VOA标准英语2011--Fears of Suicide Surge in Japan's Tsunam

Fears of Suicide Surge in Japan's Tsunami¹ Zone

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[00:00.79]The physical impact of the tsunami
[00:02.59]is still clear to see.
[00:04.37]But as reconstruction² efforts proceed,
[00:06.86]there is growing concern over the mental scars
[00:09.57]the tsunami has left behind.
[00:11.71]More than 430,000 people
[00:15.20]were forced into emergency shelters.
[00:17.24]Homes were destroyed.
[00:18.45]Communities cut off.
[00:20.24]The phone counseling service 'Inochi no Denwa'
[00:23.64]in Sendai, one of the worst hit cities.
[00:27.70]
[00:31.61]"Immediately after the quake and tsunami
[00:33.27]everyone was really scared.
[00:35.00]On the telephone,
[00:36.34]everyone said they were frightened,
[00:37.78]especially people
[00:39.18]with existing mental health problems.
[00:40.77]For example, in the shelters they can't sleep,
[00:43.77]they have no medication,
[00:45.42]so their mental health
[00:47.03]is getting worse and worse."
[00:48.84]Fallout from the nuclear plant in Fukushima
[00:51.58]prompted a Japanese farmer to hang himself.
[00:54.47]Local media say a government worker
[00:56.69]killed himself in April,
[00:57.80]as did a father who had lost his daughter.
[01:00.27]There are fears the trickle³ could become a torrent⁴.
[01:03.63]Japan already has the highest suicide rate in the world -
[01:07.31]at more than 30,000 deaths per year
[01:09.91]for the last 13 years.
[01:11.96]Several months since the tsunami,
[01:14.01]the mental effects are still great,said Demura.
[01:17.57]
[01:21.41]"People are beyond the sadness."
[01:24.10]"They feel guilty about surviving.
[01:26.28]People gradually calm down,
[01:28.45]but they often have flashbacks
[01:30.26]and the tsunami becomes a trauma⁵ for them.
[01:32.32]Then they start to worry about the future."
[01:34.83]There are still remarkable⁶ examples
[01:37.77]of the Japanese stoicism
[01:39.34]that has drawn⁷ so much admiration⁸.
[01:41.67]Ryuichi Suzuki's home on the shoreline near Sendai
[01:45.29]was washed away without a trace.
[01:47.59]After spent two months live in shelters,
[01:50.24]Suzuki and his wife are now being given this house.
[01:54.63]
[01:58.92]"There is no point
[01:59.75]in thinking about the things I lost."
[02:01.68]"I had better forget about it all
[02:04.00]and think about the future.
[02:06.07]I guess I will live for another 10 or 15 years,
[02:09.90]so I want to get over this disaster."
[02:12.29]"I'm going to live with positive outlook.
[02:15.52]I'll do my best."
[02:17.11]Suzuki said he's happy with his temporary new home.
[02:20.74]It has a roof and walls,he said,
[02:22.96]and even a high-tech⁹ electric toilet.
[02:25.69]
[02:27.71]"My first hope is that the Japanese government
[02:30.74]will compensate¹⁰ me well for my losses,for my house."
[02:35.05]"My second hope? Let me see...
[02:37.75]I hope to get a camper van.
[02:39.58]When it's cold, I'll go somewhere warm.
[02:42.23]When it's too hot, I'll go to a cooler place.
[02:46.16]"Like a sunflower, I'll follow the sun."
[02:48.18]
[02:49.72]Across this region,
[02:50.52]advertisements on buildings,buses and taxis
[02:53.71]implore the Japanese people to ganbarou -
[02:56.38]or rise up and meet the challenge.
[02:58.68]Counselors at 'Inochi no Denwa' say that mentally,
[03:02.29]many of the survivors¹¹ still are struggling
[03:04.49]to deal with the events of March 11,
[03:06.89]which changed their lives forever.
[03:08.77]

1 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

2 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

3 trickle   

vi.淌，滴，流出，慢慢移动，逐渐消散

参考例句：

• The stream has thinned down to a mere trickle.这条小河变成细流了。
• The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。

4 torrent   

n.激流，洪流；爆发，(话语等的)连发

参考例句：

• The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside. 急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。
• Her pent-up anger was released in a torrent of words.她压抑的愤怒以滔滔不绝的话爆发了出来。

5 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

6 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

7 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

8 admiration   

n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕

参考例句：

• He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
• We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。

9 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

10 compensate   

vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消

参考例句：

• She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。

11 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者