美国国家公共电台 NPR--2 members of support group for living with mental illness find love in Utah

2 members of support group for living with mental illness find love in Utah

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Julianne Larsen, who's been living with schizophrenia since her 20s, and Mar² Fenix Nauta, who manages bipolar disorder³ and PTSD, discuss how they're about to celebrate 13 years as a couple.

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LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Time now for StoryCorps. Today, a love story from Logan, Utah. Julianne Larsen had been living with schizophrenia since her 20s. Mar Fenix Nauta was managing her own bipolar disorder and PTSD. Both lived in Logan but had never met until one night when Julianne went to a support group for people living with mental illness and saw Mar.

JULIANNE LARSEN: I noticed how you carried yourself, your beautiful, gorgeous⁴ eyes. I just really wanted you to be my friend.

MAR FENIX NAUTA: We were friends for a couple years. Then there was that kiss. I don't remember anything except just completely melting into you.

LARSEN: I knew at that moment that I was hooked⁵.

NAUTA: Oh, me too. I was a goner. And this July, we'll have been together for 13 years.

LARSEN: Lucky 13, right?

NAUTA: Lucky 13. Yeah.

LARSEN: Yeah. But, you know, I have hallucinations. And when I met you, I was really worried about sharing that with you.

NAUTA: I did not think any big thing of it at all. It was just another piece of information about you, like your favorite color or your favorite restaurant or something. I knew you, and you were just sweet as the day is long.

LARSEN: Well, I can't tell you how invaluable⁶ it is to have another brain in on my own brain because it's a bad neighborhood - right? - when you go in there alone. And you're always willing to come along. If I have a question like, hey, did you hear that? - you'll say, nope, nope, I did not. And then in 2014, I went and got cancer on you.

NAUTA: I told you I was really worried. And you thought I was worried that you were going to lose your hair 'cause you had this beautiful long hair at the time - not that it's not cute now. I said, I don't care if you go bald. I'm worried that you're going to die.

LARSEN: You're alive. Yeah.

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LARSEN: You were so compassionate⁷, and you took care of me.

NAUTA: Well, I get ups and downs. And the ups are really up, and the downs are really down. But when things flare⁸ up, you support me by telling me you love me and making me laugh.

LARSEN: And when I'm feeling high or low, you help straighten me out. So...

NAUTA: That's what we do...

LARSEN: Yeah.

NAUTA: ...Because we love each other.

LARSEN: Right. And I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

FADEL: That was Julianne Larsen and Mar Fenix Nauta at StoryCorps in Logan, Utah. They still attend the same support group where they met 15 years ago. Their interview is archived at the Library of Congress.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

3 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

4 gorgeous   

adj.华丽的，灿烂的，美丽的，宜人的，棒的

参考例句：

• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
• What a gorgeous day it is today!今天天气多好啊！

5 hooked   

adj.钩状的，弯曲的

参考例句：

• I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve. 12 岁时我开始迷上了带水肺潜水。
• He hooked his arm round her neck and pulled her head down. 他一只胳膊钩在她的脖子上，把她的头拉低。

6 invaluable   

adj.无价的，非常宝贵的，极为贵重的

参考例句：

• A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
• This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。

7 compassionate   

adj.有同情心的，表示同情的

参考例句：

• She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
• The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。

8 flare   

v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发

参考例句：

• The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
• You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。