专题 26 备战高考英语外刊精读与练习 What is misophonia 你听说过 “恐音症” 吗？（教师版）.pdfVIP

专题 26 备战2021年高考英语外刊精读与练习(教师版) What Is Misophonia? 你听说过 “恐音症” 吗？ 话题导读： 虽然我们大多数人不会对日常生活中的一些声音异常敏感，比如咀嚼声或呼吸声。但对 于恐音症患者来说，这些简单的声音就足以让他们怒发冲天。本文介绍什么是 “misophonia （恐音症）”。 Step 1Vocabulary 词汇表 misophonia 恐音症 traumatic 造成精神创伤的，痛苦难忘的 trigger 引起 irritating 令人厌烦的 anxiety 焦虑，不安 crunching 嘎吱地咬嚼声 panic 使…惊慌 humming 嗡嗡声 fight-or-flight 战斗或逃跑，或战或退 screaming 尖叫的 fury 狂怒 noise 噪音 berserk 发狂的，暴跳如雷的 rage 暴怒，狂怒 lash out 发怒，斥责 hatred 憎恨 drive somebody crazy 使某人发疯、恼怒 Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome 选择性 loathe 憎恨，厌恶 声音敏感综合症 Step 2Reading There are some sounds most of us acknowledge are irritating – the crunching of crisps, the humming of the air conditioning or a screaming baby. These noises, for many people, act as a mere inconvenience that can distract us from the task at hand.However,there are some amongst us who have a much more severe response to these noises. The question we ask today is:has a noise ever made you feel so angry that you could explode with rage? If the answer is yes, you may be suffering frommisophonia. The word ‘misophonia’literally means ‘a hatred of sound’and is sometimes called Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome. There are some experts who doubt the existence of the condition. However, for those who claim to suffer from it, the experience can be traumatic. Certain sounds trigger intense emotional or psychological responses that may seem over the top compared with anon-sufferer’scomplaints. The sound of a loved one chewing their food couldtri