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No. 93

Medical Service

1. Do I need an operation?

我需要动手术吗?

2.I don't think that will be necessary.

我想没必要。

3. Will it take long?

要花很长时间吗?

Traditional Chinese medicine

Interior water manifests in yellowing and swelling in the whole body and head and eyes, a sunken pulse, and inhibited urination causing water disease. If urination becomes spontaneously uninhibited, this means fluid collapse, which causes thirst. Yue Bi Jia Ban Xia Tang (Spleen-Effusing Decoction Plus White Atractylodes) governs.

里水者，一身面目黄肿，其脉沉，小便不利，故令病水，假如小便自利，此亡津液，故令渴也，越婢加术汤主之。

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1、scratches n.(皮肤或物体表面上的)划痕，划伤;刮(或擦、抓)的刺耳声;挠痒;搔痒；

v.挠，搔(痒处);划破，抓破，划伤，抓伤(皮肤);(尤指意外地)擦破，划损，刮坏

2、menorah n.(传统的犹太人所使用的可插七或九支蜡烛的)大烛台，多连灯烛台

3、wax n.蜡;蜂蜡;动物蜡;植物蜡;石蜡;耳垢;耳屎；

v.给…打蜡;给…上蜡;给…涂蜡;用蜡除去…上的毛

4、blackout n.断电;停电;新闻封锁;灯火管制(期)

5、trampled v.踩碎;踩伤;践踏;摧残(人权、心灵等)

6、nonchalantly adv.不高兴地，冷淡地，漠不关心地

7、on second thought 转念间，经过重新考虑后(突然改变主意)

8、loathe v.极不喜欢;厌恶

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1、bubble n.泡;气泡;肥皂泡

2、boyish adj.(长相或举止)像男孩的，顽皮可爱的

3、charm n.魅力;魔力;吸引力;迷人的特征

4、impish adj.顽童似的;顽皮的;淘气的

5、reach over 越过…拿某物

6、choking v.(使)窒息，哽噎;(掐住喉咙)使停止呼吸，使窒息;(尤指感情激动而)说不出话来，使哽咽

World Insight

10 ways sleep can change your life

Updated August 4, 2020

7.May improve your social life

可能改善你的社交生活

The emotional benefits of sleep can transfer over into your social life. "Just imagine you don't sleep enough and you're cranky," Kryger said. "Who's going to want to be around you? Another part of it is being cognitively sharp."

睡眠对情绪的益处能转移到你的社交生活中。“想象一下，你睡眠不足，脾气暴躁，” 克鲁格（Kryger）说“谁会想和你在一起？另一方面就是认知敏锐。”

Adequate sleep can help you to be more confident, be more easygoing and support your efforts to do your part at home, he added.

他补充说，充足的睡眠能让你更自信、更随和并支持你在家庭中承担自己的责任。

8.Supports your mental health

支持你的心理健康

Mental health disorders are often associated with substandard sleep and a sleep deficit can lead to depressive symptoms even if the person doesn't have the chronic disorder, Kryger said.

心理疾病常常与不达标的睡眠有关，睡眠不足可能导致抑郁症状，即使没患这种慢性疾病，克鲁格（Kryger）说。

Getting the right amount of sleep is really important in possibly preventing a mental illness or the appearance of a mental illness," he added. And in addition to the benefits for mood and stress regulation, sleeping enough "may make the treatment of the mental illnesses more efficacious if the person sleeps enough."

“充足的睡眠在预防心理疾病或心理疾病症状方面真的非常重要”，他补充到。除了对情绪和压力调节有益，充足的睡眠“可能使精神疾病的治疗更加有效，如果病人睡眠充足的话。”

(to be continued 未完待续)

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1、sunken [ˈsʌŋkən]adj.沉没的;沉入水底的;凹陷的，深陷的(尤因疾病、年老或饥饿);低于周围平面的;低洼处的

2、cranky [ˈkræŋki] adj. 脾气坏的

3、cognitive [ˈkɑːɡnətɪv] adj. 认知的

4、substandard [ˌsʌbˈstændərd] adj. 不达标的

5、deficit [ˈdefɪsɪt] n. 赤字;缺少

6、efficacious [ˌefɪˈkeɪʃəs] adj. 有效的

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