英语新词:假期失忆症 你患上了吗？

 　　夏季是度假的高峰期，人们纷纷朝着凉快的景区奔去，想要躲过大城市的酷热。不过，很多人度完假回来后都会发现，度假前在做的事情都不太记得了，需要一两天才能慢慢回忆起来。这其实是个普遍现象，叫做vacation amnesia¹(假期失忆症)。

　　Vacation amnesia refers to this situation: when you comeback to school or work from your vacation, you can'tremember what you did before the vacation. Things you can'tremember may include: what project you were working on, any paper needed to be finished, oreven who was taking care of your business when you were on vacation.

　　“假期失忆症”指的是这样一种情况：你度完假回到学校或单位后发现已经完全不记得度假之前你在做的事情。你当时正在进行的项目、有需要完成的论文、甚至度假时谁接手了你的工作都有可能不记得了。

　　For example:

　　Andy suffered from a bad case of vacation amnesia when he went back to school and couldn'tremember what he had been learning² before.

　　安迪得了严重的“假期失忆症”，他回到学校后根本不记得之前都学过些什么。

1 amnesia   

n.健忘症，健忘

参考例句：

• People suffering from amnesia don't forget their general knowledge of objects.患健忘症的人不会忘记关于物体的一些基本知识。
• Chinese medicine experts developed a way to treat amnesia using marine materials.中国医学专家研制出用海洋物质治疗遗忘症的方法。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。