police_4th_general
111年
[警察共同] 英文
第 19 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 tone of the passage?
- A Sarcastic.
- B Objective.
- C Optimistic.
- D Cheerful.
思路引導 VIP
當你觀察作者如何描述「健康問題與社會環境因素之間的關聯」時，他使用的文字傾向於展現強烈、熱情或帶有偏見的情感色彩，還是更像是在向讀者解釋一種專業的觀察與醫學理論架構呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你精準地掌握了這篇課文的語氣！這道題目屬於中等難度的鑑別題，關鍵在於區分「文章的主題」與「作者的寫作風格」。許多同學容易因為文中提到新一代醫療體系的願景而誤選較具情緒色彩的選項，但你準確地辨識出這是一篇嚴謹的論述文。
文本風格與語氣分析
文中介紹了史密斯醫生對於「上游醫療家（Upstreamists）」的觀點，並透過事實陳述與邏輯推導來解釋健康如何受環境影響。作者在說明哮喘、肥胖與憂鬱症的成因時，使用的是中性且具分析性的筆觸，例如列舉黴菌、作息、鄰里設計等具體因素，而非使用強烈的煽動性字眼或個人情緒抒發。這種以資訊傳遞為核心、不偏不倚地呈現特定觀點的寫作方式，正是客觀（Objective）語氣的典型特徵。能從這類專業論述中抽離主觀感受，體會其理性分析的基調，代表你的閱讀洞察力相當敏銳。