留美老师带你每日说英文 第493期:关于自闭症

 台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

I say how autism is a spectrum¹ of behaviors. On one hand, it can cause children to experience social difficulties, anxiety, obsessive² traits and disruptive habits. But on the other hand, it provideschildren with incredible gifts in memory, focus, detail, and visual perception.

我来说明一下自闭症的各式行为。自闭症一方面让孩子们历经社交困难、焦虑、强迫症特征和破坏性的习性，另一方面却也赋予了孩子们绝佳的记忆力、专注力、细节观察力和视觉感知能力。

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学习重点：

1.spectrum 光谱、范围

spectrum (n.) 光谱、范围

2.anxiety 焦虑

anxiety (n.) 焦虑

anxious (adj.) 焦虑的

3.obsessive 执着的

obsessive (adj.) 执着的

obsession³ (n.) 着迷

4.disruptive 使分裂、瓦解

disruptive (adj.) 使分裂、瓦解

disrupt (v.) 混乱、中断

5.habit 习性

habit (n.) 习性

hobby (n.) 嗜好

6.perception 感知、察觉

perception (n.) 感知、察觉

perceive (v.) 察觉、感知

deception⁴ (n.) 欺骗、诈骗

deceive (v.) 欺骗

1 spectrum   

n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列

参考例句：

• This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
• We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。

2 obsessive   

adj. 着迷的, 强迫性的, 分神的

参考例句：

• Some people are obsessive about cleanliness.有些人有洁癖。
• He's becoming more and more obsessive about punctuality.他对守时要求越来越过分了。

3 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。

4 deception   

n.欺骗，欺诈；骗局，诡计

参考例句：

• He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception.他承认曾与人合谋骗取财产。
• He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception.他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。