讓你想要尖叫的聲音 ⏲️ 6分鐘英語：英語精讀講義

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Hello,

大家好，

this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

這裡是 BBC Learning English 的 6 Minute English。

I'm Neil.

我是 Neil。

And I'm Phil.

我是 Phil。

Oh, what's that awful noise, Phil?

噢，那是什麼可怕的聲音，Phil？

Sorry, Neil.

抱歉，Neil。

I was uh biting my nails. 片語搭配

我剛剛呃，在咬指甲。

I know it's a bad habit.

我知道這是個壞習慣。

Urgh! it sounds terrible.

噁！聽起來太糟了。

Sorry, Neil.

抱歉，Neil。

Actually, it's not only you who finds certain sounds irritating, 文法

實際上，並不是只有你覺得某些聲音令人煩躁、

unpleasant, or even unbearable. 表達脈絡

令人不快甚至難以忍受。

Whether it's someone biting their nails, 文法

無論是有人咬指甲，

rustling a crisp bag,

揉搓洋芋片包裝袋，

or scraping a knife on a dinner plate,

還是在餐盤上刮刀子，

some everyday sounds have the power to make us angry or upset. 文法

一些日常聲音有讓人感到生氣或心煩的力量。

There's even a name for it,

它甚至有一個專屬名稱，

misophonia, also known as sound rage. 片語搭配

恐音症，也叫做聲音憤怒。

And it's more common than you might think. 片語搭配

而且它比你想像的更常見。

According to some estimates, 表達脈絡

根據一些估計，

one person in five is affected emotionally by the coughing, 講解

五分之一的人在情緒上會受到咳嗽、

slurping, sneezing, and snorting sounds

咀嚼聲、打噴嚏和擤鼻涕聲的影響，

made by the people around them.

這些聲音是由他們周圍的人發出的。

In this program, we'll be finding out more about the medical condition misophonia. 表達脈絡

在本節目中，我們將進一步了解恐音症這種醫學狀況。

And as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

像往常一樣，我們也會學習一些有用的新詞彙。

But first, I have a question for you, Phil.

但首先，我有一個問題要問你，Phil。

According to a recent survey by the American Journal Medical News,

根據《美國醫學新聞期刊》最近的一項調查，

which of the following did their readers find the most unpleasant sound? 片語搭配

他們的讀者認為以下哪個聲音最令人不快？

Is it A,

是 A，

bicycle brakes squeaking?

腳踏車煞車發出的尖銳聲？

B,

B，

nails scraping a blackboard?

指甲刮黑板的聲音？

Or C,

還是 C，

a baby crying?

嬰兒的哭鬧聲？

Hmm, I'll guess it was squeaky bicycle brakes. 語氣意圖

嗯，我猜是腳踏車煞車的尖銳聲。

I really hate that.

我真的很討厭那個。

Okay, Phil. We'll find out the answer later in the program. 片語動詞

好的，Phil。我們稍後在節目中找出答案。

For people suffering from misophonia, 片語搭配

對於患有恐音症的人來說，

the specific sounds which cause them to become emotionally upset, 文法

導致他們情緒不安的特定聲音，

also known as triggers, 用詞

也被稱為觸發因素，

often involve food and eating.

通常與食物和進食有關。

Just sitting down for dinner with their family can feel like torture. 慣用語

僅僅和家人坐下來共進晚餐都感覺像是一種折磨。

Olana Tansley-Hancock is a British clinical researcher

Olana Tansley-Hancock 是一名英國臨床研究員，

who also suffers from misophonia.

她也患有恐音症。

Here she explains some of her triggers to BBC World Service program The Food Chain. 表達脈絡

在這裡她向 BBC World Service 節目《The Food Chain》解釋了她的一些觸發因素。

It's just any kind of inescapable, 片語搭配

就是任何一種無法逃避的、

repetitive noise will potentially cause a misophonic-type response in me, 用詞

重複性的噪音都可能在我身上引起類似恐音症的反應，

that fight-or-flight

那種戰鬥或逃跑的反應

And yeah, it's that immediate uncontrollable reaction that you get to the sound 片語搭配

是的，就是那種你對聲音產生的立即的、無法控制的反應

that is the most hard to explain and unusual, I think,

我覺得那是因為最難解釋和最不尋常的，

because I don't think in modern day you don't really get many instances

因為我不認為在現代社會你有太多機會

where you get a fight-or-flight response.

體驗到戰鬥或逃跑的反應。

It's not like we're frequently chased down by wild animals 講解

我們並不是經常被野生動物追趕，

and then to feel those from pretty innocuous everyday sounds

然後因為相當無害的日常聲音而產生那些感覺，

is is the thing that takes its toll. 慣用語

這才是讓人深受其害的地方。

Certain sounds trigger a fight-or-flight response in Olana. 用詞

某些聲音會在 Olana 身上觸發戰鬥或逃跑反應。

Fight-or-flight refers to the way the human body responds to stressful or dangerous situations, 片語搭配

戰鬥或逃跑指的是人體對充滿壓力或危險情況的反應方式，

either by physically running away or staying to deal with the threat. 文法

要麼在身體上逃跑，要麼留下來應對威脅。

Normally, these would be life-threatening dangers, 用詞

通常，這些會是危及生命的危險，

things like a fire or an attacking wild animal.

