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| Last year ... |
去年 |
| was hell. |
糟透了。 |
| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| It was my first time eating |
我第一次品尝了 |
| Nigerian "jollof." |
奈及利亚的辣味大锅饭。 |
| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| Actually, in all seriousness , |
实际上,严肃地说, |
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seriousness:n.严重性;严肃;认真;
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| I was going through a lot of personal turmoil . |
我经历了太多的个人的困境。 |
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personal:adj.个人的;身体的;亲自的;n.人事消息栏;人称代名词; turmoil:n.混乱,骚动;
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| Faced with enormous stress, |
面对大量的压力, |
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enormous:adj.庞大的,巨大的;凶暴的,极恶的;
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| I suffered an anxiety attack. |
我感觉很焦虑。 |
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anxiety:n.焦虑;渴望;挂念;令人焦虑的事;
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| On some days, I could do no work. |
有时候,我无法工作。 |
| On other days, |
有时候, |
| I just wanted to lay in my bed and cry. |
我甚至只想躺在床上哭泣。 |
| My doctor asked if I'd like to speak with a mental health professional about my stress and anxiety. |
我的医生问我是否愿意 见一下心理健康专家, 谈谈我的压力和焦虑。 |
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mental:adj.精神的;脑力的;疯的;n.精神病患者; professional:adj.专业的;职业的;职业性的;n.专业人员;职业运动员;
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| Mental health? |
心理健康？ |
| I clammed up and violently shook my head in protest . |
我闭上嘴,疯狂地摇头以示抗议。 |
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clammed:v.(在沙滩上)挖蛤;保持沉默,闭嘴不言;嘴紧;(clam的过去分词和过去式) violently:adv.猛烈地,激烈地;极端地; protest:n.抗议;抗议书(或行动);反对;v.(公开)反对;抗议;申辩;
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| I felt a profound sense of a shame. |
一股深深的羞耻感袭上心头。 |
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profound:adj.深厚的;意义深远的;渊博的;
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| I felt the weight of stigma . |
沉重的羞耻。 |
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stigma:n.[植]柱头;耻辱;污名;烙印;特征;
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| I have a loving, supportive family and incredibly loyal friends, yet I could not entertain the idea of speaking to anyone about my feeling of pain. |
我有一个充满爱和支持的家庭, 我有一群无比忠诚的朋友, 然而我不能接受这样的想法: 与别人谈谈我痛苦的情感。 |
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supportive:adj.支持的;支援的;赞助的; incredibly:adv.难以置信地;非常地; loyal:adj.忠诚的,忠心的;忠贞的;n.效忠的臣民;忠实信徒; entertain:v.娱乐;款待;使有兴趣;使快乐;
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| I felt suffocated by the rigid architecture of our African masculinity . |
我们非洲对于男子气概严格的观点 都要让我窒息了。 |
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suffocated:v.(使)窒息而死; (suffocate的过去分词和过去式) rigid:adj.严格的;僵硬的,死板的;坚硬的;精确的; architecture:n.建筑学;建筑风格;建筑式样;架构; masculinity:n.男性;男子气;刚毅;
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| '"People have real problems, Sangu. |
「人们都有现实的问题,桑谷, |
| Get over yourself!" |
你得战胜自己！」 |
| The first time I heard "mental health," |
我第一次听说「心理健康」时, |
| I was a boarding school student fresh off the boat from Ghana, at the Peddie School in New Jersey. |
我还是来自迦纳的一名寄宿新生, 就读于纽泽西州的佩蒂中学。 |
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boarding school:n.寄宿学校;
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| I had just gone through the brutal experience of losing seven loved ones in the same month. |
我刚刚经历了一个月内失去 7 个亲人的残酷事实。 |
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brutal:adj.残忍的;野蛮的,不讲理的;
