大学英语自学教程 上册 un17

[04:33.84]The first is age.
[04:36.17]首先是年龄
[04:38.49]People between the ages of 20 and 30 are more often victims of panic attacks
[04:43.31]年龄在20岁到30岁之间的人易患此病。
[04:48.13]The second is sex.
[04:50.70]第二是性别
[04:53.28]More women suffer from recurrent panic attacks than men.
[04:56.61]女人得恐慌症的比男人多。
[04:59.94]The third is the multiplicity of symptoms.
[05:03.52]第三是多种症状并存。
[05:07.10]A panic attack victim usually suffersat least
[05:10.43]恐慌症病人发作时至少
[05:13.76]four of the previously mentioned symptoms,
[05:16.58]有以上所谈到的四种症状，
[05:19.40]while 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]It is generally agreed that a panic attackdoes not directly endanger a person's life.
[05:32.11]通常认为恐慌症并不直接危害一个人的生命。
[05:36.64]All the same, it can unnecessarily disrupt a petal's lifeby making him or her
[05:41.66]尽管如此，由于患者非常害怕
[05:46.67]so afraid of having a panic attack in a public place that
[05:49.94]在公共场合自己的恐慌症发作，
[05:53.20]he or she may refuse to leave home
[05:55.68]以致他们可能拒绝离开家门，
[05:58.16]and 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。
[06:05.53]Dr. Crocker's advice
[06:07.90]克罗克博士建议
[06:10.26]to any person who thinks he is suffering from a panic attack is to consult a doctor
[06:14.53]任何以为自己得了恐慌症的人要去看医生，
[06:18.80]for 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。
[06:29.43]Once 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，
[06:38.86]the victim should seek psychological and medical help.
[06:42.14]患者应寻求心理和医疗的帮助。
[06:45.42]Text B
[06:48.37]sleepwalking--Fact or Fancy ?
[06:51.10]梦游——事实还是幻想？
[06:53.83]There is an endless supply of stories about sleepwalkers.
[06:56.71]关于梦游者的故事层出不穷。
[06:59.58]Persons have been said to climb on roofs,solve mathematical problemscompose music,
[07:03.76]据说梦游者能爬上屋顶，解数学题，作曲，
[07:07.94]walk through windows,and commit murder in their sleep.
[07:10.82]穿窗入室，睡梦中行凶杀人。
[07:13.71]In Revere,Massachusetts,
[07:15.77]在美国马萨诸塞州的里维尔市，
[07:17.84]a hundred policemen searched for a lost boywho left his home in his sleep
[07:21.56]百乐警察寻找一个睡着时离家出走的男孩，
[07:25.28]and woke up five hours later on a strange sofa in a strange living roomwith
[07:28.61]五小时后他在一个陌生人家起居室的沙发上醒来，
[07:31.94]no idea how he had got there.
[07:34.13]茫然不解自己是怎么到那儿去的。
[07:36.31]At the University of Iowa,
[07:38.49]据报道，
[07:40.67]a student was reported to have the habit of getting upin the middle of the night
[07:43.91]衣阿华大学的一个学生有午夜起床，
[07:47.15]and walking 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，
[07:52.89]He 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。
[07:58.93]An expert on sleep in America claims that he has never seen a sleepwalker
[08:02.61]美国一位睡眠专家声称他从没见过一个梦游者。
[08:06.30]He is said to 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，
[08:11.62]and during the last thirty--five years
[08:13.95]在过去的35年里因观察别人睡眠
[08:16.27]has lost a lot of sleepwatching people sleep.
[08:18.80]而牺牲了自己相当多的睡眠时间。
[08:21.32]Says he,"of course,I know that there are sleepwalkers
[08:24.54]他说：“当然，因为在报纸上读到过报道
[08:27.77]because I have read about them in the newspapers.
[08:30.05]所以我知道有梦游者。
[08:32.34]But 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。
[08:36.60]and 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，
[08:42.95]I doubt that I'd get many takers."