VOA慢速英语:Mentally Ill Indonesians 'Living in Hell'

短语讲解：

1. Pasung is the isolation of a person suffering from some sort of mental health problem.

suffer from 患（某种病），受（某种病痛）折磨; 因…而受罚
例句：I often suffer from unaccountable headaches.
我常莫名其妙地头疼。

2. She adds that such cases can be found at mental health centers in Ghana, Russia, Croatia, as well as in prisons in the United States.

as well as 也，又
例句：Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school these days.
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。

3. According to Barriga, the camp leader told her about 95 percent of the so-called witches at the camp are girls.

according to 根据，按照
例句：According to etiquette, you should stand up to meet a guest.
按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。

4. Studies have shown that in any given year, as much as a third of the world's population suffers some form of a mental disorder.

as much as 差不多
例句：I try to ward off fatigue by resting as much as possible.
为了防止疲劳，我尽可能多休息。