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| The school nurse, concerned about what I'd gone she inquired about my mental health. |
学校的护士 关心我的经历 她询问我的心理健康状况。 |
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concerned:adj.有关的;关心的;v.关心;与…有关;(concern的过去时和过去分词) inquired:vt.询问;查究;问明;vi.询问;查究;询价;
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| '"Is she mental?" I thought. |
「她心理不正常吗？」我想。 |
| Does she not know I'm an African man? |
她不知道我是非洲男人吗？ |
| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| Like Okonkwo in "Things Fall Apart ," |
就像《生命中不可承受之重》 |
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Fall Apart:崩溃;土崩瓦解;破碎;
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| we African men neither process nor express our emotions . |
里的奥康渥,我们非洲男人既不处理 也不表达自己的感情。 |
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process:v.处理;加工;列队行进;n.过程,进行;方法,adj.经过特殊加工(或处理)的; express:v.表达; adj.特快的; n.特快列车; v.使用快速服务; emotions:n.强烈的感情;激情;情感;(emotion的复数)
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| We deal with our problems. |
我们解决自己的问题。 |
| (Applause) |
（掌声） |
| We deal with our problems. |
我们解决自己的问题。 |
| I called my brother and laughed and their strange diseases — depression , ADD and those " weird things." |
我打电话给我的哥哥,嘲笑白人, 比如忧郁症、注意力缺乏症候群 这些奇怪的东西。 |
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diseases:n.[医]病(disease的复数);[医]疾病;[植保]病害;疾病种类; depression:n.沮丧;洼地;不景气;忧愁; weird:adj.奇怪的;奇异的;离奇的;n.命运;宿命;命运女神;
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| Growing up in West Africa, when people used the term "mental," |
身为在西非长大的人, 提到「心理」这个名词时, |
| what came to mind was a madman with dirty, dread-locked hair, bumbling around half-naked on the streets. |
进入脑海的是一个疯子, 顶着看起来脏兮兮的「脏辫头」, 半裸着身体在街上摇摇晃晃。 |
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madman:n.疯子,狂人;精神病患者; bumbling:adj.装模作样的;笨手笨脚的;爱管闲事的;v.发嗡嗡声(bumble的现在分词); half-naked:adj.半裸的;
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| We all know this man. |
我们都认识这个人。 |
| Our parents warned us about him. |
我们的父母用他来警告过我们。 |
| '"Mommy, mommy, why is he mad?" |
「妈妈,妈妈,他为什么疯了？」 |
| '"Drugs! |
「毒品！ |
| If you even look at drugs, you end up like him." |
就算你只看了一眼毒品, 下场也会和他一样。」 |
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（笑声） |
| Come down with pneumonia , and your mother will rush you to the nearest hospital for medical treatment . |
如果得了肺炎, 妈妈会带你到最近的医院治疗。 |
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Come down with:付钱;染上病; pneumonia:n.肺炎; treatment:n.治疗;疗法;对待;处理;讨论;
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| But dare to declare depression, and your local pastor will be driving out demons and blaming witches in your village. |
但是,如果声称得了忧郁症, 当地的牧师将会驱赶恶魔, 并且责备村子里的女巫。 |
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pastor:n.(尤指非英国国教的)牧师; demons:n.恶魔;魔鬼;心魔;邪念;(demon的复数) witches:n.女巫(witch的复数);魔女;v.用魔法迷住(witch的第三人称单数);
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| According to the World Health Organization , mental health is about being able to cope with the normal stressors of life; to work productively and fruitfully; and to be able to make a contribution to your community . |
根据世界卫生组织, 心理健康是指能够处理 生活中的正常压力的能力; 高效流畅地工作; 能对社区做出贡献。 |
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According to:根据,据说; Organization:n.组织;机构;体制;团体; cope:v.处理;n.大圆衣; stressors:n.压力源(stressor的复数);压力因素; productively:adv.有结果地;有成果地; contribution:n.捐款;捐资;定期缴款;贡献;促成作用;稿件; community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体;
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| Mental health includes our emotional , psychological and social well-being . |
心理健康包涵我们的情感、 心理和社会福祉。 |
