来吧！

今天早上没有来得及最后修改发布，所以又晚了一点。这几天有些混乱，好像事情有些杂乱，搞的心情不太好，尽管事情还是按部就班，不过感觉有些事情进步似乎很小，或者是自己根本感觉不到进步，这真的是挺郁闷的事情，当然不是指VOA听写了。今天的听写也不难，忽略掉那些非常奇怪的词汇的话，不过听多了写多了还是能记住几个的。

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题目: Study Links Midlife Belly Fat to Higher Risk of Dementia　(1/2)

专有名词: Dementia, Alzheimer, Kaiser Permanente

原文

Being overweight can lead to high blood pressure, diabetes and heart attacks. But now there may be another reason to lose the fat, especially around the middle of the body. A recent study suggested that people in their forties with belly fat have an increased risk of dementia later in life. Dementia is the name for a group of brain disorders that affect memory, behavior, learning and language.

(Osihimer)Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause. Dementia rarely appears before the age of sixty. The new study added to growing evidence that people with large stomachs can face greater health risks than others who are overweight. The study involved more than six thousand northern California members of (Kizer Permanenty)Kaiser Permanente, a health care organization.

Researchers looked at the patients’ medical records from between nineteen sixty-four and nineteen seventy-three. The people were in their early to mid-forties at the time. They were all part of a long-term health study that included measurements of belly fat. The researchers compared the records with those from when the patients were in their seventies. By that time, almost one out of six of them (have)had dementia. The researchers found that dementia was more common in those with wider bellies.

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题目: Bush Says Iraqi Security Improving (2/2)

专有名词: al-Qaida, Iran, Kentucky, John Yarmuth, Afghanistan

原文

Troops (deployed)deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan after August 1st will have their tour of duty reduced from 15 months to 12 months. The war in Iraq is deeply unpopular in the United States. A majority of Americans now believe toppling Saddam Hussein was a mistake. A public opinion poll by the Associated Press this past week showed nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of how President Bush is handling the war. In the Democratic party’s radio address, Kentucky Congressman John (Yama)Yarmuth focused on the continuing cost of the war, which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says it is as much as 9 billion a month. (Yama)Yarmuth says Iraq’s government is enjoying a multi-billion dollar surplus while Americans pay the salaries of Iraqi security forces. President Bush this past week said there is no doubt the cost of the war is great, but he said it is a modest fraction of the nation’s wealth and is a burden worth bearing because Iraq is a focal point for what he called the greatest threat to America, al-Qaida and Iran.

 

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