纪录片《你喝多了吗》 第41期：刷卡负债的年轻人

What turns us to heavy drinking is not just driven by our genes¹.

让我们过度饮酒的不仅仅是我们的基因

It's also down to personality and how we deal with life.

还由于我们的个性以及对待生活的方式

With 20% of UK adults drinking dangerous amounts

20%的英国成年人过度饮酒

working out how these factors connect is crucial.

这说明关键是这些因素的综合

And this is exactly what they're trying to do in London

这是他们在伦敦所做的一些努力

with children as young as 14.

针对14岁的孩子

At the Institute Of Psychiatry²

在精神病学研究所

they've set up an unprecedented³ study

他们在进行一项前所未有的研究

involving 2 000 children.

对象包含2000个孩子

The aim is to try and work out

目标是通过试验

how a healthy child turns into an adult addict⁴.

了解健康的孩子是如何变成一个瘾君子的

For each child it starts with something simple

每个孩子 都要先做个简单的

but searching -a personality test.

但是透彻的 个性测试

"I often spend money until I run out of cash...

我经常花到自己没钱

"..or get into debt from using too much credit."

或者因为刷信用卡过度而负债

I think that's neither true or false.

我想是"不清楚"吧

"I prefer spending money rather than saving it."

我更喜欢花钱而不是存钱

Mostly true.

非常同意

1 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

2 psychiatry   

n.精神病学，精神病疗法

参考例句：

• The study appeared in the Amercian science Journal of Psychiatry.这个研究发表在美国精神病学的杂志上。
• A physician is someone who specializes in psychiatry.精神病专家是专门从事精神病治疗的人。

3 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

4 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。