纪录片《药物依赖》 第10期：药物的好处

People who do take Ritalin, I think they see

我认为服用利他林的人

the benefits of it and it does help them with their revision.

看到了它的好处 它的确帮助他们复习

My friends that do, tend to do pretty well but I,

我的那些服用过的朋友表现更出色一些

I like to think that's because they're quite clever.

但我还是愿意相信是因为他们天资聪颖

Ed wasn't taking Ritalin for illicit¹ gain.

埃德服用利他林 并非出于不当目的

He took it at the behest of this woman.

他是在这位女士的委托下服用的

Barbara Sahakian is Professor of

芭芭拉·萨哈金

Clinical Neuropsychology at Cambridge University.

是剑桥大学临床神经心理学的教授

She's researching what drugs for

她在研究治疗ADHD的药物

those with ADHD can do to the brains of the healthy.

对健康人大脑的作用

Well, we knew that the drug worked as a cognitive² enhancer

我们知道这个药可以用作

for conditions like attention deficit³ hyperactivity disorder⁴,

多动症儿童的认知增强剂

but would they also work in,

但对没有问题的健康人

in healthy people who didn't have any problems?

它也能有作用吗

Could we actually boost cognition

我们真的可以

in somebody who was you know functioning well?

提高健康人的认知能力吗

Ed was one of her research volunteers.

埃德是自愿受试者之一

They were each given Ritalin

他们每个人都服用利他林

and put through a variety of intelligence tests.

并进行一系列的智力测试

1 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

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 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

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。