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中英文本
A new study shows that experiencing a burglary is a serious threat to people's mental health. The survey is from the British charity Victim Support and the home security company ADT. Researchers interviewed 1,000 people who had been burgled. They found that a quarter of them suffered from anxiety or forms of depression, while a further 25 per cent felt saddened by the thought they could no longer protect their home and family. The researchers said that feelings of insecurity set in for many people after a burglary. They reported that 37 per cent of burglary victims suddenly became afraid of being mugged in the streets, something they had not feared before being burgled.
一项新的研究表明,遭受盗窃的经历，严重威胁人们的心理健康。调查是由英国慈善支持机构和家庭安全公司ADT共同完成的。研究人员采访了曾被盗窃过的1000人。他们发现,四分之一的人患有焦虑或抑郁症,另有25%的人一想起自己再也不能保护他们的家和家人就会感到悲伤。研究人员说,在经历盗窃案之后，许多人都会开始有不安全感。他们的报告称,入室盗窃受害者中37%的人，变得突然害怕在街上被抢劫,他们以前并没有担心被抢劫。
Professor Paula Nicolson from the British Psychological Society warned that people and the police underestimate how serious a crime burglary is. Many people fail to realise it can leave people traumatised. She said: "Burglary is frequently seen as a minor crime – one that may be resolved and forgotten by the victim….However psychologically and emotionally the experience of being burgled is likely to have a severe emotional outcome for many victims who were, up to then, leading ordinary lives." She added the undue trauma resulted for some people in "the compulsion to move house, depression, anxiety, sleeplessness and even marital breakdown".
英国心理学会Paula Nicolson教授警告说,人们和警察都低估了盗窃犯罪的严重性。很多人没有意识到它可以让人们受到重创。她说，盗窃经常被视为轻微犯罪——被害人可以对这种案件释然并遗忘。但是盗窃受害者的心理和情感就像是遭受了严重的情感创伤，直到现在才过上平淡的生活。她补充说，过度的心理创伤甚至造成某些人的搬家强迫症、抑郁症、焦躁失眠症,甚至婚姻破裂。
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重点讲解
1.mental health[心理] 心理健康
How they affect our mental health is all up to us and how we use them.
它们如何影响我们的心理健康只是取决于我们如何使用。
2.a quarter of四分之一的；四分之一
During this part, when you're doing a quarter of a circle, this is supposed to be a quarter of a circle.
在这部分,当你沿着四分之一圆运动,这就是个一个圆的四分之一
3.set in 开始；到来；流行
Perhaps that is as it should be for a film set in Iraq.
也许这是因为它本来就是一部设定在伊拉克的电影。
4.marital breakdown 婚姻破裂
With marital breakdown and single parenthood increasing, step-families are becoming more and more common.
随着现代社会婚姻的动荡和单亲家庭的增多，重组家庭变得越来越普遍。
听力试题
1.What kind of company partly conducted the survey?
a) a therapy company
b) a publishing company
c) a construction company
d) a home security company
2.How many participants were there in the survey?
a) 2,000
b) 1,000
c) 11,000
d) 22,000
3.What fraction of participants suffered from anxiety or depression?
a) four-fifths
b) two-thirds
c) half
d) a quarter
4.What were people sad at the thought of not being able to protect?
a) their privacy
b) their TV
c) their home
d) their money
5.What were 37% of people who were burgled now afraid of?
a) the burglar returning
b) the dark
c) noises at night
d) being mugged
6.Who underestimated the seriousness of burglary?
a) victims
b) insurance companies
c) the police
d) the government
7.How can burglary leave people feeling?
a) traumatised
b) numb
c) furious
d) up in the air
8.What kind of crime did a professor say burglary is seen as?
a) common
b) everyday
c) minor
d) organised
9.What kind of lives did many victims lead?
a) wealthy
b) ordinary
c) dull
d) busy
10.What happens to many marriages after a house is burgled?
a) they end
b) they get stronger
c) they are tested
d) nothing
听力答案
1.d
2.b
3.d
4.c
5.d
6.c
7.a
8.c
9.b
10.a
