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All too often, we're given ______________ for mental disorders, but it doesn't always work ______________. _______ often come back, and you're back to where you started. So here's something else ______________: the way you _______ or _______ things ______________ how much anxiety you're experiencing, and if you _______ the way you're coping, then you can _______ your anxiety. In our study at the University of Cambridge, we showed that women _____________________ have a ______________ for anxiety than women living in richer areas. These results didn't surprise us, but when we ______________, we found that women living in poor areas, if they had a ___________________________________, they didn't have anxiety, while women living in poor areas without these coping resources had anxiety. Other studies showed that people who had faced _______ ______________, who had faced adversity, ______________and ______________, if they had coping resources, they ______________ and free of mental disorders, while others, facing the _______ _______ but without ______________ went on a ______________ and developed mental disorders. So what are some of these _____________________, and how can we use them to lower our anxiety? And before I ______________ what they are, I'd like to ______________- and I think this is so interesting - you can _______ these coping _______ or coping _______ on your own_____________________that you do; you can ____________your anxiety and lower it, which I think is so____________.

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All too often, we're given medication for mental disorders, but it doesn't always work in the long run. Symptoms often come back, and you're back to where you started.

很多时候,我们会用药物来治疗精神疾病,但从长远来说这种治疗并不总是有效果。症状经常会复发,你又会回到之前的状态。

medication [ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] n. 药物,药品;药物治疗

So here's something else to consider: the way you cope or handle things has a direct impact on how much anxiety you're experiencing, and if you tweak the way you're coping, then you can lower your anxiety.

所以还需要考虑一些事情:你应对或处理事情的方式直接影响到你焦虑程度,如果你调整你应对的方式,则可以降低焦虑。

tweak [twiːk] v. 扭,拧;稍稍调整 近义词 turn、change lower 可以作为形容词low的比较急,更低的,也可以作为动词,降低 【讲解】划线部分是3句话 第一句是冒号前面,here's something else to consider,here is 或者there is,主语都在be动词后面,即something 是主语,to consider是不定式做表语 第二句是冒号后面 the way 后面是that引导的定语从句,限定way,你处理事情的方式,先行词that省略 the way做从句中的主语,是第三人称单数,所以has用了三单形式;接着是how引导的定语从句,修饰impact,你经受焦虑程度的影响; 第三句用and连接,if引导的条件状语从句,如果你..; the way 后面同样是that引导的定语从句省略that。

In our study at the University of Cambridge, we showed that women living in poor areas have a higher risk for anxiety than women living in richer areas. These results didn't surprise us, but when we looked closer, we found that women living in poor areas, if they had a particular set of coping resources, they didn't have anxiety, while women living in poor areas without these coping resources had anxiety.

在剑桥大学的研究中,我们发现生活在贫困地区的女性比生活在富裕地区的女性有更高的焦虑风险。这些结果并不令我们惊讶,但当我们仔细观察时,我们发现生活在贫困地区的女性,如果她们有一套特定的因应资源(中文里还真有这个词),她们就不会焦虑;而贫困地区的女性如果没有因应资源的话,他们则会焦虑。

University of Cambridge 剑桥大学 particular [pərˈtɪkjələr] adj. 特定的,某一的;格外的,特别的;特殊的 n. 一点, coping resources 因应资源,是指遭遇压力事件时,可以用来对抗、和减轻压力的一切能力和事物

Other studies showed that people who had faced extreme circumstances, who had faced adversity, been through wars and natural disasters, if they had coping resources, they remained healthy and free of mental disorders, while others, facing the same hardships but without coping skills went on a downward spiral and developed mental disorders.

其他研究表明,那些面临极端环境、遭遇逆境、经历过战争和自然灾害的人,如果他们有应对资源,他们仍然健康,没有精神问题;而其他人,面对同样的困难,但没有应对方式,则会持续恶化最终演变成精神障碍。

circumstance [ˈsɜːrkəmstæns] n. 条件,情况,环境;境况,经济状况 v. 处于某种情况 adversity [ədˈvɜːrsəti] n. 逆境,厄运 近义词 disaster [dɪˈzæstər] n. 灾难,灾害,灾难性事物 spiral [ˈspaɪrəl] n. 螺旋形,螺旋形之物 v. 螺旋式上升(或下降);持续恶化

So what are some of these coping resources, and how can we use them to lower our anxiety? And before I dive into what they are, I'd like to point out - and I think this is so interesting - you can develop these coping resources or coping skills on your own through the things that you do; you can take charge of your anxiety and lower it, which I think is so empowering.

那么这些因应资源是什么呢?我们如何利用它们来降低焦虑?在我深入探讨它们之前,我想说的是--且我认为这很有趣--你可以通过自己所做的事情来开发这些因应资源或掌握应对技能;你可以掌控并减轻你的焦虑,我认为这是非常有力量的。

dive into 深入探查;探讨 take charge of 掌控 empower [ɪmˈpaʊər] vt. 授权;给(某人)…的权力;;使控制局势 empowering 有力量的