大学英语自学教程课文上unit17.docx

1、大学英语自学教程课文上unit1700:00.00Unit 17 text A00:04.70Panic and Its Effects00:07.22恐慌症及其影响00:09.74One afternoon while she was preparing dinner in her kitchen,00:13.22一天下午，32岁的美国家庭主妇安妮彼得斯00:16.69Anne Peters,a 32-year-old American housewife,00:19.87正在厨房做晚饭。00:23.04suddenly had severe pains in her chest accom

2、panied by shortness of breath00:27.36突然，她感到一阵剧烈的胸痛，并伴有呼吸困难。00:31.69Frightened by the thought that she was having a heart attack00:34.77安妮以为自己得了心脏病，00:37.85Anne screamed for help.00:40.42她惊恐万分，尖叫求助。00:43.00Her husband immediately rushed Anne to a nearby hospital00:46.47她丈夫马上把她送到附近的一家医院。00:49.95where

3、her pains were diagnosed as having been caused by panic,00:53.42在那儿她的疼痛被诊断为是由惊慌引起的，00:56.89and not a heart attack.00:59.12而不是心脏病发作。01:01.34More and more Americans nowadays are having panic attacks01:05.16现在越来越多的美国人得过和安妮01:08.99like the one experienced by Anne Peters.01:11.31一样的恐慌症发作。01:13.64Benjamin

4、 Crocker,a psychologist at the University of Southern California01:17.57南加利福尼亚大学的心理学家本杰明克罗克指明说，01:21.50reveal that as many as ten million adult Americans have already experienced01:26.58多达1000万的美国成年人一生中得过恐慌症01:31.66or will experience at least one panic attack in their lifetime.01:35.90或至少将得一次。01:40.

5、13Moreover, studles conducted by the National Institute01:43.31此外，美国国家心理健康研究所进行的研究揭示，01:46.50of Mental Healthin the United States disclose that approximately 1.2 million01:50.18大约有120万美国人最近有过严重的、01:53.87adult individualsare currently suffering from severe and recurrent panic attacks.01:58.79复发性的恐慌症发

6、作。02:03.72These attacks may last for only a few minutes;02:06.80这些恐慌发作可能只持续几分钟，02:09.88some,however,continue for several hours.02:12.91但有一些则长达数小时。02:15.94The symptoms of panic attacks bear such remarkable similarity02:19.73恐慌症发作的症状与心脏病发作的症状非常相似，02:23.52to those of heart attacks that many victims bel

7、ieve02:26.69以致很多患者都以为02:29.86that they are indeed having a heart attack.02:32.66他们真的是心脏病发作。02:35.45Panic attack victims show the following symptoms:02:38.84恐慌症患者有如下症状：02:42.22they often become easily frightened02:45.15在大多数人通常不害怕的02:48.07or feel uneasy in situations where people normally would not be

8、 afraid;02:52.54情况下他们很容易感到恐惧感，不舒服；02:57.01they suffer shortness of breath,experience chest pains,a quick heartbeat,03:02.30他们呼吸急促，胸口疼痛，心动过速，突然发抖，03:07.59sudden fits of trembling,a feeling that personsand things around them are not real;03:13.06并感觉到周围的事物虚幻不真实；03:18.53and most of all,a fear of dying o

9、r going crazy.03:22.36最主要的，他们有死亡或发疯的恐惧感。03:26.18A person seized by a panic attack may show allor as few as four of these symptoms.03:31.50恐慌症发作时病人可能表现出上述全部或其中四种症状。03:36.82There has been a lot of explanations as to the causes of panic attacks.03:40.70关于恐慌症发作的原因，现已有多种解释。03:44.57Many claim that psychol

10、ogical stress could be a logical cause,03:48.61很多人宣称心理压力可能是合乎逻辑的病因，03:52.65but as yet, no evidence has been found to support this theory.03:56.58但到目前为止，还没有找到证据支持这种理论。04:00.51However,studies show that more women than men experience panic attacks04:04.98然而，研究表明，得过恐慌症发作的女人比男人多04:09.44and people who dri

