Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit2:Shaping and Reshaping Personality(3)

 　　Part 3. How to deal with depression and anger?

　　A. Keywords. depression, drugs, psycho-therapy, public education.

　　Vocabulary. moderate.

　　Listen to a talk about how to treat depression.

　　Fill in the blankets with words you here.

　　When most people are sad, they know the feeling is only temporary.

　　But there are large numbers of people who stay sad for a long time.

　　These people suffer from the common mental sickness known as depression.

　　Depression can affect anyone.

　　Researchers say one out ten persons in the world has the chance of developing a major depression at some time.

　　About 80% of the depressed¹ patients can be helped with one of several drugs that have all been found effective in treating depression.

　　Doctors say, however, the drugs must be used very carefully.

　　Depression also can be treated without drugs.

　　Some doctors say that moderate activity, 4 or 5 times a week can help treat minor² depression.

　　For example, running or walking rapidly for 30 minutes 4 times a week can improve mental as well as physical health.

　　The traditional treatment for depression known as psycho-therapy calls for depressed people to spend 1 hour or more each week talking about their condition with doctors trained to treat mental problems.

　　Discussion is supposed to help depressed people discover new ways of thinking and dealing³ with problems.

　　Public education is needed to help people better understand depression.

　　B. Keywords. anger.

　　Vocabulary. tether, suppress, manifest, surly, cleanse⁴, vent⁵, ebb⁶ away, dump, uptight⁷, punch.

　　B1. You're going to hear two speakers talking about dealing with anger.

　　Fill in the blankets with key words.

　　Speaker 1.

　　I actually... I, I very rarely get angry.

　　Erm, I, I've quite a long tether when it comes to anger, erm, which doesn't mean I really don't believe I'm suppressing any anger at all.

　　but, it manifests itself in a very sarcastic⁸ way with me.

　　Like for an example, I'm, I'm, if I'm buying a...railway ticket or something, and the...and the guy behind the counter is very surly, and er, you know refuses to treat me, er like a human being.

　　I won't be, get angry with him, but I'll get very sarcastic with him and try to mark very very clever remark. (Oh...yes,one of those, yes...)

　　And er that for me, that for me serves its purpose. I do feel er very...I feel very cleansed⁹ after a situation like that.

　　Oh, I, of course I do sometimes, if it's absolutely necessary I do get very angry, if I'm taken that far.

　　But I certainly don't suppress any anger.

　　Speaker 2.

　　Well, my anger is tie up with my sleepless¹⁰ nights.

　　I mean, if I do not sleep well, I wake up in the morning, I am angry, I use any excuse to vent my anger on anybody.

　　If I sleep well, then everything is fine. I'm a joyous¹¹, warm, loving person.

　　Sleepless nights, I'm full of anger and my anger does not ebb away unless I use a thing or somebody to vent it upon.

　　As weak as that may sound, that's how I work.(mm)

　　And it's a terrible sort of admission to make to everybody here.

　　If I'm looking for excuses for having woken up in a particular bad way, so, er... in a way, anger is something I have to get out.

　　I do not carry it around by weeping, and like crying.

　　I believe in dumping it.

　　B2. Now listen to a conversation talking about ways to deal with anger.

　　Write down the key points in the chart below.

　　Apparently¹², in, er...I don't know if this is true, but in Japan, er, if factory workers, er, get a bit uptight or angry, they can go out into er, the gym or something which is usually attached to the factory.

　　And there are punch bags there with pictures of their boss.

　　And they can go and they can spend 20 minutes punching hell out of this punch bag.

　　(Sounds great...Oh, right) And they go back to work and they feel great.

　　Oh, god, yes. Well, that brings us on to laughing then.

　　(Yeah)That made me laugh.That made me laugh.

　　That's, That's one way of dealing with anger, as well, I suppose. If you actually remove yourself from the situation and just laugh at it.

　　Um, I mean I think, I, I think laughter is, is again, one of the most wonderful releases.

　　And, and, er I mean I think that's actually been proved, you know the chemical that is released when you laugh, is, is, is life-enhancing and life, er, elongating¹³ too, you know. (Yeah)

　　It promotes a healthy, a healthier being.

　　And it heals wounds. It does...

1 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。

2 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 cleanse   

vt.使清洁，使纯洁，清洗

参考例句：

• Health experts are trying to cleanse the air in cities. 卫生专家们正设法净化城市里的空气。
• Fresh fruit juices can also cleanse your body and reduce dark circles.新鲜果汁同样可以清洁你的身体,并对黑眼圈同样有抑制作用。

5 vent   

n.通风口，排放口；开衩；vt.表达，发泄

参考例句：

• He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
• When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。

6 ebb   

vi.衰退，减退；n.处于低潮，处于衰退状态

参考例句：

• The flood and ebb tides alternates with each other.涨潮和落潮交替更迭。
• They swam till the tide began to ebb.他们一直游到开始退潮。

7 uptight   

adj.焦虑不安的，紧张的

参考例句：

• He's feeling a bit uptight about his exam tomorrow.他因明天的考试而感到有点紧张。
• Try to laugh at it instead of getting uptight.试着一笑了之，不要紧张。

8 sarcastic   

adj.讥讽的，讽刺的，嘲弄的

参考例句：

• I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
• She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。

9 cleansed   

弄干净，清洗( cleanse的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The nurse cleansed the wound before stitching it. 护士先把伤口弄干净后才把它缝合。
• The notorious Hell Row was burned down in a fire, and much dirt was cleansed away. 臭名远场的阎王路已在一场大火中化为乌有，许多焦土灰烬被清除一空。

10 sleepless   

adj.不睡眠的，睡不著的，不休息的

参考例句：

• The situation gave her many sleepless nights.这种情况害她一连好多天睡不好觉。
• One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上，我听说了一个传闻，把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡。

11 joyous   

adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的

参考例句：

• The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
• They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。

12 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

13 elongating   

v.延长，加长( elongate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The original structure of three-rolls piercing-elongating mill is improved. And good results have been achieved. 对原有三辊联合穿轧机结构上存在的问题进行了改进设计，并取得良好效果。 来自互联网
• The torch can bring higher arc voltage with lower fluctuation by elongating the arc. 该喷枪能够提高电弧电压并减小电弧电压波动。 来自互联网