纪录片《药物依赖》 第9期：增强剂

Initially¹ when I took the Ritalin, I didn't feel any difference.

起初我吃它 并没有感觉到不同

Only really afterwards did I actually

等到一段时间过后

notice that I felt slightly more focused than I usually do.

才发现我比平时更集中精力

I found it really difficult to kind of get into that mental state

我发现要进入那种

where I kind of felt I could just sit and do nothing.

干坐着不干活的精神状态很困难

I found myself looking for things to occupy my attention.

我发现自己在找东西来占据注意力

Ritalin can work as a cognitive² enhancer.

利他林也可以用作认知增强剂

If a person without ADHD takes it,

如果一个没有患ADHD的人服用它

it can make them cleverer.

它可以使他们更聪明

It's a discovery not lost on the country's academic elite³.

这个发现并没有被学术精英们忽视

Here at Cambridge University, students are abusing Ritalin

在剑桥大学 学生们滥用利他林

or its close relative, modafinil, to help them get ahead.

或者它的类似物莫达非尼 来增进学业

A few of my friends do what they call modafi-vising.

我的一些朋友服用他们所谓的莫达聪明剂

It can keep them up for 24 hours and they can keep on going.

它可以使他们24小时保持兴奋

I think they feel pretty shocking after it,

我想他们过后肯定会很心烦意乱

but if you need to do a lot of work in a short amount of time,

但如果要在短时间里完成大量工作

then that's one way I've heard it can be done.

这就是我所知道的有效方法

1 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

2 cognitive   

adj.认知的，认识的，有感知的

参考例句：

• As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大，他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
• The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。

3 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。