时差N小时 结巴问题(上)

Remember that kid in your grade school class who stuttered?

还记得小学时班上那个说话结巴的孩子吗？

Well, he was in good company–a whopping three million people in the United States alone are affected¹ by this problem.

其实，他的同伴可不少-光是在美国，就有多达三百万的人有这个毛病。

It isn't life threatening, but it certainly can be life hampering², as anyone who has a stutter can tell you.

当然，结巴并不会危及生命，但是，相信任何一个结巴的人都会告诉你：它确实会给生活带来不少麻烦。

There's something very interesting about stuttering, though, which you might not expect: it can be effected by what you hear.

然而，关于结巴，还有个有趣的现象是出乎你意料的：结巴跟你的耳朵关系密切。实际上，结巴会受所听内容的影响。

For a long time stutterers have understood that talking along in a group, such as when you recite the pledge of allegiance, can make the problem diminish.

一些结巴患者经过长期实践发现，如果连续地说上一段话结巴现象就会缓和不少，比如说在不停地背诵效忠誓言。

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 hampering   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• So fraud on cows and development aid is seriously hampering growth. 因此在牛问题上和发展补助上的诈骗严重阻碍了发展。
• Short-termism, carbon-trading, disputing the science-are hampering the implementation of direct economically-led objectives. 短效主义，出售二氧化碳，进行科学辩论，这些都不利于实现以经济为主导的直接目标。