The program, run by psychotherapists Cosette Dawna Rae and Hilarie Cash, is located in Rae’s house, where her husband and son also reside. There’s room for six patients, but during Alexander’s treatment, he is the only one at the facility. He is given a regular schedule, with outdoor activities (including carpentry projects or caring for chickens and goats) plotted throughout the day, plus chores and meals. Rae says the program is designed to mimic what life will be like once patients return home--downtime is built into the routine, so people can learn to cope with boredom. Alexander spends some of that time running--when he first got to the facility, he expressed all interest in running, so Rae and Cash set him up with a local trainer, who now takes him on regular jogs. Alexander also has daily counseling sessions with Rae ,where they discuss his long- term goals, and even work on a plan for a tutoring business he hopes to start. Once a week, he has a therapy session with Cash, a specialist in video game and Internet addiction. Downtime was built into the routine during which
Alexander read his favorite book.
B. Alexander learned to deal with boredom.
C. Alexander rested to recover from fatigue.
D. Alexander started to think about his future.
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If you’re like 67% of Americans, you’re currently overweight or obese. If you’re like 27%, your blood pressure is too high. If you’re like a whopping 96% of the population, you may not be able to recall the last time you had a salad, since you’re one of the hundreds of millions of Americans who rarely eat enough vegetables. And what you do eat, you don’t burn off - assuming you’re like the 40% of US who get no exercise. Most troubling of all, if you’re like any parent of any child anywhere in the world, you may be passing your health habits to your children, which explains why experts fear that this generation of American kids may be the first ever to have a shorter life span than their parents do. What is the percentage of Americans who do not do physical exercise,9
A. 67%
B. 27%
C. 96%
D. 40%
In that last sentence. Davies set forth the national ethic of health care in his country: medicine is not a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder, but a right that must be distributed equitably (公平合理的) to one and all. In short, the Canadians have built a health - care system that neatly fits the Canadian character: ferociously egalitarian (平等主义的), but thrifty at the same time.
According to the author, Canadians are.A. extremely egalitarian and thrifty
B. extremely egalitarian but not thrifty
C. not egalitarian at all but thrifty
D. neither egalitarian nor thrifry
It’s most important to wash your hands frequently and well - 20 seconds with soap and water -and avoid touching your eyes and nose. Alcohol - based hand gels are also effective. Second, to avoid spreading germs, cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, preferably using your sleeve or a tissue. And third, if you’re sick or your child is sick, stay home until the fever has gone away for at least 24 hours without the use of fever - reducing medication. People can avoid spreading germs by
A. washing hands frequently and well.
B. covering mouth when they cough or sneeze.
C. staying away from the population.
D. avoid touching eyes and nose after hand washing.
A health profile is a portrait of all of the factors that influence your health. To draw your health profile, you will need to know what diseases run in your family, what health hazards you may be exposed to at work, how your daily diet compares to the recommended standards, how much time per week you spend exercising and what type of exercise you engage in, how stressful your work and family environments are, what kinds of illnesses you get regularly, and whether or not you have any one of a number of addictions. To complete this portrait, you should have a checkup to determine how your blood, heart, and lungs are functioning. This checkup will serve as a baseline (基础,起点), to which you can then compare later tests. What is a health profile
A general description of all the factors that influence one’s health.
B. A speculation on one’s habits both at home and work.
C. A review of one’s medical history in the past few years.
D. A phyrsical checkup on one’s health status.