英语PK台 第264期:停不下来的冲动焦虑

 　　Dialogue 1

　　Jingjing: Hey! Quit biting your nails! That's a bad habit!

　　京晶：嘿，别啃你的手指甲啦，这是个坏习惯。

　　Xiao Gao: It's a bad habit, I've done it since I was a kid.

　　小高：我知道这是个坏习惯，但是我从小就这么干了。

　　Jingjing: Sounds like you got OCD, do you do it a lot?

　　京晶：听起来你有强迫症啊？你经常会这样吗？

　　Xiao Gao: Yeah, pretty often. Do you ever tweak out about things like that?

　　小高：是，挺经常的，你有没有一些类似的事情让你焦虑的？

　　Jingjing: Sometimes when I'm about to put my earbuds in to listen to music, I always have to make sure that the R and L are in the correct ear.

　　京晶：有时当我要带塞入式耳机听音乐的时候，我总是得确定左边和右边没带反。

　　Xiao Gao: Ohh, you know what else drives me nuts? After I set the alarm at night to wake me up in the morning, I gotta check again like 5 minutes later to make sure I actually set it.

　　小高：哦，你知道还有事什么让我抓狂吗？当我在睡觉前设定好第二天早上的闹钟之后，五分钟后我肯定要再次确认一下我到底有没有上好。

　　Jingjing: Yeah, sometimes I have to make sure over and over that I locked the door at night before I sleep.

　　京晶：是，有时在睡觉之前，我要反复确认门有没有锁好。

　　Xiao Gao: I can't stand it when someone doesn't completely clean the blackboard in school. I'll feel really weird¹ in class and keep looking at.

　　小高：我还不能忍受学校的黑板没有被完全擦干净，这样的话上课的时候我会觉得很奇怪，并且要一直盯着黑板看。

　　Jingjing: I remember when I was going to school and our test grades would be out for us to look at, I would never go and see my score.

　　京晶：我记得我在上学的时候，学校会把考试成绩公布出来。我从不会过去看我的分数。

　　Xiao Gao: Sounds like we're both a little OCD. Hey, what does OCD stand for anyway?

　　小高：听起来我们都有一点儿强迫症，到底强迫症代表什么呀？

　　Jingjing: You tell me! Why don't you go home and do some research about it?

　　京晶：这得等你告诉我呀，不如你回家查查吧。

　　Xiao Gao: Geez, is being bossy² one of your OCD habits too?

　　小高：天哪，难道发号施令也是你的强迫症症状之一吗？

　　习语短语

　　1. OCD = 强迫症

　　2. tweak out = （口语）为某事焦急，着急

　　3. earbuds = 塞入式耳机

　　4. （something） drives me nuts = 某事让我抓狂

　　5. like = (口语) 这里指大概；例如：

　　I'll be there in like 5minutes.我大概5分钟后到。

　　6. can't stand （something） = 不能忍受某事

　　7. score = 成绩

　　8. bossy = （形容词）喜欢发号施令的，爱命令人的

　　Dialogue 2

　　Jingjing: So? What did you find out about OCD?

　　京晶：你查到什么有关强迫症的信息啦？

　　Xiao Gao: Well, it stands for Obsessive³ Compulsive Disorder⁴. Basically it's when you have a lot of anxiety and you do a lot of repetitive behaviors to make the anxiety go away.

　　小高：嗯，强迫症的全称是强迫性神经官能症。大致就是说你有很多的焦虑，并且必须通过重复某种行为才让这种焦虑消失。

　　Jingjing: What kinds of behaviors are you talking about? Did you find out about anything new?

　　京晶：你指的是什么样的行为？你还找到什么新的信息了吗？

　　Xiao Gao: Yeah I did. Do you know what hoarders are?

　　小高：嗯，你知道什么是囤积控吗？

　　Jingjing: I think so.Aren't they the people who have to round up a bunch of sheep?

　　京晶：知道呀，不就是那些养了很多羊的人吗？

　　Xiao Gao: No, those are called herders, I'm talking about hoarders! H-O-A-R-D-E-R-S. Hoarders! Hoarding⁶ is when you keep a lot of things and don't throw them away, even if they are worthless or meaningless.

　　小高：不, 那些是牧羊人herders，我说的是囤积控hoarders, H-O-A-R-D-E-R-S。囤积控就是，尽管有些东西已经没有用处了，你还是要保留着不把它们扔掉。

　　Jingjing: I don't know,Xiao Gao… Your room is pretty messy. Do you think you might —

　　京晶：哎呀，小高，我觉得你的房间就挺杂乱的呢，你说你会不会是……

　　Xiao Gao: Hey! My room is messy but it's not that bad!

　　小高：嘿，我的房间是有点儿乱，但是也没有那么糟糕啊。

　　Jingjing: Anyways, do a lot of people suffer from this disorder?

　　京晶：哈哈，很多人都有强迫症吗？

　　Xiao Gao: It's fairly common. Actually, it's the fourth-most diagnosed mental disorder. One in fifty people have been diagnosed with it in the United States.

　　小高：嗯，这病还挺常见的，确切地说，这种病的发病率在心理疾病里排名第四，在美国，每50个人里就有一个人被确诊为有强迫症。

　　Jingjing: Uh oh! We're doomed⁷! We probably have it too!

　　京晶：哦，不会吧，我们死定了！我们很可能也有这种病！

　　Xiao Gao: Don't worry! I think we're okay. I also learned that just because you might have some obsessive behaviors, doesn't mean that you have OCD.

　　小高：别担心，我觉得我们没问题，而且我还了解到，就算你有一些强迫性的行为，也不一定说明你就是强迫症。

　　Jingjing: Is it treatable?

　　京晶：这个病能治吗？

　　Xiao Gao: Yes. The good news is that this mental disorder is treatable with therapy and medication!

　　小高：是的，好消息就是这种心理疾病可以用药物和特殊疗法治愈。

　　Jingjing: Thanks for the info.

　　京晶：谢谢你告诉我这么多。

　　Xiao Gao: My pleasure.

　　小高：不客气。

　　习语短语

　　1. hoarder⁵ = 囤积控，指那些执意保留一些没有用的物件儿，而不把它们们扔掉的人

　　2. round up （something） = 收集，聚集

　　3. fairly = 相当地；例如：

　　I was fairly sure that she was innocent.

　　我相当肯定她是无辜的。

　　4. We're doomed. 我们玩儿完了。

　　5. The good news is… = 好消息就是……（通常用于说了一个坏消息之后）

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 bossy   

adj.爱发号施令的，作威作福的

参考例句：

• She turned me off with her bossy manner.她态度专橫很讨我嫌。
• She moved out because her mother-in-law is too bossy.她的婆婆爱指使人,所以她搬出去住了。

3 obsessive   

adj. 着迷的, 强迫性的, 分神的

参考例句：

• Some people are obsessive about cleanliness.有些人有洁癖。
• He's becoming more and more obsessive about punctuality.他对守时要求越来越过分了。

4 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。

5 hoarder   

n.囤积者，贮藏者

参考例句：

• Was I becoming an eccentric hoarder? 是我变成了一个古怪的收藏者吗？ 来自互联网

6 hoarding   

n.贮藏；积蓄；临时围墙；囤积v.积蓄并储藏（某物）( hoard的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• After the war, they were shot for hoarding. 战后他们因囤积而被枪决。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Actually he had two unused ones which he was hoarding up. 其实他还藏了两片没有用呢。 来自英汉文学

7 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。