The english we speak(BBC教學)第310期:Cyberchondriac 上網自診狂

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?

菲菲頭疼，她認爲她一定是得了嚴重的病。網上的醫療建議能幫她找到問題嗎？還是會讓她感覺更糟？

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

菲菲：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目，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：還有我希安。大家好！嘿，菲菲，你拿着手機幹嘛呢？我們還要錄節目。

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，我頭疼得厲害，這個網站上說我可能頭部可能受到了什麼損傷，或者是長了腫瘤，或者……

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

希安：也許你只是頭疼！把手機給我……你只是在自己嚇自己！

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，這裏說如果我還有這些症狀應該去醫院看看。也許我是有點兒發燒……我現在感覺很熱。

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：那是因爲這裏很熱，我也很熱……我也要開始頭疼了。我清楚地知道你的問題了，你這是上網自診狂！

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

菲菲：上網自診狂？天哪，我就知道有問題。聽上去很嚴重，這是什麼病？

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：上網自診狂是指那些每次出現症狀就上網查醫療建議的人，查完之後他們會變得非常焦慮，因爲他們認爲他們得了很嚴重的疾病！就像你現在做的一樣。

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

菲菲：哦，就像疑病症患者一樣，就是本來沒病，卻想象自己有病的人，對吧？

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

希安：沒錯，這個詞是與電腦有關的“網絡”和“疑病症患者”這兩個詞的結合。我們來聽幾個例句。

Examples

例句

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

現在的醫學網站太多了，也難怪越來越多的人會自我診斷，變成了上網自診狂。

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：我原本以爲我得了在網上看到的一種罕見疾病，但結果只是因爲我水沒喝夠！

Joe: Ha! You're such a cyberchondriac!

喬：哈！你真是個上網自診狂！

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，我們繼續節目，我今天沒戴眼鏡，所以我可能不能很好地讀稿子。

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

希安：什麼？你忘戴眼鏡了？怪不得你會頭疼呢。

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：哦對，可能是這個原因。呼，我還以爲我得了什麼重病呢。好，現在繼續節目吧。

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，這裏有一個鏈接，“十大最危險的熱帶疾病”，我就看一眼……

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

菲菲：可是你最近都沒去過熱帶國家。把手機放下！

Sian: Alright! See you later. Bye!

希安：好吧！回頭見！再見！

Feifei: Bye!

菲菲：再見！

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重點講解：
1. hang on 等一會兒；稍等；
例句：Can you hang on for a minute?
你能不能稍等一會兒？
2. look up （在參考書、列表等中）查檢（事實或信息）；
例句：I looked your address up in the personnel file.
我在人事檔案裏找到了你的地址。
3. no wonder 難怪；怪不得；不足爲怪；
例句：No wonder my brother wasn't feeling well.
難怪我兄弟感覺不舒服了。
4. get on with 繼續做；開始做；
例句：Stop larking about and get on with your work.
別到處胡鬧了，幹活兒去吧。