[00:00.00]Unit 17 text A
[00:04.70]Panic and Its Effects
[00:07.22]恐慌症及其影响
[00:09.74]One 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
[00:16.69]Anne Peters,a 32-year-old American housewife,
[00:19.87]正在厨房做晚饭。
[00:23.04]suddenly had severe pains in her chest accompanied by shortness of breath
[00:27.36]突然，她感到一阵剧烈的胸痛，并伴有呼吸困难。
[00:31.69]Frightened by the thought that she was having a heart attack
[00:34.77]安妮以为自己得了心脏病，
[00:37.85]Anne screamed for help.
[00:40.42]她惊恐万分，尖叫求助。
[00:43.00]Her husband immediately rushed Anne to a nearby hospital
[00:46.47]她丈夫马上把她送到附近的一家医院。
[00:49.95]where 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，
[00:56.89]and not a heart attack.
[00:59.12]而不是心脏病发作。
[01:01.34]More and more Americans nowadays are having panic attacks
[01:05.16]现在越来越多的美国人得过和安妮
[01:08.99]like the one experienced by Anne Peters.
[01:11.31]一样的恐慌症发作。
[01:13.64]Benjamin Crocker,a psychologist at the University of Southern California
[01:17.57]南加利福尼亚大学的心理学家本杰明’克罗克指明说，
[01:21.50]reveal that as many as ten million adult Americans have already experienced
[01:26.58]多达1000万的美国成年人一生中得过恐慌症
[01:31.66]or will experience at least one panic attack in their lifetime.
[01:35.90]或至少将得一次。
[01:40.13]Moreover, studles conducted by the National Institute
[01:43.31]此外，美国国家心理健康研究所进行的研究揭示，
[01:46.50]of Mental Healthin the United States disclose that approximately 1.2 million
[01:50.18]大约有120万美国人最近有过严重的、
[01:53.87]adult individualsare currently suffering from severe and recurrent panic attacks.
[01:58.79]复发性的恐慌症发作。
[02:03.72]These 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，
[02:09.88]some,however,continue for several hours.
[02:12.91]但有一些则长达数小时。
[02:15.94]The symptoms of panic attacks bear such remarkable similarity
[02:19.73]恐慌症发作的症状与心脏病发作的症状非常相似，
[02:23.52]to those of heart attacks that many victims believe
[02:26.69]以致很多患者都以为
[02:29.86]that they are indeed having a heart attack.
[02:32.66]他们真的是心脏病发作。
[02:35.45]Panic attack victims show the following symptoms:
[02:38.84]恐慌症患者有如下症状：
[02:42.22]they often become easily frightened
[02:45.15]在大多数人通常不害怕的
[02:48.07]or feel uneasy in situations where people normally would not be afraid;
[02:52.54]情况下他们很容易感到恐惧感，不舒服；
[02:57.01]they 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，
[03:07.59]sudden 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；
[03:18.53]and most of all,a fear of dying or going crazy.
[03:22.36]最主要的，他们有死亡或发疯的恐惧感。
[03:26.18]A 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。
[03:36.82]There 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。
[03:44.57]Many claim that psychological 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，
[03:52.65]but 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。
[04:00.51]However,studies show that more women than men experience panic attacks
[04:04.98]然而，研究表明，得过恐慌症发作的女人比男人多
[04:09.44]and people who drink 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。
[04:19.40]It is reported that there are at least three signs
[04:23.08]据报道，至少有三个迹象可以表明
[04:26.76]that 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。
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