Unit 3 Family matters 开启快乐学习之旅A quarrel at home may result in you falling ill. Don't laugh, it's true. Family matters including living habits and even the way we speak have a big effect on our health, doctors say.Wang Xiaoyu, a Senior 2 girl from Xichang, Sichuan Province, fainted in class when she heard her classmates quarrel at the top of their voices. Quarrels between her parents also put the girl into a coma. It is because she is suffering from depression, caused by bad relations at home, doctors explained.“We don't get sick or stay well by ourselves ， ” says Dr Robert Ferret from the US. Ferret shows that family forces may explain up to a quarter of health problems, in his recent research.The genes you get from your family may cause illness. If one of your parents has a heart attack, your risk of being affected may double. But effects on health are not only written in our DNA.Unrelated people who live under the same roof also get similar problems. Diet, lifestyle and environment affect our health, too.Ferret's research also found that if teenagers feel they are ignored or unimportant at home they are more likely to get sick.We may never fully understand all the effects that families have on our health. But just as individual problems can have effects on others, a small improvement can have big benefits, Ferret said., ,家人对我们来说非常重要。家人之间的基因联系让我们的健康紧密相连。家庭氛围也对我们的发展有很大的关系。[知识点击]1．fainted v．晕倒2．coma n．昏迷3．depression n．抑郁症4．individual adj.个别的模块核心素养导航第一课时 Starting out & Understanding ideasⅠ.词汇初探1．approach (v.)走近，靠近2．chat (n.)闲谈，聊天3．focus (v.)(把……)集中(于)4．assume (v.)假设，认为→assumption (n.)假定，设想5．resp...
