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Unit 10 Risks Vocabulary After-class Reading Passage I Health Risks Passage II Risks from Nature and Technology Grammar Focus 虚拟语气 STRUCTURE Para1-2 Its surprising, though, understandable, that Americans worry about their health. Para3 Health risks are different from each in their immediacy. Para4 People are likely to ignore long-term risks more than short-term ones. Para5 A new understanding of the concept of YPLL. Para6 The concept of YPLL has important, if controversial, influence on issues in health care economics. Para7 The assessment of the seriousness of a risk change, depending on two elements: how many lives it claims and how many YPLLs it involves. Therefore, we we must consider not only the risk level but also its immediacy. 1. This is entirely understandable, for health is obviously preferable to illness. (L 2-3) be preferable to 较好的，优越的 A dark suit is ~ to a light one for evening wear. Anything is ~ to having her with us for the whole week. Text Understanding 2. What makes todays preoccupation with health slightly surprising is that Americans are far healthier now than they have ever been. (L4-5) preoccupation with 1) 心事在…上面 因为他的心思全放在读书上了，所以不知道我们已经进来了。 Because of his ~ with his book, Dick didnt know we had come into the room. 2) 全心注意的事，主要考虑的事 I have many ~s about family affairs, and have no time to make the teaching plans. 他主要考虑的是如何找到渡假所需的钱。 His greatest ~ is how to find money for a holiday. 3. In making choices about health risks, therefore, it is important to bear in mind the likely time lag between taking a risk and suffering its consequences. (L15-17) lag v. 多用于 ~ behind Some of the members are lagging behind so well wait for them to catch up with us. n. 时间间隔 4. Those with a mind to live for today are apt to be indifferent to health risks that have a very long incubation period.(L18-19) be indifferent to 漠不关心 小说家能对他所生活的这个世界的问题置之不理吗？ Can a novelist be ~ to the problems of the world i