11、nk a lot as well as those who use drugsare more likely to suffer attacks.04:14.42酗酒都和吸毒者更容易得恐慌症。04:19.40It is reported that there are at least three signs04:23.08据报道，至少有三个迹象可以表明04:26.76that indicate a person is suffering from a panic attackrather than a heart attack.04:30.30一个人得的是恐慌症而不是心脏病发作。04:33.8

12、4The first is age.04:36.17首先是年龄04:38.49People between the ages of 20 and 30 are more often victims of panic attacks04:43.31年龄在20岁到30岁之间的人易患此病。04:48.13The second is sex.04:50.70第二是性别04:53.28More women suffer from recurrent panic attacks than men.04:56.61女人得恐慌症的比男人多。04:59.94The third is the multiplici

13、ty of symptoms.05:03.52第三是多种症状并存。05:07.10A panic attack victim usually suffersat least05:10.43恐慌症病人发作时至少05:13.76four of the previously mentioned symptoms,05:16.58有以上所谈到的四种症状，05:19.40while a heart attack victim often experiencesonly pain and shortness of breath.05:23.49而心脏病发作的病人往往只感觉到疼痛和呼吸急促。05:27.58

14、It is generally agreed that a panic attackdoes not directly endanger a persons life.05:32.11通常认为恐慌症并不直接危害一个人的生命。05:36.64All the same, it can unnecessarily disrupt a petals lifeby making him or her05:41.66尽管如此，由于患者非常害怕05:46.67so afraid of having a panic attack in a public place that05:49.94在公共场合自己的恐慌

15、症发作，05:53.20he or she may refuse to leave home05:55.68以致他们可能拒绝离开家门，05:58.16and may eventually become isolated from the rest of society.06:01.85最终与社会隔绝，这就毫无必要地扰乱敢他们的生活。06:05.53Dr. Crockers advice06:07.90克罗克博士建议06:10.26to any person who thinks he is suffering from a panic attack is to consult a doctor

16、06:14.53任何以为自己得了恐慌症的人要去看医生，06:18.80for a medical examination to rule out the possibilities of physical illness first.06:24.12作医疗检查，以首先排除身体疾病的可能性。06:29.43Once it has been confirmed that he or she is,in fact,suffering from a panic attack,06:34.15一旦被确诊真的患有恐慌症，06:38.86the victim should seek psychologica

17、l and medical help.06:42.14患者应寻求心理和医疗的帮助。06:45.42Text B06:48.37sleepwalking-Fact or Fancy ?06:51.10梦游事实还是幻想？06:53.83There is an endless supply of stories about sleepwalkers.06:56.71关于梦游者的故事层出不穷。06:59.58Persons have been said to climb on roofs,solve mathematical problemscompose music,07:03.76据说梦游者能爬上

18、屋顶，解数学题，作曲，07:07.94walk through windows,and commit murder in their sleep.07:10.82穿窗入室，睡梦中行凶杀人。07:13.71In Revere,Massachusetts,07:15.77在美国马萨诸塞州的里维尔市，07:17.84a hundred policemen searched for a lost boywho left his home in his sleep07:21.56百乐警察寻找一个睡着时离家出走的男孩，07:25.28and woke up five hours later on a st

19、range sofa in a strange living roomwith07:28.61五小时后他在一个陌生人家起居室的沙发上醒来，07:31.94no idea how he had got there.07:34.13茫然不解自己是怎么到那儿去的。07:36.31At the University of Iowa,07:38.49据报道，07:40.67a student was reported to have the habit of getting upin the middle of the night07:43.91衣阿华大学的一个学生有午夜起床，07:47.15and w

20、alking three-quar-ters of a mile to the Iowa River.07:50.02步行四分之三英里的路到衣阿华河，07:52.89He would take a swim and then go back to his room to bed.07:55.91在那儿游个泳，然后再回到房间睡觉的习惯。07:58.93An expert on sleep in America claims that he has never seen a sleepwalker08:02.61美国一位睡眠专家声称他从没见过一个梦游者。08:06.30He is said to

21、know more about sleep than any other living man,08:08.96据说他比其他任何人都更了解睡眠，08:11.62and during the last thirty-five years08:13.95在过去的35年里因观察别人睡眠08:16.27has lost a lot of sleepwatching people sleep.08:18.80而牺牲了自己相当多的睡眠时间。08:21.32Says he,of course,I know that there are sleepwalkers08:24.54他说：“当然，因为在报纸上读到过