比如火災或正在襲擊的野生動物。

But for misophonia sufferers,

但對於恐音症患者來說，

even innocuous or completely harmless sounds create problems. 用詞

即便是無害或完全沒有危險的聲音也會造成問題。

That's right.

沒錯。

Olana, for example, gets disturbed by helicopters flying in the sky. 文法

例如，Olana 會被天空中飛行的直升機打擾。

And the fact that other people don't seem too bothered also takes its toll, 文法

而且其他人似乎並不太在意這一事實也讓她備受折磨（takes its toll），

a phrase meaning causes suffering or pain.

這個短語的意思是引起痛苦或折磨。

So, what does it feel like to actually experience this kind of stress in everyday life? 片語搭配

那麼，在日常生活中實際體驗這種壓力是什麼感覺呢？

Here's Olana again explaining her feelings to Ruth Alexander,

在這裡，Olana 再次向 Ruth Alexander 解釋她的感受，

presenter of BBC World Service program The Food Chain.

她是 BBC World Service 節目《The Food Chain》的主持人。

It's not the same feeling,

這不是同一種感覺，

but it's the same response in terms of the immediacy and an inability to control 講解

但在即時性和無法控制的方面，這是相同的反應，

it as when someone tells you that someone close to you has passed away. 慣用語

就像有人告訴你身邊親近的人過世（passed away）了一樣。

That feeling of utter sudden reaction, 用詞

那種完全突然的反應感，

you can't control it and then it it lingers and carries on for you. 用詞

你無法控制它，然後它在你身上徘徊並延續。

That immediate emotional response.

那種立即的情緒反應。

Almost like a a shock to the system?

幾乎就像是對身體系統的一個衝擊（a shock to the system）？

Yeah.

是的。

Alana describes her misophonia as an uncontrollable and sudden emotional reaction,

Alana 將她的恐音症描述為一種無法控制的突然的情緒反應，

as if finding out that a loved one has passed away. 講解

就像得知一位心愛的人過世（passed away）了一樣。

Passed away is a polite euphemistic way of saying died.

Passed away 是表達死亡的一種禮貌、委婉的方式。

She also describes it as a shock to the system, 慣用語

她還將它描述為是對身體系統的一個衝擊，

a sudden and unpleasant change.

一種突然和令人不快的改變。

Fortunately, misophonia sufferers have developed some tricks to help. 用詞

幸運的是，恐音症患者已經開發了一些有助於緩解的技巧。

Playing background music can disguise the sound of people sipping and slurping their food. 用詞

播放背景音樂可以掩蓋人們進食和咀嚼的聲音。

And clearly, honestly explaining what the condition is 語氣意圖

並且清楚、誠實地解釋這種狀況到底是什麼

also helps people sympathize and understand.

也有助於人們同情和理解。

But of course, some sounds simply are disturbing.

但是當然，有些聲音就是令人不安。

For example, you biting your nails, Phil.

比如，你咬指甲的聲音，Phil。

Okay, okay.

好吧，好吧。

I said I was sorry.

我說過對不起了。

Maybe it's time to reveal the answer to your question, Neil, 表達脈絡

也許是時候揭曉你問題的答案了，Neil，

before you get more upset.

在你變得更加心煩之前。

You asked me which sound was voted the most irritating 文法

你問我《醫學新聞》期刊的讀者票選出的

for readers of the journal Medical News.

最令人煩躁的聲音是哪一個。

Right.

對。

And you guessed it was bicycle brakes squeaking,

而你猜是腳踏車煞車的尖銳聲，

which was the wrong answer, I'm afraid, Phil. 語氣意圖

恐怕這是一個錯誤的答案，Phil。

In fact, nails scraping a blackboard was voted the most distressing noise, 表達脈絡

事實上，指甲刮黑板的聲音被票選為最令人痛苦的噪音，

and I completely agree. 片語搭配

我完全同意。

Right, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this program on misophonia, 表達脈絡

好了，讓我們來回顧一下我們從這期關於恐音症的節目中學到的詞彙，

starting with trigger, 表達脈絡

從 trigger（觸發因素）開始，

something that causes people to feel emotional distress or fear.

是指導致人們感到情緒痛苦或恐懼的事物。

Fight-or-flight refers to the natural human response to a threatening situation

Fight-or-flight（戰鬥或逃跑）指的是人類對威脅情況的自然反應，

of either running away or staying to face the danger.

即要麼逃跑，要麼留下來面對危險。

The adjective innocuous means completely harmless.

形容詞 innocuous 意思是完全無害的。

If something takes its toll,

如果某事 takes its toll（造成損失/帶來破壞），

it causes suffering, damage, or death.

它會造成痛苦、損害或死亡。

Passed away is a polite way of saying died.

Passed away 是一種禮貌地說別人過世的方式。

And finally, the phrase a shock to the system

最後，短語 a shock to the system（身體系統受到的衝擊）

means a sudden and unpleasant change.

意味著突然和令人不快的變化。

Once again, our 6 minutes are up. 片語搭配

再一次，我們的 6 分鐘時間到了。

Join us again next time for more trending topics and useful vocabulary 語氣意圖

下次繼續加入我們，了解更多熱門話題和實用詞彙，

here at 6 Minute English.

就在這裡的 6 Minute English。

Goodbye for now. 語氣意圖

暫且再見了。

Goodbye.

再見。

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