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emotional:adj.情绪的;易激动的;感动人的; psychological:adj.心理的;心理学的;精神上的; well-being:n.幸福;康乐;
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| Globally, 75 percent of all mental illness cases can be found in low-income countries. |
全球所有心理疾病案例中的 75% 都能在低收入国家中发现。 |
| Yet most African governments invest less than one percent of their health care budget in mental health. |
但是绝大多数非洲政府 仅将其健康预算中不到 1% 的钱 投入到心理健康。 |
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invest:v.投资;(把资金)投入;投入(时间、精力等);授予; health care:n.卫生保健; budget:n.预算,预算费;v.安排,预定;把…编入预算;adj.廉价的;
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| Even worse, we have a severe shortage of psychiatrists in Africa. |
更糟糕的是, 非洲的精神病医生严重短缺。 |
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severe:adj.极为恶劣的;十分严重的;严厉的;苛刻的; shortage:n.短缺;不足;缺少; psychiatrists:n.精神病学家;精神科医生;(psychiatrist的复数)
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| Nigeria, for example, is estimated to have 200 — in a country of almost 200 million. |
比如,奈及利亚, 一个两亿人口的国家, 只有 200 名精神病医生。 |
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estimated:adj.估计的;预计的;估算的;
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| In all of Africa, 90 percent of our people lack access to treatment. |
整个非洲, 90% 的人缺乏治疗。 |
| As a result , we suffer in solitude , silenced by stigma. |
结果是, 我们孤独地忍受着, 羞耻地沉默着。 |
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As a result:结果; solitude:n.孤独;隐居;荒僻的地方;
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| We as Africans often respond to mental health with distance, ignorance , guilt, fear and anger. |
我们非洲人对心理健康的 回应是距离、 无知、 内疚、 恐惧 和愤怒。 |
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respond:vi.回答;作出反应;承担责任;n.应答;唱和; ignorance:n.无知,愚昧;不知,不懂;
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| In a study conducted by Arboleda-Flórez, directly asking, "What is the cause of mental illness?" |
在阿尔博莱达德—弗洛雷斯 指导的一项研究中,他直接问道: 「心理疾病的起因是什么？」 |
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conducted:v.组织;安排;实施;执行;指挥;带领;引导;(conduct的过去分词和过去式) directly:adv.直接地;立即;马上;正好地;坦率地;conj.一…就;
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| 34 percent of Nigerian respondents cited drug misuse; 19 percent said divine wrath and the will of God — |
34% 的奈及利亚人 认为是滥用毒品; 19% 的人归因于 神的愤怒和上帝的旨意。 |
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respondents:n.回答者,调查对象(respondent复数形式); cited:v.提及(原因);举出(示例);列举;引用;传讯;(cite的过去分词和过去式) divine:adj.神圣的;非凡的;天赐的;极好的;v.占卜;预言;用占卜勘探;n.牧师;神学家; wrath:n.愤怒;激怒;
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| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| 12 percent, witchcraft and spiritual possession . |
12% 的人则认为是 巫术和邪灵附身。 |
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witchcraft:n.巫术;魔法; spiritual:n.圣歌(尤指美国南部黑人的);adj.精神的,心灵的; possession:n.拥有;具有;属地;个人财产;
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| But few cited other known causes of mental illness, like genetics , socioeconomic status , war, conflict or the loss of a loved one. |
但很少有人举出 已知的精神疾病成因。 例如遗传、 社会经济状况、 战争、 冲突, 或者失去亲人。 |
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genetics:n.遗传学; socioeconomic:adj.社会经济学的; status:n.地位;状态;情形;重要身份; conflict:n.冲突;矛盾;争执;抵触;v.抵触;
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| The stigmatization against mental illness often results in the ostracizing and demonizing of sufferers . |
对心理疾病的污名化 常常导致对患者的排斥和妖魔化。 |
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stigmatization:n.stigmatize的变形侮辱,谴责; ostracizing:v.(依贝壳流放法)流放; (ostracize的现在分词); demonizing:vt.妖魔化;使…成为魔鬼; sufferers:n.患者;受害者;