22、报道08:27.77because I have read about them in the newspapers.08:30.05所以我知道有梦游者。08:32.34But none of my sleepers ever walked,08:34.47但从没有一个我的实验对象睡着时梦游。08:36.60and if I were to advertise for sleepwalkers for an experiment,08:39.77如果我要登广告征求梦游者作实验，08:42.95I doubt that Id get many takers.Location：首页英语听力大学英语

23、听力大学英语自学教程上册News大学英语自学教程 上册 un17Source:恒星英语学习网 Onion 2009-11-18 我要投稿 论坛 Favorite 迅雷高速下载音频下载点击右键另存为同步字幕下载点击右键另存为08:45.23我很怀疑我能否找到很多人应征。”08:47.52Sleepwalking, nevertheless, is a scientific reality.08:50.44然而，梦游仍是一种科学的现实。08:53.37It is one of those strange phenomena that sometimes border on the fantasti

24、c08:56.61它是一种奇怪的现象，有时几乎令人难以置信。08:59.85What is certain about sleep walkingis that it is a symptom of emotional disturbance,09:03.27关于梦游，确定的一点是，它是一种情感波动不安的症状，09:06.69and that the only way to cure09:08.57唯一的治愈方法便是09:10.45it is to remove the worries and anxieties that cause it.09:13.18去除烦恼和焦虑这两个病因。09:15

25、.91Doctors say that sleepwalking is much more commonthan is generally supposed.09:19.39医生说，梦游症比人们通常认为的要常见得多。09:22.86Many sleepwalkers do not seek help and so are never put on record,09:25.94很多梦游者不寻求医生的帮助，因而从不被列入记录，09:29.03which means that an accurate count can never be made.09:31.51这就意味着永远也不可能有一份准确的

26、记录。09:33.99The question is:Is the sleepwalker actually awake or asleep?09:37.31问题是，梦游者实际上是清醒的还是仍在睡觉呢？09:40.62Scientists have decided that he is about half-and-half.09:44.54科学家们已经确定，他处于半梦半醒之间。09:48.46Dr.Zelda Teplitz who made a ten-year study of the subject, says, 09:51.18就此做了10年研究的泽尔达泰普里兹大夫说：09:53.8

27、9The sleepwalker is awake, in the muscular area,09:56.17梦游者肌肉方面是清醒的，09:58.44partially asleep in the sensory area.10:00.96感官方面则处于部分睡眠状态。”10:03.48In otber words,a person can walk in his sleep,move around,and do other things10:07.71换句话说，梦游者睡着时能行走，各处走动，做事，10:11.94but he does not think about what he is d

28、oing.10:14.06但并不思考正在做的事情。10:16.18What are the chances of a sleepwalker committing a murder10:18.80梦游者在睡眠中杀人10:21.43or doing something else extraordinary in his sleep?10:23.71或干出某种别的离奇的事的可能性有多大？10:26.00Dr. Teplitz says,10:27.92泰普里兹大夫说：10:29.84Most. people have such great inhibitions against murder or

29、 violence10:32.87“很多人对杀人或暴力行为有很强的抑制力，所以如果没人把他们弄醒10:35.90that they would awaken if someone didn t wake them up,10:38.24他们自己尽职尽责会醒的。”10:40.57In general, authorities on sleepwalking agree with her.10:43.30一般说来，梦游方面的权威们同意她的说法。10:46.03They think that peopie will not do anything in their sleepthat10:48.76

30、他们认为，人们不会在睡眠中10:51.49is against their own moral standard.10:53.56做违背自己道德标准的事。10:55.62As for the publicized cases, Dr.Teplitz points out10:58.94至于那些广为人知的例子，泰普里兹大夫说：11:02.26Sleep.walking itself is dramatic.sleepwalkers can always find an audience11:05.94“梦游本身就富有戏剧性，梦游者总是能找到一个听众。11:09.62I think that some of their tall tales get exaggerated in the telling.11:12.59我觉得他们讲述某些故事时，把它们夸大得荒诞不经。”11:15.55In her own re