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Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese health treatment that involves piercing the body with small needles. Chronic.
针灸是一项中国古代疗法，它包括用小针扎身体。慢性的。
These needles ease the chronic pain David Ramsey feels in his back and legs.
这些针可以缓解大卫拉姆斯背部和腿部的疼痛。
After an accident, he wanted to stop a dependence on pain medicine.
经历了一场事故后，他想停止对药物的依赖。

What acupuncture does for me is decrease that level of pain.
针灸可以帮我减少那种程度的疼痛。
Chronic relates to something happening again and again over a long period of time.
“慢性的”和在很长一段时间里反复发生的事情有关。
A chronic condition is usually not good.
慢性病通常不好。
For example, somebody who cheats a lot can be called a chronic cheater.
比如，经常骗人的人可被称为惯于骗人的人。