VOA慢速英语:Health Hackers: Alzheimer’s Patients Help Themselves

fatalistic – adj. the belief that what will happen has already been decided and cannot be changed fate – n.

attitude – n. the way you think and feel about someone or something

put your affairs in order phrase Ensure that one's financial and legal arrangements are properly organized, especially in preparation for one's death.

genotype – biology n. the genetic constitution of an individual organism.

band together to form a group in order to do or achieve something <They banded together for protection.>

health hacker a person who uses the latest technology to research and care for their own health needs : also called biohacker

cognitive – adj. of, relating to, or involving conscious mental activities (such as thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering)

decline – v. to become worse in condition or quality

reversal – n. a change to an opposite state, condition, decision, etc.

fate – n. a power that is believed to control what happens in the future

to put something off – phrase postpone something