VOA慢速英语2011--Europe's Economic Problems Linked to Ris

Health Report - Europe's Economic Problems Linked to Rise in Suicides

健康报道 - 欧洲经济危机导致自杀率上升
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。
A study says more people are killing¹ themselves in Greece and other countries affected² by economic troubles in Europe. David Stuckler, a sociologist³ at Britain’s University of Cambridge, co-wrote the report.
一份研究称，越来越多希腊和欧洲其他受经济危机影响国家的人们自杀。英国剑桥大学社会学家戴维·斯图克勒（David Stuckler）是这份研究报告的作者之一。
DAVID STUCKLER: "For the most part, the countries that have been more severely⁴ affected have experienced greater rises in suicides -- Ireland, Spain, the Baltics -- reaching up to sixteen percent in some of the worst affected countries, like Greece.”
斯图克勒：“在很大程度上，受经济危机影响越严重的国家自杀率的涨幅也越大，例如爱尔兰，西班牙，波罗的海国家。在希腊一类受经济危机影响最为严重的国家自杀率上升了16%。”
Suicide rates in Europe had been decreasing. But then the international banking⁵ crisis hit in two thousand eight.
此前欧洲的自杀率已经开始下降。但随后2008年国际金融危机袭来。
The study looked at reports from ten European countries from two thousand seven and two thousand nine. Nine of the ten countries had a five percent increase in suicide rates between two thousand seven and two thousand nine. In Ireland the increase was thirteen percent.
这份研究调查了2007年至2009年期间十个欧洲国家的自杀率报告。在这期间，10个国家中有9个国家的自杀率上升了5%，爱尔兰上升了13%。
The study found that suicide rates have not increased in countries where governments have helped get people back to work. Examples include Sweden and Finland.
研究发现，在政府帮助人们重新就业的国家自杀率并没有上升，例如瑞典和芬兰。
DAVUD STUCKLER: “We found that just giving money to people who have lost jobs to replace their income did not appear to help. Instead, giving people a reason to get out of bed in the morning, a hope in terms of searching for a good, meaningful job seemed to be the most beneficial to helping⁶ people cope.”
斯图克勒：“我们发现，为失业的人们提供补贴替代他们的收入似乎作用不大。相反，给人们一个早起的理由（即提供工作），给人们一个寻求更好、更有意义工作的希望似乎对人们应对危机更有帮助。”
The findings appeared last week in the Lancet medical journal.
研究结果发布在上周的《柳叶刀》医学杂志上。
Greece is suffering the costs of a huge public deficit⁷. For over a year, the government has cut spending and increased taxes in an effort to improve its finances.
希腊正承受着巨大的公共赤字带来的考验。一年多来，政府一直削减支出，提高税收，以试图改善其财政状况。
Pavlos Tsimas is a journalist based in Greece. He recently made a documentary about the increase in suicides.
帕夫洛斯·特斯马斯（Pavlos Tsimas）是一名希腊记者。他最近制作了一个关于自杀率上升的纪录片。
PAVLOS TSIMAS: "We investigated the case of a small businessman from Herakleion in Crete, who took his car, loaded it with tins of petrol, and first shot himself and then put fire to the whole car."
特斯马斯：“我们调查了克里特岛伊拉克里奥（Herakleion）一位小商人的案例。他把汽车装上汽油罐，先是开枪自杀，然后将整个汽车点燃。”
Pavlos Tsimas says some people commit suicide in a public way, like the businessman in Crete.
特斯马斯表示一些人以公开的方式自杀，就像克里特岛这位小商人。
PAVLOS TSIMAS: "We found out that people killed themselves in a very dramatic and sometimes a very violent way, which maybe means that they are trying to make their suicide a statement, want the whole world to understand how badly they feel, how hopeless they have felt."
特斯马斯：“我们发现，人们以一种非常引人关注，有时甚至非常暴力的方式结束自己的生命。这可能意味着他们试图以自己的自杀发出警示，希望全世界了解他们的感受有多糟，他们感到多么无望。”
He says Greeks who kill themselves are mostly men. And he says the number has gone up most on the island of Crete.
特斯马斯称，自杀的希腊人大部分是男性。他同时表示，自杀率上升的地方主要是克里特岛。
PAVLOS TSIMAS: " ... where social and family life is more traditional, more patriarchic. The father of the family has to be respected as a figure of great strength. And when the economic problems arise, when jobs are lost and businesses are closed down, it is this despair because of the loss of respect, the loss of self-esteem, and the fact that the person feels that his life no longer has meaning, that drives them to this kind of act."
特斯马斯：“克里特岛的社会和家庭生活更为传统和家长化。一个家庭的家长被尊为最有能力的人。一旦经济问题凸显，丢掉了工作，事业垮掉，这是一种失去别人的尊敬，失去自尊，感觉生活不再有意义的绝望，这种绝望促使他们走上不归路。”
And that's the VOA Special English Health Report. For more health news, go to voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Jim Tedder⁸.
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Contributing: Selah Hennessy

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 sociologist   

n.研究社会学的人，社会学家

参考例句：

• His mother was a sociologist,researching socialism.他的母亲是个社会学家，研究社会主义。
• Max Weber is a great and outstanding sociologist.马克斯·韦伯是一位伟大的、杰出的社会学家。

4 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

5 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

8 tedder   

n.（干草）翻晒者，翻晒机

参考例句：

• Jim Tedder has more. 吉姆？特德将给我们做更多的介绍。 来自互联网
• Jim Tedder tells us more. 吉姆？泰德给我们带来更详细的报道。 来自互联网