The english we speak(BBC教学)第310期:Cyberchondriac 上网自诊狂

Feifei has a headache and is convinced that something terrible is wrong with her. But is the medical advice on the internet helping her find out what's wrong — or is it making her feel worse?

菲菲头疼，她认为她一定是得了严重的病。网上的医疗建议能帮她找到问题吗？还是会让她感觉更糟？

Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me, Feifei...

菲菲：大家好，欢迎收听地道英语节目，我是菲菲。

Sian: me, Sian. Hello! Hey Feifei what are you doing on your phone? We've got a programme to record.

希安：还有我希安。大家好！嘿，菲菲，你拿着手机干嘛呢？我们还要录节目。

Feifei: Well you see I've got a really bad headache and it says here on this website that I might have a head injury, or maybe a tumour or...

菲菲：你看，我头疼得厉害，这个网站上说我可能头部可能受到了什么损伤，或者是长了肿瘤，或者……

Sian: Or maybe you've just got a headache! Give me that phone... you're just scaring yourself!

希安：也许你只是头疼！把手机给我……你只是在自己吓自己！

Feifei: Hang on it says here that I should go to the hospital if I have these other symptoms. Maybe I do have a fever... I am feeling quite hot.

菲菲：等一下，这里说如果我还有这些症状应该去医院看看。也许我是有点儿发烧……我现在感觉很热。

Sian: That's because it's boiling in here — I'm hot too... and I'm starting to get a headache. I know exactly what's wrong with you — you have a case of cyberchondria!

希安：那是因为这里很热，我也很热……我也要开始头疼了。我清楚地知道你的问题了，你这是上网自诊狂！

Feifei: Cyberchondria? Oh dear I knew something was wrong. That sounds serious — what is it?

菲菲：上网自诊狂？天哪，我就知道有问题。听上去很严重，这是什么病？

Sian: A cyberchondriac is someone who looks up medical advice on the internet for every symptom they have and then gets really anxious because they think they have a serious illness! Just like you're doing.

希安：上网自诊狂是指那些每次出现症状就上网查医疗建议的人，查完之后他们会变得非常焦虑，因为他们认为他们得了很严重的疾病！就像你现在做的一样。

Feifei: Oh, like a 'hypochondriac' — that's someone who imagines illnesses that they don't have, isn't it?

菲菲：哦，就像疑病症患者一样，就是本来没病，却想象自己有病的人，对吧？

Sian: Exactly, this term is a combination of 'cyber' — relating to computers — and hypochondriac. Let's hear some examples...

希安：没错，这个词是与电脑有关的“网络”和“疑病症患者”这两个词的结合。我们来听几个例句。

Examples

例句

There are so many medical websites nowadays, it's no wonder more and more people are self-diagnosing and becoming cyberchondriacs.

现在的医学网站太多了，也难怪越来越多的人会自我诊断，变成了上网自诊狂。

Ana: I was convinced that I had this really rare disease that I read about online. Turns out I just wasn't drinking enough water!

安娜：我原本以为我得了在网上看到的一种罕见疾病，但结果只是因为我水没喝够！

Joe: Ha! You're such a cyberchondriac!

乔：哈！你真是个上网自诊狂！

Feifei: Right, let's get on with the programme — I haven't brought my glasses today so I'm afraid I can't read the script very well.

菲菲：好，我们继续节目，我今天没戴眼镜，所以我可能不能很好地读稿子。

Sian: What? You've forgotten your glasses? Well no wonder you've got a headache.

希安：什么？你忘戴眼镜了？怪不得你会头疼呢。

Feifei: Oh yeah that could be it. Phew I was convinced something terrible was wrong with me. Right, let's get on with the programme.

菲菲：哦对，可能是这个原因。呼，我还以为我得了什么重病呢。好，现在继续节目吧。

Sian: Hang on there's a link here to the 'ten most dangerous tropical diseases' I'll just have a quick look...

希安：等一下，这里有一个链接，“十大最危险的热带疾病”，我就看一眼……

Feifei: But you haven't even been to a tropical country lately. Put the phone down!

菲菲：可是你最近都没去过热带国家。把手机放下！

Sian: Alright! See you later. Bye!

希安：好吧！回头见！再见！

Feifei: Bye!

菲菲：再见！

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重点讲解：
1. hang on 等一会儿；稍等；
例句：Can you hang on for a minute?
你能不能稍等一会儿？
2. look up （在参考书、列表等中）查检（事实或信息）；
例句：I looked your address up in the personnel file.
我在人事档案里找到了你的地址。
3. no wonder 难怪；怪不得；不足为怪；
例句：No wonder my brother wasn't feeling well.
难怪我兄弟感觉不舒服了。
4. get on with 继续做；开始做；
例句：Stop larking about and get on with your work.
别到处胡闹了，干活儿去吧。