How to Keep Your Brain Healthy
如何保持大腦健康
Introduction
Doctors studied many people in different countries. They want to know how to stop dementia.
醫生研究了許多不同國家的人，想知道如何防止失智症。
Main Body
People in different countries have different risks. In China, many people did not go to school. In the USA, many people are overweight. However, high blood pressure and smoking are problems in every country.
不同國家的人有不同的風險。在中國，許多人沒有受過教育。在美國，許多人體重過重。然而，高血壓和吸菸在每個國家都是問題。
Money and school are very important. People who are poor or do not go to school have more brain problems. This is often worse than having a disease like cancer.
金錢和教育非常重要。貧窮或沒有受過教育的人更容易出現大腦問題。這通常比患有癌症等疾病更嚴重。
Good friends and learning new things help the brain. Stress is bad for the brain. People need a healthy life to keep their memory.
好朋友和學習新事物對大腦有幫助。壓力對大腦有害。人們需要健康的生活來維持記憶力。
Conclusion
One plan does not work for everyone. Every country needs its own plan to help people.
一套計劃並不適用於每個人。每個國家都需要自己的計劃來幫助人們。
Vocabulary Learning
The Power of 'Different'
In the text, we see the word different used many times. This is a key A2 word to describe changes or variety.
How it works:
Something + is + different The plan is different.
Comparing two things:
A + is + different from + B China is different from the USA.
Word Pairs: Opposites
To reach A2, you need to connect opposite ideas. Look at these pairs from the article:
- Good Bad
- Healthy Overweight/Sick
- Poor Rich (Implied by 'Money')
Sentence Building: "Need to"
When we talk about health, we use need to for requirements.
- People need to keep their memory.
- Every country needs its own plan.
Tip: Use need to + action verb to tell someone what is important.