TED演讲:一段精神疾病的传奇--从内心看起(2)

 　　Schizophrenia is a brain disease.  精神分裂是一种大脑疾病

　　Its defining feature is psychosis, or being out of touch with reality. 它的主要症状是幻想，或者是与现实脱离

　　Delusions² and hallucinations are hallmarks of the illness. 妄想和幻觉是这个病的标志

　　Delusions are fixed³ and false beliefs that aren't responsive to evidence, 妄想是顽固，错误和不会因为现实而改变的信仰

　　and hallucinations are false sensory⁴ experiences.  幻觉是不存在的感觉

　　For example, when I'm psychotic I often have the delusion¹ 比如，当我病发的时候，

　　that I've killed hundreds of thousands of people with my thoughts. 我总是有我用我的想法杀了几百个人的错觉

　　I sometimes have the idea that nuclear explosions are about to be set off in my brain. 我有时候会觉得自己脑子里正要发生核爆炸

　　Occasionally, I have hallucinations,  也有时候，我有幻觉

　　like one time I turned around and saw a man with a raised knife. 有个人在我后面高举这一把刀

　　Imagine having a nightmare while you're awake.  想象以下在清醒的情况下做噩梦

　　Often, speech and thinking become disorganized to the point of incoherence. 言语和思想经常变得没有头绪，简直没有任何逻辑

　　Loose associations involves putting together words that may sound a lot alike but don't make sense, 当人有散漫的联想的时候，就会把一些很相似的词放在一起，没有任何意义

　　and if the words get jumbled⁵ up enough, it's called "word salad."  感觉像一个文字混在一起的“沙拉”

　　Contrary to what many people think, schizophrenia is not the same as multiple personality disorder⁶ or split personality. 和大部分人以为的恰好相反，精神分裂不是多重人格或人格分裂

　　The schizophrenic mind is not split, but shattered.  精神分裂的大脑不是分开的，是破碎的

　　Everyone has seen a street person, unkempt, probably ill-fed, 每个人都看到过街上有人不修边幅，营养不良

　　standing⁷ outside of an office building muttering to himself or shouting. 站在外面乱对自己说话或者大声嚷嚷

　　This person is likely to have some form of schizophrenia.  这种人多半是有精神分裂

　　But schizophrenia presents itself across a wide array of socioeconomic status, 但是精神分裂出现在很多不同的社会层次中。

　　and there are people with the illness who are full-time⁸ professionals with major responsibilities. 其中有很多患者是有全职工作的，承担着很大责任的。

　　Several years ago, I decided⁹ to write down my experiences and my personal journey, 几年前，我决定把我的个人经历写下来

　　and I want to share some more of that story with you today to convey the inside view. 而且我像和你分享更多我的个人经历，以此给大家一个轻身经历的人的角度看待这个事情

1 delusion   

n.谬见，欺骗，幻觉，迷惑

参考例句：

• He is under the delusion that he is Napoleon.他患了妄想症，认为自己是拿破仑。
• I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.我误认为他要娶我。

2 delusions   

n.欺骗( delusion的名词复数 )；谬见；错觉；妄想

参考例句：

• the delusions of the mentally ill 精神病患者的妄想
• She wants to travel first-class: she must have delusions of grandeur. 她想坐头等舱旅行，她一定自以为很了不起。 来自辞典例句

3 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

4 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。

5 jumbled   

adj.混乱的；杂乱的

参考例句：

• Books, shoes and clothes were jumbled together on the floor. 书、鞋子和衣服胡乱堆放在地板上。
• The details of the accident were all jumbled together in his mind. 他把事故细节记得颠三倒四。

6 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。

7 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

8 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。