访谈录 2011-02-09&02-11 其实男人比女人更脆弱

In this morning's Health Watch, the truth about man flu. Have you ever noticed that sometimes certain men have a tendency to, I don't wanna say why, but perhaps complain a little bit more at the first sight they have a sniff¹ or even a slight headache, complain like at the end of the world. Well, a new study suggests man actually do get sick more often than women do. Dr. Jennifer Ash is here with the details. So with this actually giving a little fuel to the fire?

There are may in fact be evidence now scientifically that there is a real entity² called the wimp³ factor, so they looked at the study in South Korea 1200 workers. Ask them about their level of stress, then went back 6 months later and ask them how many they had colds, in fact the people who had supported that they had the highest stress in their job, the men were 74% more likely to call in sick due to a cold over that time of period. They didn't have a lot of women in the study because in South Korea not as many women at work, but it does appear to support that there is a real entity called the wimp factor.

So this seems it tied a little bit more to the stress in your job which you know in the United States, as you mentioned, might come out a little bit differently because there are women who work outside the home. However, does that translate to a real medical evidence that there are something different in the immune⁴ system?

Well, in terms of physiology⁵, there is no actual evidence to support a difference between men and women yet. But of course, possible theories include some hormone⁶ differences that may make men actually becomes a little sicker when they are exposed to cold virus. Remember in the past, heart disease was thought to be the same entity between men and women. We know now that's not true. (Right.) The women actually experience in slightly different manners. The cold virus may turn out to be the same thing. There might be differences between men and women.

So there is a chance that they experience differently, that they may feel sicker than women do. But on the flipside, women also aren't perhaps as ready to say I feel terrible because they don't feel that they can.

Exactly. Traditionally, women are the caregivers in the home at least. And a lot more women certainly in this country in the work force. They have to be more stoic⁷ . They can't get sick. You know, they just don't have that flexibility⁸ in their day-to-day life. Who will take care of the children if the mum gets sick? So potentially that has something to do with all that stuff.

And men are used to be taken care of. That's why sometimes, not all men, my husband, if you’re watching, I wanna throw him into the bus. But you know some men do sort of you know, act like big babies when they are sick.

Well, we could be accomplices⁹ in perpetrating this. You know men can complain more because they can complain more. And traditionally they are less likely to seek medical attention. They may not be accustomed to expressing their feelings. When they are happy or sad or feeling ill, so all these things can really stack the deck against them when they do get sick or you are gonna hear about it.

So really the bottom line takes away is we’re still stronger because we can handle it better right?

Oh, I think so.

Jen, thanks.

You bet.

Not that either one of us is biased¹⁰.

1 sniff   

vi.嗅…味道；抽鼻涕；对嗤之以鼻，蔑视

参考例句：

• The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
• When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.当麦奇在海滩上碰到另一条狗的时候，他们会彼此嗅一会儿。

2 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

3 wimp   

n.无用的人

参考例句：

• The more she called her husband a wimp,the more timid he became.她越叫她先生懦夫，他就越胆小怯懦。
• I hate those who get on their high horses in front of wimps.我最恨那些在弱者面前盛气凌人的人。

4 immune   

adj.免疫的，有免疫力的，不受影响的，免除的

参考例句：

• I am immune from the disease,for I had it once.我对这病有免疫力，因为我已得过一次了。
• Be immune from corruption.拒腐蚀，永不沾。

5 physiology   

n.生理学，生理机能

参考例句：

• He bought a book about physiology.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
• He was awarded the Nobel Prize for achievements in physiology.他因生理学方面的建树而被授予诺贝尔奖。

6 hormone   

n.荷尔蒙，激素，内分泌

参考例句：

• Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。
• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body.这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。

7 stoic   

n.坚忍克己之人，禁欲主义者

参考例句：

• A stoic person responds to hardship with imperturbation.坚忍克己之人经受苦难仍能泰然自若。
• On Rajiv's death a stoic journey began for Mrs Gandhi,supported by her husband's friends.拉吉夫死后，索尼亚在丈夫友人的支持下开始了一段坚忍的历程。

8 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

9 accomplices   

从犯，帮凶，同谋( accomplice的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was given away by one of his accomplices. 他被一个同伙出卖了。
• The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded. 首恶必办， 胁从不问，立功受奖。

10 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。