【英语时差8,16】与脱发抗争

Many of today's listeners have probably experienced some degree of hair loss. So deeply ingrained in the American psyche¹ is the stigma² attached to going bald that many people go to great lengths to reclaim³ their hair.   One of the most popular treatments for baldness is a surgical⁴ procedure called hair transplantation. It involves removing pieces of hair-bearing scalp from the side or back of the head and transplanting them to the hairless area. As long as the transplanted pieces receive a steady supply of blood, they continue to grow hair. This process is called grafting⁵, and the pieces of hairy scalp inserted into tiny holes in the bald area are called hair plugs. Hair replacement⁶ surgery occurs in stages, typically taking two years to create a full head of hair.

But what if you want to be an Elvis impersonator and the only thing standing⁷ in your way is a receding⁸ hairline? Then you might opt⁹ for scalp reduction, a series of surgeries involving the removal of hairless scalp and the stretching and stitching together of hair-covered scalp. The good news is that you won't have to wait two years for a fuller head of hair. The bad news is the pain, and the fact that your scalp will feel uncomfortably tight for the foreseeable future.

Then there's tissue expansion, which involves stretching an area of hair-bearing scalp by inserting a balloon under the skin and filling it with salt water. When the skin has stretched sufficiently¹⁰, a plastic surgeon pulls the expanded, hairy skin over the bald area and stitches it into place. Of course you could always try something that's cheap, efficient, and virtually pain-free--enjoy being bald.  

1 psyche   

n.精神；灵魂

参考例句：

• His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.他对这个神话的探讨揭示了美国人的心理。
• She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。

2 stigma   

n.耻辱，污名；(花的)柱头

参考例句：

• Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.做未婚母亲在社会上曾是不光彩的事。
• The stigma of losing weighed heavily on the team.失败的耻辱让整个队伍压力沉重。

3 reclaim   

v.要求归还，收回；开垦

参考例句：

• I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
• You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。

4 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。

5 grafting   

嫁接法，移植法

参考例句：

• Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。
• Burns can often be cured by grafting on skin from another part of the same body. 烧伤常常可以用移植身体其它部位的皮肤来治愈。

6 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

7 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

8 receding   

v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题

参考例句：

• Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远，他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
• Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句

9 opt   

vi.选择，决定做某事

参考例句：

• They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
• Will individual schools be given the right to opt out of the local school authority?各个学校可能有权选择退出地方教育局吗？

10 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。