【听英文对话做选择】抑郁症

原文：

Woman: Hey, how are you doing?

Man: Uh, I guess okay . . . kind of.

 

Woman: Yeah, Mom said Daniel isn't doing so well. What's going on?

 

Man: Well, uh, for some reason I always thought raising kids would be a lot easier than it is.

 

Woman: Yeah, I know. Tell me about it. What's, what's the problem?

 

Man: Well, for about six months, he's been really down, and sometimes, I can't get him out of bed in the morning to go to school. He just seems so depressed¹. I just can't figure it out.

 

Woman: So, this has been going on like half a year?

 

Man: Yeah, kind of on and off, but I don't know. I . . . I just thought it would just kind of go away, and I just thought things would just get, I don't know, get better.

 

Woman: Yeah, that's not, that's pretty worrrisome. Um, I mean, I've noticed he's not hanging out with Jared very much anymore. You know, is he . . . what's he doing when he's up?

 

Man: Well, uh, a lot of the time he's not up. He just kind of uh, stays in bed. [ Really? ] I just can't figure it out. I don't know.

 

Woman: Yeah, that's, that's a big problem. I can see why you're really worried about him. Have you considered taken him to see a therapist, or a psychologist, or anybody?

 

Man: Ah, no. I, I . . . It's probably just a phase or something. I think some kids were picking on him at school, but I think that's stopped. He doesn't talk about it anymore, so I guess that's over.

 

Woman: So, you're saying that he was like being bullied² and stuff?

 

Man: Yes, yeah. But he didn't talk about it a lot. I thought it was just, you know, having some problems, and it just kind of would go away.

 

Woman: Well, you know, I don't know about that with the bullying³ or whatever, but you know, this has been going on for a long time. You really need to seriously address it.

 

Man: I don't know. Uh, and well, his girlfriend just broke up with him, so I guess maybe that's had an impact on him.

 

Woman: Yeah, it has. Uh, that explains a lot. Um, have you looked at his Facebook page lately? [ What? ] He posted some stuff, well, he was posting some stuff, I think it was last night around midnight, um, yeah, talking about how much life sucks, wishing he could just disappear. [ Oh! ] Um, you know, I can't remember exactly the words he said, but I know that it really, really worried me. Some of the things he wrote are signs of, they might be thinking about suicide⁴.

 

Man: Ah, I, I, I just can't figure that out. I mean, kids sometimes just talk like that. I, I, I thought. I thought that was kind of natural.

 

Woman: Yes, sometimes they do that. That's what makes it hard. Sometimes, kids just talk like that, but some of them are serious, and some of them end up talking their own lives. Some of them really do kill themselves. You know, you need to take this seriously. Six months (of being depressed) isn't normal. Six months isn't just to act like this isn't just a phase. It's, there's something going on.

 

Man: So, any ideas? I mean, what should I do? I'm just kind of at a loss here.

 

Woman: Oh, you know. I was talking to a woman the other day about her daughter. Um, there are crisis⁵ numbers you can call. Also, you could go to the hospital; you can do to the emergency room, and they do assessments⁶ there. Psychological assessments. [ Okay. ] Um, you know, it might be kind of hard to get him out to the hospital, to get him out to go with you if you can't get him out to go to school, but you need to take this seriously. [ Yeah . . . ] You could take him down to the hospital, down to the emergency room, so . . .

 

Man: I don't know.

 

Woman: You know, it's really important because you've got to get on top of it. He needs you; he needs to know that you really love him, that you're not just kind of ignoring this.

 

Man: You know, I recently noticed that that I just saw some marks on his arms the other day, and I didn't know. I asked him about it. Kind of looked like some scratches, or something, and . . .

 

Woman: I saw those too, and those aren't scratches. They're too deep to be scratches. He's doing self-harm, too.

 

Man: Oh, man.

 

Woman: You know, um, these are really serious things, and he's crying out for help. He doesn't know how to handle what is going on in his life. He's really struggling.

 

Man: You know, about a month ago, there was another boy in school, I think it (he) was about his age that, uh, took his own life, and I am wondering if that's had an impact on him.

 

Woman: Umm, don't you think it would have?

 

Man: Probably. I don't know how well he knew the boy, but uh, I don't know.

 

Woman: Yeah, things like that do have an impact on kids, and you just can't run the risk. He might be mad at you for hauling⁷ him down to to the hospital, but you need help to find out what's going on, so that you can support him, and so you can make sure you are getting him all the help that he can have. These things are serious, and you don't want to look back later and say I wish I had done that.

 

Man: Right. Well, yeah, send me that information, and uh, I'll start looking at it.

 

Woman: Alright, thanks. Man: Thanks.

1. For how many months has Daniel been depressed?

A. four months

B. five months

C. six months

2. One of the signs of Daniel's depression is that he ___________.

A. plays video games by himself

B. doesn't get out of bed

C. spends a lot of time on Facebook

 

3. What problem happened at school?

A. Daniel failed several of his classes.

B. He lost his backpack with all his books.

C. Other kids bullied and picked on him.

 

4. Daniel's girlfriend ________.

A. broke up with him for some reason

B. was very sick in the hospital

C. moved away to a new city

 

5. Another sign that Daniel is suicidal is that he _________.

A. is giving away all his things to his friends

B. started drinking alcohol and taking drugs

C. wrote some disturbing messages on Facebook

 

6. The man and woman noticed _________ on Daniel's arms.

A. tattoos⁸

B. cuts

C. scary words

 

7. Which idea does the woman NOT mention to help Daniel?

A. trying to talk and listen to his feelings

B. taking Daniel to the emergency room

C. reading books on suicide prevention

 

正确答案：

1. six months

2. doesn`t get out of bed

3. Other kids bullied and picked on him.

4. broke up with him for some reason

5. wrote some disturbing messages on Facebook

6. cuts

7. reading books on suicide prevention

 

1 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

2 bullied   

adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
• The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 bullying   

v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈

参考例句：

• Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
• All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 suicide   

n.自杀，自毁，自杀性行为

参考例句：

• The number of suicide has increased.自杀案件的数量增加了。
• The death was adjudged a suicide by sleeping pills.该死亡事件被判定为服用安眠药自杀。

5 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。

6 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

7 hauling   

拖，拉( haul的现在分词 )； 运送； 传讯； 强迫（某人）去某处

参考例句：

• They went down to the shore to watch the fishermen hauling in their nets. 他们跑到岸边看渔民拖网。
• They had little difficulty in finding it. but hauling it out of the water proved to be a serious problem. 馅饼盘不难找到，但是把它拖出水面却是个严重的问题。

8 tattoos   

n.文身( tattoo的名词复数 )；归营鼓；军队夜间表演操；连续有节奏的敲击声v.刺青，文身( tattoo的第三人称单数 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的胳膊上刺满了花纹。
• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的双臂刺满了纹身。 来自《简明英汉词典》