时差N小时 青少年吸毒问题(上)

What makes adolescents so vulnerable to developing addictions² to substances like nicotine³, alcohol, and drugs?

是什么使得青少年轻而易举就沾染尼古丁，酒精及毒品？

More vulnerable than any other age group.

尤其是青少年，他们似乎比其它任何年龄群都抵不住诱惑。

Is it a result of peer pressure?

是来自同辈的压力吗？

Of wanting to fit in? In a word, no.

想融入群体？一言以蔽之，不是。

Socio-cultural elements do play their role.

社会文化因素是主要原因。

However, scientists who analyzed⁴ the results of many studies on this subject believe the susceptibility of adolescents to substance addiction¹ also has to do with the state of development of a particular region in adolescent brains.

科学家分析了许多相关研究调查，他们认为青少年对物质成瘾的敏感性与大脑内部某特定区域的发展情况有关。

They interpreted that the region of the brain that monitors impulse and motivation isn't fully⁵ formed in adolescence⁶.

他们解释说大脑控制神经冲动和动机的区域是在青春期形成的。

This area of the brain experiences a lot of activity and change during adolescence.

大脑的这个部分在青春期经历许多活动并改变。

It's due to this brain region's hyperactivity and quick-fire change that adolescents are more likely than children and adults to want to try out new experiences, to be impulsive⁷ and take risks.

由于青春期大脑的这个部分的极度活跃比小孩和速射大人都大，所以青少年更想尝试新的体验，更冲动和更愿意冒险。

1 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

2 addictions   

瘾( addiction的名词复数 )； 吸毒成瘾； 沉溺； 癖好

参考例句：

• He has removed the stigma of drug addictions. 他已经洗去吸毒的污点了。
• Intelligent people are good at using reason to control excessive addictions. 智慧的人善于用理性来控制过度的嗜欲。

3 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

4 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 adolescence   

n.青春期，青少年

参考例句：

• Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
• The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。

7 impulsive   

adj.冲动的，刺激的；有推动力的

参考例句：

• She is impulsive in her actions.她的行为常出于冲动。
• He was neither an impulsive nor an emotional man,but a very honest and sincere one.他不是个一冲动就鲁莽行事的人，也不多愁善感.他为人十分正直、诚恳。