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[J-17] Preventive Medicine 预防的药物
My great aunt had raised nine children, fed them and the farmhands, done all her own housework, and helped with the outdoor chores. And she had never been ill in her life.
Her family doctor asked her secret. “I constantly see young women,” he said, “who have only one or two children and whose homes are full of gadgets to lighten work, but who suffer from nervous exhaustion or psychosomatic aches and pains. How is it that you managed never to have a nervous breakdown?”
“You know, doctor,” she replied, “I've always wanted to have a nervous breakdown. But every time I was about to get around to it, it was time to fix somebody a meal.”
[译注] 我姑婆养了九个小孩，弄饭给他们和工人吃，做完她自己的家务，还帮忙户外的杂工。而她一生从来没生过病。 她的家庭医生问她的秘密。 「我经常看到年轻的女人，」他说，「她们只有一、两个小孩，而她们的家里充满减轻工作的机具，可是她们却苦于神经耗竭或身心各方面的疼或痛。怎么搞的，你会有办法不罹患神经崩溃？」 「医生啊，你知道的，」她回答说，「我总是想要罹患神经崩溃的。可是，每次我弄得差不多接近崩溃时，就又是该为某人准备餐食的时候了。」 注：chore (杂役)，gadget (精巧之小器械)，exhaustion (耗竭)，psychosomatic (身心各方面的)，breakdown (崩溃、耗弱)，get around to (接近)，fix (准备)。 [复习填充] My great aunt had r nine children, fed them and the farm , done all her own housework, and helped the outdoor chores. And she had never been ill in her life. Her family doctor asked her s . “I constantly see young women,” he said, “ have only one or two children and homes are full of g to lighten work, but who suffer from nervous ex or psychosomatic a and pains. How is it that you m never to have a nervous break ?” “You know, doctor,” she replied, “I've always wanted to have a nervous breakdown. But every time I was about to get a to it, it was time to somebody a meal.” |
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