How to Keep Your Brain Healthy

如何維持大腦健康

Jun 28, 2026, 19:00
AustraliaHealth

Introduction

Doctors found new ways to stop brain problems. Some medicines and healthy habits can keep your brain young.

醫生發現了防止大腦問題的新方法。某些藥物和健康習慣可以讓您的大腦保持年輕。

Main Body

Some people get a virus called shingles. This virus can hurt the brain. A vaccine for shingles helps stop this. It can lower the risk of dementia.

有些人會感染一種稱為帶狀疱疹的病毒。這種病毒會傷害大腦。接種帶狀疱疹疫苗有助於防止這種情況，並能降低患失智症的風險。

Exercise also helps the brain. People aged 35 to 55 should do aerobic exercise. This makes the brain younger. It does not depend on weight or blood pressure.

運動對大腦也有幫助。35 到 55 歲的人應該進行有氧運動。這能使大腦更年輕，且不依賴於體重或血壓。

Other habits are important too. Eat healthy food like the Mediterranean diet. Lift weights to keep muscles strong. Sleep deeply and spend time with friends.

其他習慣也同樣重要。請食用健康的食物，例如地中海飲食。透過重量訓練來保持肌肉強壯。確保深層睡眠並花時間與朋友相處。

Conclusion

Vaccines and a healthy life help your brain. These things stop brain diseases.

疫苗與健康生活對大腦有益，能防止大腦疾病。

Vocabulary Learning

🧠 The 'Help' Pattern

In this text, we see a very useful way to say that something is good for you. Look at these pairs:

  • Vaccine →\rightarrow helps stop this
  • Exercise →\rightarrow helps the brain
  • Healthy life →\rightarrow help your brain

How to use it: [Thing] + helps + [Goal/Person]

Example:

  • Water helps my skin.
  • Reading helps my English.

🥗 Simple Action Lists

When the author gives advice, they use short, direct commands. This is a great way to speak simply in A2 English:

  1. Eat healthy food.
  2. Lift weights.
  3. Sleep deeply.
  4. Spend time with friends.

Notice there is no "I" or "You" at the start. Just the action verb!

Vocabulary Learning

habit (n.)
Something that you do often or every day
Example:Drinking water every morning is a healthy habit.
vaccine (n.)
A medicine that protects you from a disease
Example:The doctor gave me a vaccine to stop the flu.
risk (n.)
The chance that something bad will happen
Example:Smoking increases the risk of heart problems.
dementia (n.)
A brain disease that makes it hard to remember things
Example:Dementia can make people forget their family members.
aerobic (adj.)
Exercise that makes your heart and lungs work harder
Example:Walking and swimming are types of aerobic exercise.
depend (v.)
To need something or someone for support
Example:My trip depends on the weather.
blood pressure (n.)
The force of your blood moving through your body
Example:Eating less salt helps lower your blood pressure.
disease (n.)
An illness that makes a person or animal sick
Example:Doctors are working hard to cure this disease.
Practice A2 words in a crossword→
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