环球慢速英语 爸爸也会得产后抑郁症(1)

The Baby Blues¹ and Fathers

爸爸也会得产后抑郁症

Voice 1: Thank you for joining us for today's Spotlight² program. I'm Liz Waid.

声音1：谢谢大家收听今天的重点报道节目，我是利兹·韦德。

Voice 2: And I'm Joshua Leo.

声音2：我是乔舒亚·里奥。

Voice 1: One July day, the genetic³ material of a man and the genetic material of a woman come together. The two small pieces form a single cell. Over a period of nine months, that cell divides and multiplies many times. At the end of nine months, a perfectly⁴ formed baby waits to be born.

声音1：七月的一天，一名男性的遗传物质和一名女性的遗传物质结合在一起。这两个小块形成了一个细胞。在九个月的时间里，这个细胞会分裂和繁殖很多次。九个月后，一个发育完美的婴儿即将出生。

Voice 2: One May day, it is time for that baby to be born. The mother and father finally get to meet their new child. Their family and friends are also excited about the new birth. It is a happy time for everyone.

声音2：5月1日，那名婴儿出生的时候到了。母亲和父亲终于见到了他们刚出生的孩子。他们的家人和朋友也对这个新生命感到兴奋。这对所有人来说都是幸福时光。

Voice 1: But sometimes this happiness does not last. A new baby represents a huge change in life. His parents have new responsibilities. They have a new relationship with each other. They have new pressures and emotions.

声音1：但有时这种幸福不会持久。新生儿代表着生活的巨大变化。他的父母有了新的责任。他们彼此有了新的关系。他们有了新的压力和情绪。

Voice 2: Recently you may have heard a few Spotlight programs about the baby blues and postpartum depression. After a woman experiences birth, she may also experience a short period of sadness. She may not be able to control her emotions. Doctors believe that these emotional changes are caused by changes in natural body chemicals called hormones⁵. People call this period of time 'the baby blues.' But sometimes the baby blues lasts even longer. It may be a deeper and more intense kind of sadness called postpartum depression.

声音2：大家最近可能听过介绍产后情绪低落和产后抑郁症的重点报道节目。女性在经历分娩后，还可能会经历短暂的悲伤。她可能无法控制自己的情绪。医生认为，这些情绪变化是由被称为荷尔蒙的人体自然化学物质的变化所引起。人们将这段时间称为“产后情绪低落”。但有时“产后情绪低落”会持续更长时间。这可能是一种更深更强烈的悲伤，称为产后抑郁症。

1 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

2 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

3 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

4 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

5 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。