醫(yī)療健康——高血壓（hypertension）

1. according to =as reported by根據(jù)
2. suffer from＋災(zāi)難/疾病
3. high blood pressure=hypetension高血壓
4. take steps to do sth.采取措施做某事 =take measures to
5. what is called 所謂的
6. silent 沉默的 silence n.
7. -er表示人/機器(eg: computer)
8. stroke 中風(fēng)
9. heart attack 心臟病 attack 攻擊，進攻

1. almost = nearly 大多數(shù)
2. disease(大病，比如不看醫(yī)生就會si的)→illness(小病，比如傷風(fēng)感冒)→sickness(小小的病，比如嗓子疼)→plague 瘟疫→pandemic 疫情，大的流行病→epidemic 流行病
3. globally = all over the word在全球范圍內(nèi)
4. kidney 腎臟
5. blindness 失明
6. diabetes 糖尿病 obesity 肥胖癥
7. ignore 不理人；忽略，忽視 ignorance 無知
8. developing countries發(fā)展中國家 developed countries發(fā)達國家

1. ignore 不理人；忽略 忽視 ignorance無知 important importance
2. serious 認真；嚴肅；嚴重
3. warning sign = red flag 警示的信號 sign -signal -- symbol
4. while-although-even though-though 盡管
5. alcohol酒
6. nicotine 尼古丁
7. 香煙 smoke-cigar (雪茄)-cigarette-tobacco煙草
8. consulting =asking 咨詢 consultant 顧問 consultancy 顧問的工作，顧問的意見

Words bank:

according to = as reported by

failure = if something stops working

although = while

globally = around the world

avoid = keep away from

ignore = pay no attention to

balanced diet = all kinds of food that your body needs in order to be healthy and grow properly

kidney = one of the two organs in your lower back that se[arates waste products from your blood and makes urine

billion = a thousand million

necessary = needed

blindness = not being able to see

obesity = when someone is fat in an unhealthy way

blod pressure = the force with which blood flows through your body

reduce = lower

cause = reason

regularly = often

consult = ask,go to

step = measure,action

developed countries = rich countries

stroke = when a blood vessel suddenly breaks or gets blocked

suffer = to be ill with

diabetes = serious diease in which there is too much sugar in your blood