全新版大学英语听说教程第四册 unit10

Unit10

Part B

A Victim of Drugs

 

     Margaret frowned as she shook the can of deodorant¹. It was almost empty but she'd only had it a week -- surely she couldn't have used it all?

     The first few times it happened she thought she was getting mixed up. She asked the kids if they'd used it but they said no. So she thought it must have evaporated.

     Over the next few months, her 15-year-old daughter Lisa's jewelry² began to disappear and so did any loose change. She was worried but she couldn't believe it when her two elder sons blamed their 13-year-old brother Paul for that. Then Paul's school wrote to say he was disruptive and was playing truant³. Margaret and her husband tried to talk to him but he just wouldn't listen.

     One night Paul was caught breaking into the school and he was expelled. Margaret asked him what was the matter but he just shrugged⁴. During the summer things went downhill. He was always out with a gang of older boys. If she tried to keep him in he'd climb out of a window. She had no control over him. She knew something was wrong but it never occurred to her that he was taking drugs.

     One day Margaret got a call from the police -- Paul and a group of older boys had broken into a house. He was found guilty and sent to a remand center for 28 days. But it didn't help. When he came out he was caught stealing car radios and was sent to another remand center for two months.

     Soon after he came out, Margaret found cigarette papers in Paul's pockets. Fearing the worst she confronted him. "What's this for?" she asked.

     "Cannabis," he replied. "Everybody smokes it."

     Margaret was horrified⁵. Then everything clicked into place and she realized Paul had been behaving oddly because of the drugs.

     But the worst was yet to come. He was soon found stealing money at home. Margaret reported him to the police to give him a fright, and the police kept him in cells overnight. That night Paul asked for a doctor, complaining of stomach pains. When Margaret went to visit him, she was told that Paul was suffering from heroin⁶ withdrawal⁷. Margaret could hardly believe her ears. Cannabis seemed bad enough, but heroin was much worse. She began to read all she could on drug abuse. She learnt about aerosol-sniffing and realized Paul had been getting high on her deodorant. He'd started on aerosols⁸, moved to cannabis and then to heroin. And he was only 15.

     When Paul was released, he continued to steal to pay for drugs. Then his downward spiral halted when a sympathetic judge gave him six months' probation⁹ and ordered him to attend a drug rehabilitation¹⁰ center.

     Paul seemed to be doing well for a while. He was put on a heroin substitute. The stealing stopped as his drugs were now prescribed.

     But several years later, Paul, who was high on drugs again, was arrested again for stealing. Two weeks before his 21st birthday, he became so ill with heroin withdrawal that he was moved to hospital.

     When Margaret and her husband went to see him he didn't seem like his normal self. He was agitated¹¹. "You've been the best mother in the world," he said to Margaret. Then he shook his dad's hand.

     The next morning Paul died.

     Margaret was so angry that the drugs had won. She said, "Drug addiction¹³ is a disease and it beat him. The only winners are the drug dealers¹⁴ who get rich on the suffering of ordinary families like ours."

 

 

Questions:

 

1. How old was Paul when he first started to get high on a drug-like substance?

2. Which substance did Paul first start to use?

3. How did Margaret get to know that Paul was taking drugs?

4. Why did Margaret report Paul to the police when she found him stealing money at home?

5. Which of the following can be inferred from the text?

6. What was the cause of Paul's death?

 

 

Part C

Interview with an Internet Addiction Counselor¹⁵

 

Interviewer: Welcome to this edition of Talk of the Nation. I'm Jenny Butler. We're talking this hour about how and why people might become addicted¹⁶ to things other than drugs. Our high-tech¹⁷ society offers new high-tech addictions¹⁸ like video games, online chat rooms, etc. Dr. James at Maryland University has put together a support group for students who find themselves addicted to the Internet. He joins me now from his office in College Park.

James: Thank you very much for inviting¹⁹ me.

Interviewer: Is Internet addiction a relatively²⁰ new thing?

James: Well, some people have been involved with the Internet for years and may have been addicted for a while. It's certainly growing on college campuses.

Interviewer: How does it present itself?

James: Well, some of them have issues like relationship problems, or problems maintaining their grades because they are spending so much time on the Net.

Interviewer: But I think the computer is a very positive thing. I myself have a strong urge to go surfing on the Net whenever I have time. How do I know when my impulse to go online will turn me into an Internet addict¹²?

James: Uh... I'm not sure the exact amount of time is really the issue, but I think if it begins to affect other areas of your life, such as your work or school performance or your relationships with other people. One of the problems with the Internet, especially the chat rooms, is that people start developing relationships over the Net and they are very different from relationships that you have on a face-to-face basis, and you start losing some of the skills that make relationships successful. So that's a warning signal. But I think a real important thing is to examine what's going on with you when you are not on the Net. If you are beginning to feel anxious or depressed²¹ or empty or lonely and you know you really look forward to those times when you can be online to be connected with other people in that way, then, I think, a serious issue is starting to happen.

Interviewer: What if you start giving up other things, like going out for a walk... is that a symptom?

James: Well, people have to make choices every day about the different activities that they're going to do. I think it's helpful to have some sort of balance in your life. If you can, spend some time on the Internet and then take a walk at a different time of the day. In fact, one of the things that we suggest in the group is to somehow break the pattern. Go out and take a walk, and then come back before you get back online.

