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Unit 3 A Pill to Forget
Background Notes:
1. Propranolol: n.A drug, C16H21NO2, that blocks beta-adrenergic activity, used to
treat hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmia and to prevent
migraine headaches. 心得安(一种 β-受体阻滞剂,用于治疗心律不齐、心绞痛等)
2. Placebo: A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to
reinforce a patients expectation to get well.
3. Control Group: When you are doing a test of a drug, the control group is the group
that gets the placebo.
Glossary:
Traumatic / psychological trauma 创伤、心理创伤
Subway conductor 地铁售票员,列车长
Commit suicide 自杀 Thud 重击声,砰的一声 Crackling sound 劈啪声 Thump 心脏急速跳动
Psychiatrist/ psychiatry 精神病治疗师/ 精神病学
PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder 创伤后精神紧张性(精神)障碍
Propranolol: n.A drug, C16H21NO2, that blocks beta-adrenergic activity, used to
treat hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmia and to prevent
migraine headaches. 心得安(一种 β-受体阻滞剂,用于治疗心律不齐、心绞痛等)
High blood pressure 高血压
Stage fright 怯场
Placebo: A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patients expectation to get well. 安慰剂
Jello 凝胶
Solidify 凝固,使。。成为固体
Stress hormone adrenaline 肾上腺素
Neurobiology 神经生物学
Nerve cell 神经细胞
Pilot study 初步研究
Paralegal 律师的专职助手,律师帮办
Bioethics / biomedical ethics/ ethicist 生命医学伦理
Pharmacological/ pharmaceutical industry 药理学/ 医药工业
Undermine 削弱
Umbilical cord 脐带 Blunt 钝 Electrodes 电极 Speculate 推测
Pan out 成功,证实有效
Prescribe 开处方
Physical assault 肢体伤害,行凶
Morphine 吗啡 Lurk 埋伏,潜伏
Answers to unit 3
Task 1
1-5 B A C D C 6-8 A C C
Task 2
Episode 1: 1-5 F T F T F
Episode 2: (1) rats (2) immediately afterwards (3) injection
(4) stronger (5) adrenaline (6) weaker
(7) important (8) emotional (9) day to day experiences (10) blocks
Episode 3: 1-5 D A E C B
Episode 4:
1. Because they make us who we are.
2. It risks undermining our true identity.
3. It doesn’t erase the fact that it happened. / It doesn’t erase your memory of it.
4. Such drugs will be used for trivial reasons.
5. We can learn from those experience and beco
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