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| Photojournalist Robin Hammond has documented some of these abuses ... |
摄影记者罗宾哈蒙德 已经记录下了这些行为。 |
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Photojournalist:n.新闻摄影记者; Robin:知更鸟,罗宾(人名) Hammond:n.哈蒙德(美国城市); abuses:v.滥用;虐待;辱骂(abuse的三单形式);n.滥用;虐待;暴行(abuse的复数);
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| in Uganda , in Somalia, and here in Nigeria. |
在乌干达, 在索马里, 以及这里,奈及利亚。 |
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Uganda:n.乌干达(非洲国家);
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| For me, the stigma is personal. |
对我而言, 汙名化是亲身的经历。 |
| In 2009, |
在 2009年, |
| I received a frantic call in the middle of the night. |
半夜我接到了一通疯狂的电话, 我最好的朋友, |
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frantic:adj.狂乱的,疯狂的;
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| My best friend in the world — a brilliant, philosophical , charming , hip young man — was diagnosed with schizophrenia . |
一个才华横溢、明哲、 迷人、时髦的小伙子, 被诊断为精神分裂症。 |
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philosophical:adj.哲学的(等于philosophic);冷静的; charming:adj.令人着迷的;吸引人的;v.吸引;迷住;控制,保护;(charm的现在分词) hip:n.臀部;蔷薇果;忧郁;adj.熟悉内情的;非常时尚的; diagnosed:v.诊断(疾病);判断(问题的原因);(diagnose的过去分词和过去式) schizophrenia:n.[内科]精神分裂症;
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| I witnessed some of the friends we'd grown up with recoil . |
我亲眼目睹了一些 一起长大的朋友的做法。 |
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witnessed:v.当场看到,目击;见证;作证;(witness的过去式和过去分词) recoil:vi.畏缩;弹回;报应;n.畏缩;弹回;反作用;
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| I heard the snickers . |
我听到了窃笑。 |
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snickers:偷笑;窃笑;窃笑着说(snicker的第三人称单数);
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| I heard the whispers. |
我听到了窃窃私语。 |
| '"Did you hear he has gone mad?" |
「你听说他疯了的事吗？」 |
| (Kru English) "He has gone crazy!" |
「他开始发飙了！」 |
| Derogatory , demeaning commentary about his condition — words we would never say about someone with cancer or someone with malaria . |
关于他的状况的 那些贬低、贬损的评论, 那些词,从来不会 用于某个患了癌症的人, 或者某个得了痢疾的人。 |
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Derogatory:adj.贬损的; demeaning:adj.降低身份的;失去尊严的;v.降低身份;贬低;使失尊严;(demean的现在分词) commentary:n.评论;注释;评注;说明; cancer:n.癌症;恶性肿瘤; malaria:n.[内科]疟疾;瘴气;
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| Somehow , when it comes to mental illness, our ignorance eviscerates all empathy . |
不知什么原因,一谈到心理疾病, 我们的无知就将 |
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Somehow:adv.以某种方法;莫名其妙地; eviscerates:v.取出…的内脏; (eviscerate的第三人称单数); empathy:n.神入;移情作用;执着;
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| I stood by his side as his community isolated him, but our love never wavered . |
所有的同情剔除干净。 当他被社区隔离时, 我站在他的旁边,但我们的爱从未动摇。 |
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isolated:adj.偏远的; v.隔离,孤立,脱离; wavered:vi.摇曳;踌躇;摆动;n.动摇;踌躇;挥动者;
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| Tacitly , I became passionate about mental health. |
默默地,我开始关注心理健康。 |
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Tacitly:adv.肃静地;沉默地;心照不宣地; passionate:adj.热情的;热烈的,激昂的;易怒的;
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| Inspired by his plight , |
受到他的困境的启发, |
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Inspired:adj.受到启发的; v.鼓舞; (inspire的过去分词和过去式) plight:n.困境;境况;誓约;vt.保证;约定;
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| I helped found the mental health special interest alumni group at my college. |
我在学校发现了一个心理健康 特别兴趣校友小组。 |
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alumni:n.(统称)校友,毕业生;
