广播听力:Higher Rate of Alzheimer's among Latin Americans

短语讲解：

1. She can still perform basic tasks like putting out the laundry, but she seems to be in a world of her own.

put out把…送到外面去做
例句：We put out the washing.
我们把要洗的衣服送到洗衣店去洗。

2. It seems to be a waste now because she just don't pay attention to it.

pay attention to注意，关心
例句：No attention was paid to his advice.
他的建议没有引起注意。

3. That's kind of frustrating.

kind of稍微, 有点儿, 有几分
例句：I'm feeling kind of tired.
我感到有点累。

4. Experts believe Hispanics may be more susceptible to Alzheimer's because they have higher rates of diabetes and high blood pressure, and also because they are living longer.

be susceptible to 对…敏感, 易受…的影响;
例句：We are all susceptible to advertising.
我们都易受广告的影响。

5. The report noted that Hispanics will constitute a much larger proportion of the older population compared to African Americans by 2050, 20 percent compared to 12 percent.

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

6. The latest survey of Hispanics by the Alzheimer's Association - the largest private, none-profit foundation of Alzheimer research - found that 64 pe