Listening Day 7

1. [news]snoring linked to cancer.mp3

Nearly 30 million Americans have some form of sleep apnea, gaps in breathing when you are asleep. Sometimes there is snoring but sometimes it happens quietly. And tonight for the first time, researchers have discovered a link between sleep apnea and cancer. Here is ABC’s Dr. Richard Messer.

 

This man is asleep and not breathing. It’s been 59 seconds since his last breath. His body is desperate for air. Finally, 1 minute 08 seconds later he breathes. Completely unaware of what’s happening. It’s classic obstructive sleep apnea, where throat muscles collapse in on itself and seal the airways. We know apnea can lead to heart disease and stroke. That erratic breathing at night raising your blood pressure. But today’s surprising news, if you have sleep apnea you may be five times as likely to die from cancer, of any kind. Dr. Javier Nieto’s Wisconsin sleep study, followed 1500 people for 25 years.

 

“What was striking was that this relationship appears to be very strong.”

 

They suspect that the lack of oxygen makes your body grow more tiny blood vessels which feed all your cells, including any cancer cells.

 

“Sleep apnea is a serious problem that needs to be treated if you have it. This is just one more reason to worry about it.”

 

And one more reason to take action.

 

“Well Richard as we’ve said sometimes snoring is a red flag for sleep apnea but what if it’s silent? How on earth do you know?”

 

“Well, yeah, if you sleep alone or you don’t snore, look for your day time symptoms. That can be dry mouth, that can be headache, and it can be day time exhaustion. If you have those, get it checked right away.”

 

“But this is so frightening, we knew before about heart problems but now cancer, too? Is there anything that isn’t too uncomfortable that can prevent it?

 

Yeah, I mean there are things you can do and they all take work. The first one is try and loose weight that can make it go away for many people. The second is a mask you can wear with a breathing machine called C-pap, very difficult for many people to tolerate that at night but it works well. And then the last are nose plugs with a one-way valve. That can work in people with mild apnea to keep their airways open.”

 

Alright, really a new alarm tonight about sleep apnea, thanks Richard.

New Words & Expressions for Speaking

snore(v) 코를 골다.

sleep apnea 수면 무호흡

apnea[ǽpniə, æpníːə] 호흡 정지

obstructive 폐쇄성의, 방해자, 의사 방해의

erratic 불규칙한, 괴짜, 변덕스러운

collapse 무너지다. 붕괴하다

seal 도장, 물개

stroke 발작, 뇌졸증

be likely to + (v) ~할 것 같다. ~하기 쉽다.

vessel 혈관, 그릇, 배, 용기

red flag 적신호

symptom 적신호

tolerate 참다, 견디다.

plugs 마개

valve 판막, 판

breathe(v)[briːð]

breath(n)[breθ]

sleep(v) 자다

sleepy(a) 졸리는, 잠이 오는

asleep(a) 잠들어, 조는

desperate 필사적인, 절망적인

be desperate for/to ~을 간절히 원하다

 - I am desperate to see her

unaware of ~대해 모르고 있다.

aware of ~대해 알고 있다.

exhaustion 기진맥진, 고갈, 소진

frightening 깜짝놀라게 하는

Useful Patterns for Speaking

And on more reason to take action

take action 조치를 취하다.

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As we've said, sometimes snoring is a red flag for sleep apnea but what if it's silent?

what if ~하면 어떻게

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How on earth do you know?

How on earth 도대체 어떻게

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