2025年6月英语六级听力真题 卷二 录音一

Recording one

录音一

My current research is mainly looking at factors like stress and how it affects our immune system.

我目前的研究主要关注压力等因素以及它们如何影响我们的免疫系统。

So the current projects that I'm quite excited about are looking at older people and factors that are important to them.

因此，我现在非常兴奋的项目是关注老年人以及对他们重要的影响因素。

In one project, we are looking at hip fracture in older people, which is a common event.

其中一个项目，我们研究老年人髋部骨折，这是一个常见的事件。

And we're trying to understand the impact of depression.

我们试图了解抑郁的影响。

Often people in hospital with a hip fracture develop depression, and these are the people that then go on to become feeble a lot more quickly than others.

通常，因髋部骨折住院的人会患上抑郁症，而这些人随后会比其他人更快地变得虚弱。

They get infections, often these infections lead to death.

他们会受到感染，这些感染常常导致死亡。

So we're trying to slow down that progression to feebleness.

因此，我们正试图减缓这种向虚弱发展的进程。

So if we can better understand how these factors interact, then we can actually start doing something about it.

所以，如果我们能更好地理解这些因素如何相互作用，那么我们就能真正开始采取一些措施了。

The impact that my research will have in Birmingham first of all is obviously for older people,

我的研究首先在伯明翰产生的影响显然是为了老年人，

because these are the people that are having hip fractures and developing depression,

因为正是这些人在遭受髋部骨折并患上抑郁症，

and we're trying to improve their health and their quality of life.

而我们正试图改善他们的健康和生活质量。

But this isn't just a problem in Birmingham or even in the UK.

但这不仅仅是伯明翰甚至英国的问题。

This is a problem globally. People are aging. There's a lot more people in the older generation who are living for longer,

这是一个全球性的问题。人们正在老龄化。老年人口越来越多，寿命也越来越长，

but not necessarily staying healthy for a large part of their lives.

但他们一生中很大一部分时间未必能保持健康。

So the last part of their life can often be full of ill health, and we are trying to understand factors that can contribute to the quality of life later on.

因此，他们生命的最后阶段常常充满疾病，而我们正试图了解那些有助于提高晚年生活质量的因素。

I think the thing that excites me most about my research is that it feels real and relevant.

我认为我的研究最让我兴奋的一点是，它感觉真实且有意义。

Lots of academics are probably very excited about their research, but it might not be that relevant to those around them.

许多学者可能对自己的研究非常兴奋，但可能对他们周围的人不那么相关。

Whereas I feel that the work I do is relevant to everyone, because everyone is aging.

而我觉得我所做的工作与每个人都息息相关，因为每个人都在变老。

Health is an issue for everyone, regardless of their age, and what I'm trying to do is understand the factors that affect health,

健康对每个人来说都是一个议题，无论其年龄如何，而我想做的是理解影响健康的因素，

and how we can improve the quality of life and people.

以及我们如何改善人们的生活质量。

So that's one of the things that really excites me about it.

所以，这是真正让我兴奋的事情之一。

One of the other things is, rather than just taking one perspective, so rather than looking at aging and health just from the perspective of the psychologist,

另一件事是，与其只采取单一的视角，比如仅仅从心理学家的角度来看待衰老和健康，

we are now bringing together a lot of different techniques and a lot of different viewpoints to actually look at the sort of different factors affecting health.

我们现在正汇集许多不同的技术和许多不同的观点，来真正审视影响健康的不同因素。

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.

问题 16 至 18 基于您刚才听到的录音。

Question 16, What does the speaker say is quite common among older people?

问题 16： 讲话者说在老年人中相当普遍的是什么？

Question 17, What does the speaker think excites her most about her research?

问题 17： 讲话者认为她的研究最让她兴奋的是什么？

Question 18, How does the speaker approach her research project?

问题 18： 讲话者是如何开展她的研究项目的？

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