留美老师带你每日说英文 第891期:跨性别者的心理状态

 　　台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

　　As her gender¹ non-conformity intensified², we started to notice some stress around things like being grouped with boys at school or in activities. So, by the time she was seven, all of this kind of hit a crisis point and her anxiety was crippling, and her depression was becoming life threatening.

　　随着她对自己生理性别的不认同度越发强烈，我们发现她会因为在学校或参与活动时，被分到和男生一组而感到有些压力。所以，到了她七岁的时候，这一切几乎是恶化到了一个临界点，她的焦虑严重影响到她的生活，她的忧郁状况更是威胁到她的生命。

　　跨性别者的心理状态

　　学习重点：

　　1.gender 社会性别

　　gender (n.) 社会性别

　　transgender (n.) 跨性别

　　sex (n.) 生理性别

　　homosexual (n.) 同性恋

　　heterosexual (n.) 异性恋

　　2.intensify³ 加强、强化

　　intensify (v.) 加强、强化

　　intense (adj.) 强烈的、激烈的

　　intensive (adj.) 密集的

　　intensity⁴ (n.) 强度、强烈

　　3.anxiety 焦虑

　　anxiety (n.) 焦虑

　　anxious (adj.) 焦虑的、挂念的

　　apprehensive⁵ (adj.) 忧虑的、恐惧的

　　comprehensive (adj.) 广泛的、综合的

1 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

2 intensified   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
• The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

4 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

5 apprehensive   

adj.担心的，恐惧的，善于领会的

参考例句：

• She was deeply apprehensive about her future.她对未来感到非常担心。
• He was rather apprehensive of failure.他相当害怕失败。