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Step by Step 3000 第3册 Unit5:Keeping the country healthy

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Part 4. Keeping the country healthy.
Keywords.

health service, changes, the NHS, prevention, screening, diagnostic tests, opposition, private healthcare.
Vocabulary.

crux, ultrasound, gimmick, the NHS(the National Health Service).
Listen to a news report about the UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown's health reforms.Make a comparison between his proposals and the criticism he faced from the opposition. Complete the following chart.
It seems that politicians around the world are thinking about the health of their countries.
While in China, Chen Zhu has announced his plans for a universal health service and reform across health services,
Gordon Brown, the UK Prime Minister, has also announced he is planning to make some changes in our health services.
The crux of Mr Brown's proposals are related to giving the NHS (National Health Service) a greater focus on prevention, rather than just curing patients.
He is planning to introduce increased screening for common diseases such as heart disease, strokes and cancer, for example, breast cancer.
In Britain, there are 200,000 deaths a year from heart attack and strokes, many of which might have been avoided if the condition had been known about.
Initially, the diagnostic tests will be available for those who are most vulnerable, or most likely to have the disease.
But later on, the Prime Minster claims that they will be more widely available.
One example is a plan to offer all men over 65 an ultrasound test to check for problems with main artery, a condition which kills 3000 men a year.
The opposition have criticized Mr Brown's proposals, saying that they are just a gimmick, and claiming that there is no proper timetable for the changes.
They also say that Mr Brown is reducing the money available for the treatment of certain conditions while putting more money towards testing for them.
The NHS was founded in 1948, and is paid for by taxation.
The idea is that the rich pay more towards the health service than the poor.
However, in recent years, there has been a great increase in the use of private healthcare.
Many people who can afford it choose to pay for medical care, often because it can be quicker, although the doctors and hospitals are often the same.
NHS waiting lists for operations can be very long.
So people can jump the queue by paying for their operation.

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announced [ə'naunst]

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宣布的

 
initially [i'niʃəli]

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adv. 最初,开头

 
vulnerable ['vʌlnərəbl]

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adj. 易受伤害的,有弱点的

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taxation [tæk'seiʃən]

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n. 课税,征税,税金

 
universal [.ju:ni'və:səl]

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adj. 普遍的,通用的,宇宙的,全体的,全世界的

 
comparison [kəm'pærisn]

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n. 比较

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reform [ri'fɔ:m]

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v. 改革,改造,革新
n. 改革,改良

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prevention [pri'venʃən]

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n. 阻止,妨碍,预防

 
check [tʃek]

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n. 检查,支票,账单,制止,阻止物,检验标准,方格图案

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available [ə'veiləbl]

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adj. 可用的,可得到的,有用的,有效的

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