英国新闻听力 慈善救助精神病患者（在线收听）

In the African state of Benin, mental illness is still often associated with witch craft and evil spirits. For over 30 years with his charity, a 65-year old mechanic has helped thousands of West Africans affected by mental illness. This report from Benin on the challenges of caring for the mentally ill was compiled by Lola.

They sound like two friends meeting up after a while. We are in a small house.

We’ve had to lock him up because he disturbed people and they come to ours to complain. Sometimes, he attacks people in the street, saying they’ve taken something of his. I’m just overwhelmed by all this.

We do a unique work.

After his business went bust, he sank into depression, and that’s why he says he found God, or rather that God found him.

Mental patients here are considered to be possessed by the devil or victims of witch craft. That’s why we go out to explain to people that mental illness is neither of these things, the same way that your heart can fall sick, the brain can fall sick and you have to treat it.

Just getting here can be a very long road. In Benin, when someone becomes ill, their families first instinct is rarely to go straight to a hospital. 80% of people here resort to traditional healers. For the past five years, authorities have been strengthening their efforts to regulate them.

Cheap treatment, a very humane approach, and a staff only made up of former patients. Those are the keys to the success. Still, the association has attracted criticism.

At the beginning, there was not enough medical care. Yes, they had medicine, but no real psychiatrists. For me, that’s a problem.

There are only around a dozen psychiatrists in the whole of Benin, a country of almost ten million people and half the size of the United Kingdom.

I always give myself up to God’s will.

Now for those of you planning a hiking holiday to Mars, you will be pleased to hear that the British mapping agency Ordnance Survey has come up with a helpful map of the terrain there. It’s the first time that OS has produced a map of another planet. But why Mars?

Ordnance Survey is involved in many cutting edge projects. And so we were approached because of our expertise in location, intelligence and data.

在非洲国家贝宁，人们经常把心理疾病和巫术幽灵联系起来。然而，一名65岁的机械师30多年来慈善帮助了数千名西非精神病患者。洛拉从贝宁发回报道，介绍了照顾精神病患者的重重困难。

听他们说话像久别重逢的老友。我们就在一个小房子里。

我们得把他锁起来，因为他总打扰别人，人家都找上门理论了。有时候他会在大街上打人，说他们拿了他的东西。我真是受够了。

我们的工作是独一无二的。

生意破产以后，他陷入了低迷，但他说就在这个时候他找到了上帝，更确切地说，是上帝找到了他。

这儿的人认为精神病患者是鬼神附体，要不就是受巫术所害。所以我们就出去向人们解释：精神病和这些都无关，就像你心脏生病、大脑生病一个道理，都得治。

到这儿就得走很长的路。在贝宁，如果有人生病的话，家人的第一反应很少有直接去医院。这里80%的人选择去看传统的治疗师。在过去的5年中，政府一直在努力管理他们。

治病花钱少，医生品德高，员工由以前的病人组成——这些就是成功地关键。然而，该机构也招来了批评。

刚开始，他们的医疗服务是不到位的。确实有药品，但没有真正的精神病医生。对于我来说，这就是个问题。

贝宁有一千万人口，国土面积是英国的一半，但整个国家只有大概十几个精神病医生。

我总是遵从上帝的旨意。

计划去火星走一遭的朋友们注意了，好消息：英国制图部门地形测量局研制出一款对你有帮助的火星地形图。这是该测量局第一次绘制出另一个星球的地图，那么为什么选火星呢？

地形测量局参与了很多尖端项目，找我们就是因为我们在地理位置、智能化和数据方面都是专家。