Ping pong serves up therapy for Parkinson's disease.
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Three years ago, Robin Seltzer was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
三年前，罗宾·塞尔策被确诊患有帕金森病。
- be diagnosed with… 被诊断出患有……
- Parkinson’s disease 帕金森病
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The once athletic 67-year-old's symptoms were so bad, he could barely get out of bed.
这位曾经体格健壮的67岁老人，症状一度严重到几乎无法下床。
- athletic 体格健壮的、爱运动的
- barely 几乎不、勉强
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Ping-pong serves up therapy for Parkinson's disease.
乒乓球为帕金森病提供了一种治疗方法。
- serve up 提供（这里指“带来、成为”）
- therapy 治疗、疗法
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Along with physical therapy and medication to manage symptoms like tremors, stiffness and slowness, Doctor Alana Clark at Hackensack University Medical Center offered a surprising option.
除了通过物理治疗和药物来控制震颤、僵硬、行动迟缓等症状外，哈肯萨克大学医学中心的阿拉娜·克拉克医生还提供了一个出人意料的选择。
- along with… 除……之外
- manage symptoms 控制症状
- tremors 震颤
- stiffness 僵硬
- slowness 行动迟缓
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When your doctor first said you should do ping pong, what was your reaction? My reaction was how could that help anybody?
当你的医生最初建议你打乒乓球时，你是什么反应？我的反应是：这怎么可能帮到人？
- reaction 反应
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Ping pong has clearly been shown to have a positive impact on the progression of the disease and in a way that the medication alone is not doing.
事实已经清楚表明，乒乓球对延缓病情发展有着积极作用，而且这种效果是单靠药物无法达到的。
- have a positive impact on… 对……有积极影响
- progression of the disease 病情发展
- in a way that… 以一种……的方式
- medication alone 单靠药物
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Areas involved in motor planning also have ties to other areas of the brain that impact those cognitive skills that we see impacted in Parkinson's disease — things like planning, problem solving.
参与运动规划的脑区，也与大脑其他区域相关联；这些区域会影响认知能力，而我们看到帕金森病患者的这些认知能力确实会受损，比如规划能力、解决问题的能力。
- motor planning 运动规划
- have ties to… 与……有关联
- cognitive skills 认知能力
- problem solving 解决问题
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And so when we are playing ping pong, we know that those areas of the brain end up being activated.
因此，当我们打乒乓球时，这些大脑区域最终会被激活。
- end up doing sth. 最终做某事、结果是……
- be activated 被激活