Interviewer: So that's how we can avoid Internet addiction. Thank you very much, Dr. James.

James: Thank you.

 

 

Questions:

 

1. What is the name of the program?

2. What is the topic of this edition?

3. What are the harmful effects of Internet addiction?

4. What are the warming signals that show you are starting to get addicted?

5. How to avoid the Internet addiction according to Dr. James?

 

Part D

Drug Abuse

 

     Drug abuse is characterized by taking marijuana, cocaine²², heroin, or other illegal substances. Legal substances, such as alcohol and nicotine²³, are also abused by many people. Abuse of drugs and other substances can lead to physical and psychological dependence²⁴.

     Drug abuse can cause a wide variety of adverse²⁵ physical reactions. Long-term drug use may damage the heart, liver, and brain. Drug abusers may suffer from malnutrition²⁶ if they habitually²⁷ forget to eat, cannot afford to buy food, or eat foods lacking the proper vitamins and minerals. Individuals who use injectable drugs run the risk of contracting infections such as hepatitis and HIV from dirty needles or needles shared with other infected abusers. One of the most dangerous effects of illegal drug use is the potential for overdosing -- that is, taking too large or too strong a dose for the body's systems to handle. A drug overdose may cause an individual to lose consciousness and to breathe inadequately²⁸. Without treatment, an individual may die from a drug overdose.

     Drug addiction is marked by a compulsive craving²⁹ for a substance. Successful treatment methods vary and include psychological counseling, or psychotherapy, and detoxification programs, which are medically supervised programs that gradually stop an individual from craving for a drug over a period of days or weeks. Detoxification and psychotherapy are often used together.

     The illegal use of drugs was once considered a problem unique to residents of poor, urban neighborhoods. Today, however, people from all economic levels, in both cities and suburbs, abuse drugs. Some people use drugs to relieve stress and to forget about their problems. For others, genetic³⁰ factors may be the reason why they become drug addicts³¹. Environmental factors such as peer pressure, especially among young people, and the availability of drugs, also influence people to abuse drugs.

 

 

Questions:

 

1. What substances are mentioned in the passage in relation to drug abuse?

2. What may long-term drug use damage?

3. What kind of risk do users of injectable drugs run?

4. What drug addiction treatment methods are mentioned in the passage?

5. Why do people abuse drugs?

1 deodorant   

adj.除臭的；n.除臭剂

参考例句：

• She applies deodorant to her armpits after she showers.沐浴后，她在腋下涂上除臭剂。
• Spray deodorant and keep the silk garments dry before dressing.在穿衣之前，洒涂防臭剂并保持干燥。

2 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

3 truant   

n.懒惰鬼，旷课者；adj.偷懒的，旷课的，游荡的；v.偷懒，旷课

参考例句：

• I found the truant throwing stones in the river.我发现那个逃课的学生在往河里扔石子。
• Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。

4 shrugged   

vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
• She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 horrified   

a.(表现出)恐惧的

参考例句：

• The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
• We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。

6 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

7 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

8 aerosols   

n.气溶胶( aerosol的名词复数 )；喷雾剂；（气体中的）浮粒；喷雾器

参考例句：

• Aerosols are present throughout the atmosphere. 气溶胶存在于整个大气层。 来自辞典例句
• Deodorants are available as aerosols or roll-ons. 除臭剂有喷雾装或滚抹装。 来自辞典例句

9 probation   

n.缓刑(期)，(以观后效的)察看；试用(期)

参考例句：

• The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱，而且将他缓刑察看一年。
• His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后，他的工资增加了800元。

10 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

11 agitated   

adj.被鼓动的，不安的

参考例句：

• His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
• She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。

12 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

13 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

14 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

15 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

16 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

17 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

18 addictions   

瘾( addiction的名词复数 )； 吸毒成瘾； 沉溺； 癖好

参考例句：

• He has removed the stigma of drug addictions. 他已经洗去吸毒的污点了。
• Intelligent people are good at using reason to control excessive addictions. 智慧的人善于用理性来控制过度的嗜欲。

19 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

20 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

21 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

22 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

23 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

24 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

25 adverse   

adj.不利的；有害的；敌对的，不友好的

参考例句：

• He is adverse to going abroad.他反对出国。
• The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.用药不当会产生严重的不良反应。

26 malnutrition   

n.营养不良

参考例句：

• In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
• It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。

27 habitually   

ad.习惯地，通常地

参考例句：

• The pain of the disease caused him habitually to furrow his brow. 病痛使他习惯性地紧皱眉头。
• Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair. 我已经习惯于服从约翰，我来到他的椅子跟前。

28 inadequately   

ad.不够地；不够好地

参考例句：

• As one kind of building materials, wood is inadequately sturdy. 作为一种建筑材料，木材不够结实。
• Oneself is supported inadequately by the money that he earns. 他挣的钱不够养活自己。

29 craving   

n.渴望,热望

参考例句：

• a craving for chocolate 非常想吃巧克力
• She skipped normal meals to satisfy her craving for chocolate and crisps. 她不吃正餐，以便满足自己吃巧克力和炸薯片的渴望。

30 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

31 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册