纪录片《彻底隔离》 第13期 感觉剥夺

Paris soon developed his own way of coping.

巴里很快自创了应对方法。

I went away in my head and I found a place that I could deal with better.

我在幻想中神游，然后找到了一个我能更好适应的世界。

And I only became aware that this was self-destructive when I couldn't stop going into it.

当我意识到自己无法停止幻想时，我意识到这等于自我毁灭。

I would imagine dogs, horses and the smell of freedom, the sound of a brook¹.

我会想象狗，马以及自由的气息，小溪流淌的声音。

And I would play this set of images in my head and sometimes I would wake up

我反复地让自己想这些画面，有时我从幻想中猛然醒过来，

and I would catch myself sitting cross-legged on the floor and rocking.

然后发现自己盘腿坐在地上，不停地摇晃。

I would have been sitting there long enough

我肯定是坐得太久了，

to wear sores on the back sides of my knees and the bottoms of my ankles.

以致膝盖内侧和外踝十分酸痛。

Many psychologists believe sensory² deprivation³ caused by various kinds of solitary⁴ confinement⁵

许多心理学家相信由各种单独监禁所引起的感觉剥夺，

can affect a crucial function of the brain called the central executive.

会对大脑重要的功能产生影响，称为大脑中央控制系统。

No-one knows if this is controlled by a specific part of the brain

没人知道它是否受大脑某个具体区域控制，

but it describes the mental processes which coordinate⁶ functions such as language, memory and vision.

但它描述了大脑协调各种功能的过程，如语言、记忆和视觉等。

It allows us to understand and interact with the world around us.

使得我们能够理解外界并参与互动。

1 brook   

n.小河，溪；v.忍受，容让

参考例句：

• In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
• The brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流过峡谷。

2 sensory   

adj.知觉的，感觉的，知觉器官的

参考例句：

• Human powers of sensory discrimination are limited.人类感官分辨能力有限。
• The sensory system may undergo long-term adaptation in alien environments.感觉系统对陌生的环境可能经过长时期才能适应。

3 deprivation   

n.匮乏；丧失；夺去，贫困

参考例句：

• Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
• Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。

4 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

5 confinement   

n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限

参考例句：

• He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
• The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。

6 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。