有人说养宠物对人类身心健康有好处，那么养狗真的可以让人健康长寿吗？据一项最近调查显示，狗主人患心血管疾病的可能性要远低于不养狗的人。这是为什么呢？这项调查的结果可信吗？本集《随身英语》探讨养狗和人类心脏健康之间的联系。
Vocabulary:dogsandhearts词汇：犬和心脏
Asadoglover,ourcaninecompanionsalwaysfillmewithjoy.Whetherpedigreeormongrel,tameorstray,wheneverIseeone,Ismile.Afterall,theirloyaltyisindisputable,theircompanionshipisalwayswelcome,theyfetchforus,guardforusandevenworkforuswhenrequired.GoodoldFidohasalwaysbeenclosetomy,andmanyother’shearts.
Well,notcontentwithjustwarmingthecocklesofyourheart,itseemsthatourfour-legged-friendsactuallylowertheriskofcardiovasculardisease,accordingtoa2017scientificstudy,whichlookedat3.4millionSwedesfrom2001to2012.
Theseeffectswereparticularlymarkedinthosewholivedontheirlonesome.AccordingtoMwenyaMubangaofUppsalaUniversityandleadauthorofthestudy,“singledogownershada33%reductioninriskofdeathandan11%reductioninriskofcardiacarrestcomparedtosinglenon-owners.”
However,beforeyourheartskipsabeat,ToveFall,seniorauthorofthestudy,alsoaddsthattheremaybelimitations.It’spossiblethatthedifferencesbetweenownersandnon-owners,whichalreadyexistedbeforethedogwasbought,couldhaveinfluencedtheresults–orthatpeoplewhoaregenerallymoreactivealsotendtogetadoganyway.
Itseemsthattheresultsarenotasclearcutastheyinitiallyappeartobe,butasfarasI’mconcerned,that’sok.Ilovedogsforhowtheymakemefeeland,cardiovascularbenefitsornot,they’llalwaysbetopdogtome–crossmyheart.
canine犬的pedigree（动物）纯种mongrel杂种狗tame（尤指动物）温顺的stray流浪的companionship陪伴，友谊fetch拿来，取回，guard守卫，保护Fido对宠物狗的一个通用名称closetoone’sheart贴近某人的心warmthecocklesofyourheart温暖你的内心cardiovascular心血管的breed（动物）品种physicalactivity体育运动socialcontact社会关系，社会往来bacterialmicrobiome细菌微生物群gut肠道onone’slonesome单独的，独自的cardiacarrest心脏停搏yourheartskipsabeat（形容紧张或兴奋）心跳停了一下topdog最好的狗，胜利者crossmyheart我保证所说属实
1.阅读课文并回答问题。
1.Whatreasonsdoestheauthorgiveforlovingdogs
2.Whendidthestudymentionedinthearticletakeplaceandwhowereitsparticipants
3.Whichthreereasonsaregivenforadogreducingaperson’scardiovascularrisk
4.TrueorfalseSingle-householddogownersseenohealthbenefitscomparedtosingle-householdnon-owners.
5.Whatlimitationsarementionedthatcouldaffecttheresultsofthestudy
2.请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1.Thatdogdoesn’thaveanownersocomeawayimmediately.Can’tyouseeit’sa______Itmighthaveadisease!
tameFidostraymongrel
2.Quickly,nurse.He’sgoinginto______.Getmethedefibrillator!
microbiometopdogcaninecardiacarrest
3.Hewon’tbite,buthedoesn’tlikebeingtouched.It’s______hislastowner,whousedtobeathim.
crossmyheartdowntoclearcutbreeds
4.HowcanyounotseeitThere’sa______differencebetweenthefirstpictureandthesecond!
markedguthand-in-handtame
5.Pleasestopsmoking,son.Itgoes______withcancerandyoudon’twantthat.
skipsabeatcrossmyheartontheirlonesomehand-in-hand
1.WhatreasonsdoestheauthorgiveforlovingdogsTheyfilltheauthorwithjoy.Theirloyaltyisindisputable,theircompanionshipisalwayswelcome,theyfetchforus,guardforusandevenworkforuswhenrequired
2.WhendidthestudymentionedinthearticletakeplaceandwhowereitsparticipantsThestudytookplacebetween2001and2012.Itsparticipantswere3.4millionSwedes.
3.Whichthreereasonsaregivenforadogreducingaperson’scardiovascularriskTheincreasedphysicalactivityassociatedwithdogownership,theincreasedsocialcontactandthechangeoftheowner’smicrobiome.
4.TrueorfalseSingle-householddogownersseenohealthbenefitscomparedtosingle-householdnon-ownersFalse.Singledogownershada33%reductioninriskofdeathand11%reductioninriskofcardiacarrestcomparedtosinglenon-owners.
5.WhatlimitationsarementionedthatcouldaffecttheresultsofthestudyTheremaybeadifferencebetweendogownersandnon-ownersthatexistedbeforethedogwasobtained.It’salsopossiblethatpeoplewhotendtobuydogsarealsogenerallymoreactive.
1.Thatdogdoesn’thaveanownersocomeawayimmediately.Can’tyouseeit’sastrayItmighthaveadisease.
2.Quickly,nurse.He’sgoingintocardiacarrest.Getmethedefibrillator.
3.Hewon’tbite,buthedoesn’tlikebeingtouched.It’sdowntohislastowner,whousedtobeathim.
4.HowcanyounotseeitThere’samarkeddifferencebetweenthefirstpictureandthesecond!!
5.Pleasestopsmoking,son.Itgoeshand-in-handwithcancerandyoudon’twantthat.