西部落：神经质的人容易患哮喘

[00:21.34]People who are neurotic¹-

[00:23.16]they tend to worry a lot

[00:24.72]and to have emotional ups and downs-

[00:27.25]seem to be at increased risk of developing asthma²,

[00:31.19]a new study hints.

[00:39.78]一份新的研究显示，

[00:41.25]神经质的人一般都是那些整天心事重重，

[00:44.37]情绪波动大的人，

[00:46.33]而且这些人似乎越来越容易患上哮喘病。

[01:02.11]即时讲解

[01:05.39]如果大家查字典，

[01:06.96]neurotic的中文意义会是"神经病"或"有经病的"，

[01:11.30]给人的感觉 ，一个neurotic的人与疯子基本是划等号了，

[01:15.86]事实上这还是有相当的区别的。

[01:18.64]就好象今天的报道中也说neurotic的人

[01:21.37]总是worry a lot"担心这个，担心那个"，

[01:25.26]然后是情绪也是有ups and downs，

[01:27.84]总之非常不稳定，但即使是这样，

[01:30.72]这个人还不用送到mental hospital"精神病院"

[01:34.46]在2003年的时候美国爆发Mad Cow Disease"疯牛病"，

[01:39.06]美国的老百姓对牛肉是避之唯恐不及，

[01:42.75]这样的做法自然会对一个牛肉生产大国的经济有严重影响。

[01:47.41]于是，布什就跑出来发表讲话，安定民心。

[01:50.80]他说"疯牛病"只是一种mildly neurotic的症状。

[01:54.79]这到底是什么意思？

[01:56.97]mildly 是"温和地"，

[01:59.19]也就是说那些疯牛只是有"轻度的神经质"，

[02:02.88]连神经衰弱的程度都不够！

[02:05.41]然后布什又说

[02:06.77] "I'm still eating plenty of beef.

[02:09.31]I think everyone will agree that I'm not insane yet."

[02:13.30]"牛肉我还是大吃特吃。我想你们不会认为我是疯了"。

[02:17.90]最后布什总统再次为牛平反，

[02:20.73]他说，"That cow wasn't paranoid,"

[02:23.76]"那些疯牛并没有得妄想症"。

[02:26.30]在布什总统的这番话后，民众得出一个结论

[02:29.58]Bush is a neurotic，"布什神经有问题"。

[02:38.25]原文重听

[02:40.23]People who are neurotic-

[02:41.90]they tend to worry a lot

[02:43.61]and to have emotional ups and downs-

[02:45.99]seem to be at increased risk of developing asthma,

[02:49.98]a new study hints.

1 neurotic   

adj.神经病的，神经过敏的；n.神经过敏者，神经病患者

参考例句：

• Nothing is more distracting than a neurotic boss. 没有什么比神经过敏的老板更恼人的了。
• There are also unpleasant brain effects such as anxiety and neurotic behaviour.也会对大脑产生不良影响，如焦虑和神经质的行为。

2 asthma   

n.气喘病，哮喘病

参考例句：

• I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
• Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。