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There is fresh hope for the many people around the globe who are terrified of going to the dentist. New research suggests that a course of counselling can help to overcome the fear of sitting in the dentist's chair. The research was conducted by the King's College London Dental Institute Health Psychology Service. It focused on the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in treating dental phobia, also called dentophobia. Researchers discovered that the biggest fears among patients were of pain-relieving injections and the dentist's drill. Doctors believe that between six to ten sessions of CBT are enough for patients to be able to have stress-free visits to a dental surgery and cure this phobia.

Researchers say that over 10 per cent of people suffer from extreme anxiety about seeing their dentist, which stops many people from getting dental treatment. This level of anxiety often results in more dental problems because people delay going to the dentist until they have a toothache, by which time the treatment will be more painful. Three per cent of patients surveyed admitted having thoughts of committing suicide rather than seeing a dentist. Lead researcher, professor Tim Newton, said: "The primary goal of our CBT service is to enable patients to receive dental treatment without the need for sedation, by working with each individual patient to set goals according to their priorities."

中文翻译

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重点讲解

1.delay doing 推迟

例句：They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers.

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2.pain-relieving 镇痛

例句：To determine whether they could boost the pain-relieving effects of acupuncture, the researchers gave the injured mice a drug that leads tissue to accumulate more adenosine.

为了确定能否促进针灸疗法缓解疼痛的效果，研究人员给受伤的老鼠用了一种可以使其组织积累更多腺苷的药物dR7YY%SB.o=X。

3.commit suicide 自杀

例句：So in a letter to her principal, she threatened to commit suicide if her parents pulled her out of school.

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4.be able to 能够

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听力题目

1.What kind of hope is there for people who are afraid of dentists?

a) eternal

b) no

c) fresh

d) feint

2.What can help to overcome the fear of sitting in the dentist's chair?

a) counselling

b) a bed

c) medicine

d) hypnosis

3.What is another name for dental phobia?

a) molarity

b) dentophobia

c) toothfear

d) dentistrobation

4.What patient fear was mentioned besides pain-relieving injections?

a) blood

b) braces

c) having a tooth extracted

d) the dentist's drill

5.How many sessions of therapy are enough to treat patients?

a) 60-100

b) 10-16

c) 6-10

d) 610

6.How many people suffer from extreme anxiety about dentists?

a) slightly less than 10%

b) more than 10%

c) exactly 10%

d) around 10%

7.What does a high level of anxiety lead to more of?

a) pain

b) chocolate bars

c) decay

d) dental problems

8.What do 3% of people think about doing?

a) becoming a dentist

b) committing suicide

c) having false teeth (dentures)

d) giving up sweets

9.Who is Tim Newton?

a) inventor of the dentist's drill

b) a professor

c) a dentist

d) a dental patient

10.What does therapy mean patients do not need?

a) sedation

b) sweets

c) teeth

d) mint toothpaste

听力答案

1.c

2.a

3.b

4.d

5.c

6.b

7.d

8.b

9.b

10.a