police_4th_general
111年
[警察共同] 英文
第 16 題
📖 題組：
We all think we understand the formula for keeping healthy-- eat right, exercise, don’t smoke, skip dessert. But that picture is vastly incomplete, perhaps fatally so. While our individual health is highly dependent on our daily behaviors, it may be even more strongly influenced by the social and environmental conditions in which we live. Smith, a prestigious doctor, argues that the future of our health, and our healthcare system, depends on growing and supporting a new generation of healthcare practitioners who look upriver at the source of our health problems, rather than simply opting for quick-hit symptomatic relief. These “Upstreamists,” as he calls them, are practitioners on the frontlines of health who see that health (like sickness) is more than a chemical equation that can be balanced with pills and procedures administered within clinic walls. They see, rather, that health begins in our everyday lives, in the places where we live, work, eat and play. Upstreamists — who may be doctors, nurses or other clinicians — know that asthma can start in the air around us, or from the mold in the walls of our homes. They understand that obesity, diabetes and heart disease partly originate in our busy modern schedules, in the unhealthy food choices available in our stores and even in the way our neighborhoods are designed. They believe that depression, anxiety and high blood pressure can arise from chronically stressful conditions at work and home. And, just as important, these caregivers understand how to translate this knowledge into meaningful action.
We all think we understand the formula for keeping healthy-- eat right, exercise, don’t smoke, skip dessert. But that picture is vastly incomplete, perhaps fatally so. While our individual health is highly dependent on our daily behaviors, it may be even more strongly influenced by the social and environmental conditions in which we live. Smith, a prestigious doctor, argues that the future of our health, and our healthcare system, depends on growing and supporting a new generation of healthcare practitioners who look upriver at the source of our health problems, rather than simply opting for quick-hit symptomatic relief. These “Upstreamists,” as he calls them, are practitioners on the frontlines of health who see that health (like sickness) is more than a chemical equation that can be balanced with pills and procedures administered within clinic walls. They see, rather, that health begins in our everyday lives, in the places where we live, work, eat and play. Upstreamists — who may be doctors, nurses or other clinicians — know that asthma can start in the air around us, or from the mold in the walls of our homes. They understand that obesity, diabetes and heart disease partly originate in our busy modern schedules, in the unhealthy food choices available in our stores and even in the way our neighborhoods are designed. They believe that depression, anxiety and high blood pressure can arise from chronically stressful conditions at work and home. And, just as important, these caregivers understand how to translate this knowledge into meaningful action.
What is the main idea in this passage?
- A We should tackle sickness at its source.
- B There are some serious problems in our national healthcare system.
- C Sickness is mostly caused by our jobs.
- D All modern diseases result from our busy schedules.
思路引導 VIP
若我們把健康問題想像成一條河流，當你發現下游不斷出現溺水者時，文中提到的「上游者（Upstreamists）」會傾向於在下游不斷救人，還是會往河流的高處走，去查看為什麼人們會掉進水裡？這兩種做法的核心差異在哪裡？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你精準地掌握了這篇文章的核心！這題你能答對，代表你成功捕捉到了作者提出的 “Upstreamists” (上游者) 核心概念。文章開頭先打破了我們對健康的傳統認知（僅限於飲食、運動等），進而轉向強調社會與環境條件對健康的深遠影響。正如文中提到的：與其在臨床上只做症狀的快速緩解，不如「溯流而上」，找出健康問題的真正根源。
從核心隱喻看主旨判斷
這道題目的鑑別度在於測驗學生能否從細節中萃取宏觀論點。文章後半部列舉了氣喘、肥胖與憂鬱症等例子，目的是為了佐證環境與生活壓力的影響，而非將重點侷限在特定疾病。選項 (C) 與 (D) 雖然在文中被提及，但它們僅是「環境因素」中的部分例子，若選了它們就掉入了「以偏概全」的陷阱。你能不被瑣碎的細節干擾，直接連結「Upstreamists」與「tackle at its source」的邏輯關聯，展現了優異的邏輯歸納能力。