day to comprehend(理解) the scale of the disaster and to order an evacuation(疏散) of the surrounding area. Some 50,000 people had to leave, not knowing that they would never return. In the following months, massive efforts were made to decontaminate(净化) the area while increased radiation levels were detected across much of Europe. Fallout from the disaster continues to this day, decades later, and long-term effects such as cancers are still being investigated. Estimates of the number of deaths that will eventually result from the accident vary enormously.
The forest area near the reactor site is one of the most radioactive places on Earth. Named the Red Forest because its trees turned a reddish-brown(红褐色) color as they died, the forest is trying to make a recovery. Animals such as elk(麋鹿) and eagles(老鹰) have been seen in the area. And birch trees(桦树) grown where the radioactive trees of the forest were bulldozed(铲平) and buried by the Soviet government.
Some people have returned as well, mostly former residents who returned illegally after the evacuation. The old company town of Pripyat, once home to 50.000 plant workers is still deserted, but is slowly being reclaimed(再生) by the forest. It seems that nature can recover and even thrive where humans cannot. Let’s hope that humans can learn from this experience. Chernobyl, and more recently, Fukushima in Japan, have lessons to teach us.
It’s clear that the officials were completely unprepared for the accident.
L6 Unit 1-3listening神经疾病和身体恢复
Jack is a psychiatrist, which means he treats people who have mental problems. He has been treating patients for many years and he has used variety of treatments. Sometimes he just listens and talks to patients and sometimes he uses meditations. This meditation affects the brain in many different ways. Over the years, Jack found that some patients improved with the treatment while others did improve at all. In some cases, some patients respond to the treatment was the opposite of what was expected. Several years ago, he had a young patient who showed him why his treatment didn’t work. The patient’s name was Bob. He was 21 years when he first came to see Jack for help. The reason he came was because he had attempted to suicide.
Bob was extremely smart and was a student at one of best universities in the world. However, he was often extremely depressed. Because of his depression, he took drugs and drank a lot of alcohol. It was an overdose of drugs and alcohols that nearly killed him. His roommate called 911 when he discovered Bob unconscious in dormitory room.Once Bob recovered and was discharged from the hospital(出院), he took time off from school to get help. That was when he came the clinic where Jack pack his medicine. At first, Jack attempted to treat Bob with anti-present medicine. He also used conversation and recommendations to help him to rethink his life and memories.
After a few months, Bob began to improve but only moderately. Though he cooperated with the treatment, he continued to think negatively. He also continued to go through periods of depression. As a result, he wasn’t able to return to school.
Because of the treatment was working, Jack tried something new. He decided to use brain
scans to see inside Bob’s brain. Brain scans is a way to look inside the brain to see how it was functioning. What the scans showed about Bob was crucial. They showed that his brain was damaged ina way that nobody had anticipated it. there was significant damageto the front part of his brain. an injury to this part of brain can contribute to depression and negative feeling. It can also contribute to feeling of anger and rage. The fact his brain was injured and unbalanced expresses why the treatment hadn’t worked. The brain scan showed why the meditation and other treatments had worked. They had failed because they didn’t address injury. After discussing the injury with Bob and his parents, they concluded that the cause of the injury was from playing soccer. In fact, Jack knew of quite a few soccer players who had sufferedhead injuries from playing that sports. Heading a hard soccer ball many times can damage the brain.
With this new information, Jack used a new medication to treat the injury. Gradually, Bob improved, and after a few months, was close to a full recovery. He no longer had any signs of depression andwas finally able to return to school. Ultimately, Bob graduated from his university with great honors and entered a famous law school. From this experience, Jack realize that the brain imaging had allowed him to save Bob’s life. If it hadn’t been for the scans, Bob would have ended up killing himself.
Detectingand treating the injury to the front part of his brain was the key step in the treatment. Jack now believes that the brain scan can be an important tool for psychiatrists. an injury brain must be healed before other treatments such as vitamins, drugs or counselling, can work.
He wouldn’t have to come to see Jack if he hadn’t tried to kill himself. He hadn’t attempted suicide; he wouldn’t have come to see Jack.
Had the treatment been successful, he probably would have returned to school.
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