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| And during my tenure as a resident tutor in graduate school , |
在我担任研究生宿舍导师期间, |
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tenure:n.任期;占有;vt.授予…终身职位; resident:adj.居住的;住院医师;定居的;n.居民; graduate school:研究所,研究院;
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| I supported many undergraduates with their mental health challenges. |
我幫助了很多面临 心理健康调整的大学生。 |
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undergraduates:n.本科生,大学生;
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| I saw African students struggle and unable to speak to anyone. |
我发现非洲学生在挣扎, 无法跟任何人沟通 。 |
| Even with this knowledge and with their stories in tow , |
即使带着这些知识和他们的故事, |
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tow:v.牵引;n.拽引;
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| I, in turn, struggled , and could not speak to anyone when I faced my own anxiety,so deep is our fear of being the madman. |
在面对我自己的焦虑时, 我反而也在挣扎,并且无法跟任何人沟通。 所以深层次的原因是我们害怕成为疯子。 |
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struggled:v.奋斗;努力;争取;艰难地行进;抗争;(struggle的过去式和过去分词)
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| but we Africans especially — need to realize that our mental struggles do not detract from our virility , nor does our trauma taint our strength. |
特别是非洲人── 要意识到我们的心理挣扎 并不会减损我们的力量, 心理创伤也不会腐蚀我们的力量。 |
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especially:adv.尤其;特别;格外;十分; detract:vt.转移,使分心;vi.贬低;减去; virility:n.男子气;男子特点;生殖力; trauma:n.[外科]创伤(由心理创伤造成精神上的异常);外伤; taint:vt.污染;腐蚀;使感染;n.污点;感染;vi.败坏;被污染;
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| We need to see mental health as important as physical health. |
我们要意识到心理健康 和身体健康一样重要。 |
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physical:adj.[物]物理的;身体的;物质的;符合自然法则的;n.体格检查;
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| We need to stop suffering in silence . |
不要在沉默中忍受。 |
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in silence:沉默地;
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| We must stop stigmatizing disease and traumatizing the afflicted . |
我们必须停止汙名化疾病, 停止伤害患者。 |
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stigmatizing:vt.诬蔑;玷污;给…打上烙印; traumatizing:vt.使…受损伤;使…受精神创伤; afflicted:v.折磨;使痛苦;(afflict的过去式和过去分词)
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| Talk to your friends. |
和你的朋友谈谈, |
| Talk to your loved ones. |
和你的亲人谈谈, |
| Talk to health professionals . |
和健康专業人士谈谈, |
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professionals:n.[管理]专业人员(professional的复数);
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| Be vulnerable . |
弱势一点, |
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vulnerable:adj.易受攻击的,易受…的攻击;易受伤害的;有弱点的;
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| Do so with the confidence that you are not alone. |
迈开这一步,并且相信 你并不是一个人。 |
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confidence:n.信心;信任;秘密;adj.(美)诈骗的;骗得信任的;
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| Speak up if you're struggling. |
如果你还在挣扎,大声说出来。 |
| Being honest about how we feel does not make us weak; it makes us human. |
诚实面对自己的感受 并不会让我们弱小; 反而使我们成为人。 |
| It is time to end the stigma associated with mental illness. |
是时候终止污名化心理疾病了。 |
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associated:adj.有关联的; v.联想; (associate的过去分词和过去式)
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| So the next time your hear "mental," |
所以,下一次, |
| do not just think of the madman. |
当你听到「心理」这个词, |
| Think of me. |
不要仅仅想到疯子, |
| (Applause) |
想想我。 |
| Thank you. |
（掌声） |
| (Applause) |
谢谢。 |