秦晔主编的《医学英语时文阅读(第1册)》由16篇文章组成，题材宽泛，涉及生活习惯与健康、生活环境与健康、当代人健康现状、疾病和疾病的传染等话题。学生们在阅读这些文章时，与作者一起，或困惑，或同感，或振奋，最终一定会有所收获。

本书中的每一篇文章后配有正误练习、词汇练习、“英译汉”和“汉译英”练习等，可帮助读者更好地理解原文，掌握更多的医学词汇，熟悉医学英语的句型特点。最后一部分的讨论题，鼓励读者进一步思考、探索，甚至与同伴争辩、争论，以引起共鸣。

Passage One Your Smartphone May Be Making You Fat

Passage Two 10 Tips for Choosing Athletic Shoes. Proper-fitting Shoes Make All the Difference Whether You Walk or Run

Passage Three Why Lack of Sleep May Weaken Vaccine Effectiveness

Passage Four Why Even Healthy People Should Watch Their Salt Intake

Passage Five Seven Daily Sins

Passage Six Research in China Finds Air Pollution Significantly Shortened Life Expectancy

Passage Seven Is Your Kitchen Microwave Safe?

Passage Eight Just Too Loud

Passage Nine Depressed? It May Boost Your Diabetes Risk

Passage Ten Scientists Detail Alzheimer's Progression, Step by Step

Passage Eleven Office Stress: His Vs. Hers

Passage Twelve It's Tough at the Top to Gain a Classical State of Fitness

Passage Thirteen Traveler's Health

Passage Fouteen Gastroenteritis in Adults

Passage Fifteen Following the Flu Fighters. True Stories of the Swine Flu Pandemic

Passage Sixteen The Sobering Connection Between Obesity and Heart Disease

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