广播电视英语短句 第 294 课：46个染色体-3

These include problems with their heart and with their breathing and hearing. 这些状况包括心脏，呼吸以及听力问题。

A lot of these conditions, though, are treatable. 不过，这些状况的大部分都可以治疗。

About one in every one hundred people with Down syndrome will develop leukemia, a cancer of the blood. 大约有千分之一的唐氏综合症患者会罹患白血病，一种血液癌症。

But the National Down Syndrome Society says many of these cases are curable as well. 但是，全国唐氏综合症学会称很多这类状况同样是可以治愈的。

As a result, people with Down syndrome are living longer. 正因如此，患有唐氏综合症的人现在能存活更久。