如何在寒冬時節(jié)調(diào)整心態(tài)。

冬天是否會讓你郁郁寡歡？由于缺少陽光，很多人的心情都因此受到了影響。什么是 “季節(jié)性情緒失調(diào)”？有哪些方法能幫助我們熬過寒冷陰郁的冬季？

詞匯：mental health?心理健康

• It’s the middle of winter, and the prospect of warm sunny days is a long way off. For some of us, it’s the most?depressing?time of year, where daylight is limited and the weather is often miserable – this is when?the winter blues?set in. So what can be done to?lift our spirits?

  現(xiàn)在是隆冬時節(jié)，溫暖的陽光還遙遙無期。對于我們中的一些人來說，這是一年中最令人沮喪的時候，日光有限，天氣通常很糟糕，這是冬季憂郁開始的時候。所以我們可以做什么來提升我們的精神?

  ??prospect [?prɑ?spekt] n. 預(yù)期，展望；depressing 令人消沉的，壓抑的; the winter blues 冬季憂郁; lift someone’s spirits 提高興致，振奮精神

• The shorter days and longer nights can make us feel?down, and that can cause us to eat more and exercise less. Some fear?loneliness?and isolation during the long dark months. Those people who suffer this seasonal?mood swing?more seriously are described as having?seasonal affective disorder?– or SAD for short. It’s a type of?depression?with a seasonal pattern caused by a lack of light and is thought to affect the part of the brain that rules sleep, appetite, mood and activity levels.

  白天變短，夜晚變長會讓我們情緒低落，導(dǎo)致我們吃得更多，鍛煉(運動)得更少。有些人害怕在漫長而黑暗的幾個月里感到孤獨和寂寞。那些遭受這種季節(jié)性情緒波動更/比較嚴(yán)重的人被描述為患有季節(jié)性情感障礙(簡稱SAD)。這是一種因光線不足而產(chǎn)生的季節(jié)性抑郁癥，被認(rèn)為會影響支配睡眠、食欲、情緒、活動水平的大腦區(qū)域。

  ??down 情緒低落的; loneliness 孤獨; mood swing 情緒波動; seasonal affective disorder 季節(jié)性情緒失調(diào)，俗稱 “冬季憂郁癥”; affective [??fekt?v] adj. 情感的；表達感情的; depression 抑郁癥

• Jenny Scott-Thompson is one person who was?diagnosed?with SAD. She told the BBC: “I struggled with periods of?exhaustion?and misery that seemed out of proportion to what was going on in my life.” She was prescribed?light therapy, which involved sitting in front of a light box. As well as going outside during daylight hours, this is believed to help anyone who is affected by the winter gloom.

  珍妮·斯科特-湯普森就是一個被診斷為SAD的人。她告訴英國廣播公司:我在疲憊和痛苦中掙扎，這似乎與我生活中發(fā)生的事情不成比例(不相稱)。她接受了光療法，(這涉及到)坐在一個燈箱前。和在白天外出一樣，這被認(rèn)為對任何受到冬季陰霾影響的人都有幫助。

  ??diagnosed 被診斷; exhaustion 筋疲力盡; misery [?m?z?ri] n. 痛苦，苦難；窮困，悲慘境遇; prescribe [pr??skra?b] v. 給……開（藥），讓……采用（療法）；開處方; light therapy 光照療法; therapy [?θer?pi] n. 治療，療法；心理治療；gloom [ɡlu?m] n. 憂郁，絕望；昏暗，幽暗

• Although having more light is an obvious cure,?antidepressants?can help those with more severe depression by artificially elevating the amount of?serotonin?in the brain. But this isn’t suitable for everyone, and many of us can try to just alter our?mindset. Clinical psychologist Laura Keyes says, “it can be helpful to think about how to?adapt?your eating and exercise patterns to the change of season, just as this happens in nature with plants and animals adapting.”

  雖然光線充足是一種明顯的治療方法，但抗抑郁藥可以通過人為地提高大腦中血清素的含量來幫助那些更嚴(yán)重的抑郁癥患者。但這并不適合每個人，我們中的許多人可以試著改變我們的心態(tài)。臨床心理學(xué)家勞拉·凱斯說，思考如何讓你的飲食和鍛煉模式適應(yīng)季節(jié)的變化是有幫助的，就像自然界中的植物和動物適應(yīng)季節(jié)一樣。

  ??antidepressant [??ntid??presnt]抗抑郁藥; serotonin 血清素; mindset 心態(tài)，思維模式; adapt 改變以適應(yīng)變化

• It might sound?easier said than done, but accepting winter and thinking positively may?energise?us. Writing for the BBC Social website, Esther De La Ford asks “What if we explored what this phase of winter has to offer us, instead of?grieving?those things that it is taking away?” She suggests we use this time for rest, reflection, slowing down, stillness and renewal. Maybe this might stop us longing for summer?

  這聽起來可能說起來容易做起來難，但接受冬天并積極思考可能會讓我們精力充沛。Esther De La Ford在為BBC社交網(wǎng)站撰寫的文章中問道，如果我們探究這一階段的冬天給我們帶來了什么，而不是悲傷那些被它奪走的東西，會怎么樣?她建議我們利用這段時間來休息、反思、放慢腳步、靜止和恢復(fù)精力。也許這能讓我們不再渴望夏天

  ??easier said than done 說時容易做時難; energise [?en??d?a?z] 使精力充沛; grieve [ɡri?v] 傷心，難過; reflection 反思; renewal 恢復(fù)精力

詞匯表

depressing 令人消沉的，壓抑的

the winter blues 冬季憂郁

lift someone’s spirits 提高興致，振奮精神

down 情緒低落的

loneliness 孤獨

mood swing 情緒波動

seasonal affective disorder 季節(jié)性情緒失調(diào)，俗稱 “冬季憂郁癥”

depression 抑郁癥

diagnosed 被診斷

exhaustion 筋疲力盡

light therapy 光照療法

antidepressant 抗抑郁藥

serotonin 血清素

mindset 心態(tài)，思維模式

adapt 改變以適應(yīng)變化

easier said than done 說時容易做時難

energise 使精力充沛

grieve 傷心，難過

測驗與練習(xí)

1.??閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. What is it a lack of that affects the part of the brain that rules sleep, appetite, mood and activity levels?

2. How is it possible to get more light during winter?

3. How do antidepressants help cure depression?

4. What kind of mindset might help get us through the winter?

5. True or false??The short winter days can cause us to eat less.

2.?選擇意思恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞組來完成下列句子。

1. Since my boyfriend dumped me, I’ve felt very _______.

depression? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? down? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?grieving? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? loneliness

1. I’ve got to get into the _______ that I will pass my exams.

adapt? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? mood swing? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?energise? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?mindset

1. Getting to the cafe after our long walk in the rain, really _______.

lifted our spirits? ? ? ? ? ?lifts our spirits? ? ? ? ? ? lifted a spirit? ? ? ? ? ? lifting our spirits

1. My dad has been _______ with an ingrown toenail.

energised? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?diagnosed? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? exhausted? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?grieving

1. Trying to build this wardrobe is _______ – the instructions made it look easy!

said easier than done? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?easy said than done

easier said than done? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?easier said than do

答案

1. 閱讀課文并回答問題。

2.??選擇意思恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞組來完成下列句子。

1. Since my boyfriend dumped me, I’ve felt very?down.

2. I’ve got to get into the?mindset?that I will pass my exams.

3. Getting to the cafe after our long walk in the rain, really?lifted our spirits.

4. My dad has been?diagnosed?with an ingrown toenail.

5. Trying to build this wardrobe is?easier said than done?– the instructions made it look easy!