考研英语听力基本功训练1: Passage15
Every year there are reports of people dyin
as a result of extremely hot weathe
Many of the victims are old person
whose hearts or breathing systems fai
But many die from a lack of wate
Water is necessary for life and good healt
We often forgot this fa
when we think about the other building blocks of li
such as vitamins,minerals and protein
We can live for many days without eatin
but two or three days without wat
usually leads to deat
The human body may look soli
but most of it is wate
New born babies are as much as 85% wate
Women are about 65% wate
and men about 75
Women ususlly have less water than ma
because woman,in general,have more fat cell
and fat cells hold less water than other kinds of cell
