留美老师带你每天说英文 第891期:跨性别者的心理状态
台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:
As her gender non-conformity intensified, we started to notice some stress around things like being grouped with boys at school or in activities. So, by the time she was seven, all of this kind of hit a crisis point and her anxiety was crippling, and her depression was becoming life threatening.
随着她对自己生理性别的不认同度越发强烈,我们发现她会因为在学校或参与活动时,被分到和男生一组而感到有些压力。所以,到了她七岁的时候,这一切几乎是恶化到了一个临界点,她的焦虑严重影响到她的生活,她的忧郁状况更是威胁到她的生命。
学习重点:
1.gender 社会性别
gender (n.) 社会性别
transgender (n.) 跨性别
sex (n.) 生理性别
homosexual (n.) 同性恋
heterosexual (n.) 异性恋
2.intensify 加强、强化
intensify (v.) 加强、强化
intense (adj.) 强烈的、激烈的
intensive (adj.) 密集的
intensity (n.) 强度、强烈
3.anxiety 焦虑
anxiety (n.) 焦虑
anxious (adj.) 焦虑的、挂念的
apprehensive (adj.) 忧虑的、恐惧的
comprehensive (adj.) 广泛的、综合的