Feeling lonely can make you sick. Doctors have long known that loneliness can cause many health problems and even death. What they didn’t know is 16 this feeling causes illness. A study in the online magazine Genome Biology 17 that loneliness actually influences the important part of our bodies—our genes.
In a small population of patients, researchers 18 more than 20,000 genes to compare how the genes of lonely and non-lonely individuals (个体) express themselves in molecular processes (分子过程) and in personal health. They found that gene expression is 19 in chronically (长期地) lonely people. “We now have a new way for understanding the relationship 20 social experience and physical health,” explains the study’s lead author, Steve Cole of University of California, Los Angeles.
“This study—the first to link (联系) 21 with gene changes—is special and exciting,” says Emma Adam, a professor of human development at Northwestern University. “It 22 in the black box.”
According to John Cacioppo, an author of the study from the University of Chicago, the
work suggests that loneliness is a warning 23 , much like physical pain. “This feeling is so bad because 24 of us wants to be forgotten; that’ s also what human means,” he says. “It makes us 25 for other people and want to be with friends when we’re lonely.”
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My friend Jack always had accidents. He did not ______ attention to what he was doing or where he was going.
A few months ago, _____ car hit him while he was on his way home from school. The driver was tired, ______ he did not see Jack. And Jack was talking on ______ mobile phone and was riding in the middle of the road. The car hit him. He ______ his leg and was in hospital for over a month.
Last week, he was not looking ______ he was going as usually. As a result, he fell into a hole ______ the park. Some ______ people in the park helped him climb out of the hole and then took him to hospital. ______, he did not break an arm or a leg this time. At the hospital, the ______ gave him some medicine and then he went home.
After the two accidents, Jack changed a lot. Now he is very careful.A. cost B. take C. pay
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One day, when your mother gets older and older, will you dislike her more words and her had health? Here is a mother`s letter to her______. Let`s read it and see what`s moving you.
Dear son,
When I grow old one day, please be _______ to me and try to understand me. If I get dirty when eating or if I can`t ____ myself., help me. Remember the hours I spent teaching you . If I say some things again and again when I speak to you, please _____me. When you were_______, I had to read you the same story again and again ________ you went to sleep. When my tired legs do not let me walk, give me your _____. I did the same when you started walking. When I come near to you, you should be next to me, try to understand me and help me _______ I did when you were a baby. When I am ill, you should look ______me well, just like I took good care of you day and night. Please spend more time _____ with me when you are free. I`ll pay you by a smile and love.
I love you, son!
Your mother,
Mary
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It was Mary’s birthday. She received a letter from her uncle was a farmer.
“Dear Mary,” the letter said. “Happy birthday . I am sending you some as your birthday present.They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you will like them. Best wishes, Uncle Toby. ”
Mary liked eating eggs and .When the chickens arrived the day, they were in a box. Mary was very .She took the box off the truck and began to carry it into her garden. , the box was heavy and she dropped it . The chickens all ran out .They ran everywhere, into the road , into the shops , even into the next street. It Mary many hours to find them and take them back to her garden.
A few days later uncle came.”Did the chickens arrive ?” he asked Mary.”Yes,Uncle Toby.”Mary said.” I had lots if trouble with them. I dropped the box. It broke and the chickens ran everywhere.I spent the whole afternoon them.” “Did you find them all?” her uncle asked.”I hope so,”Mary replied.”I caught eleven of them.””That’s very interesting,”her uncle said a smile,”because I only sent you six.”
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Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my ____, we met a strange old man. It was raining ____ and we had no umbrella. We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice ____ and he said he would give it to ____ for only one pound. He said he had ____ his wallet and he needed taxi fare(费用) to go back home. My mother didn’t believe ____ he said at first, and asked him a lot questions. but she finally believed the man and gave him a pound. She was ____ to buy a good umbrella for so little. but the old man didn’t get into a taxi. We followed him and found he went into a pub(酒吧) and bought ____ a glass of whiskey(威士忌) with a pound. ____ he drank it, he put on his hat and took one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he ____ it again.
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One day, a poor man was travelling on horseback. At noon, he tied his ____ to a tree and then sat down to eat something.
A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the ____ tree. “Please ____ your horse to another tree,” said the poor man.” My horse is wild. It will kill ____.” But the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” He tied up his horse and had his lunchnearby.
After a moment they heard a terrible noise, the two horse were ____. They went up to them, but it was too late. The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to ____ it.” And he brought the poor man before the judge(法官).
The judge asked the poor man some questions. But he made no ____. At last the judge said, “This man is dumb(哑的). He cannot speak.” “Oh.” the rich man shouted ____, “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.” “Are you sure?” asked the judge. “What did he say?”
“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree ____ his horse was wild and would kill my horse.” “Oh.” said the judge. “So he warned you. And can you expect to get money from him?” The rich man said ____ and left silently.
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