18-Monday 针灸 252词

题材： 针灸　 词数： 252　 建议阅读时间： 5分钟

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Mr．Cho was worried．Something was wrong with his goldfish．To make the fish healthy again，Mr．Cho pushed needles into th backs of the fishes．That may seem unusual to some people，but it didn't seem unusual to Mr．Cho．He is an acupuncturist—a person who uses needles to kill illness and pain．

Mr．Cho left the needles in the fish for several minutes and then took them out．During the next few days he did so again and again．Soon the fish began to feel better．They swam with more energy and started to eat again．Did the fish get better because of the acupuncture？Mr．Cho thinks so．

Though acupuncture for goldfish is uncommon，acupuncture for people is very common in China．Acupuncturists help people who have healthy problems like headaches and backaches．They even use acupuncture during operations so that patients don't feel pain．

Acupuncture has helped millions of people，not only in China，but all over the world．People say that acupuncture works．But how does it work？

There is a modern explanation of how acupuncture works．Modern doctors point out that the acupuncture points have many more nerve endings than other places on the skin．Nerve endings receive pain messages when someone is ill or hurt．The pain messages then travel through the nerves．Perhaps acupuncture also sends messages through the nerves．These messages stop pain messages that are on their way to the brain．Because the pain messages never reach the brain，the patient feels better．

People who have been helped by acupuncture may not care which explanation is right．They are just happy to be like Mr．Cho's fish—healthy again．

生词

acupuncture　n． 针灸，针刺疗法：acupuncture point（针灸的）穴位‖acupuncturist　n． 针灸师

uncommon　adj． 不寻常的，罕见的：This type of animal is becoming very uncommon．这种动物变得越来越罕见了。

explanation　n． 解释：He left the room without explanation．他未作解释就离开了房间。/The most likely explanation is that his plane was delayed．最可能的解释是他的飞机晚点了。

nerve　n． 神经：nerve ending 神经末梢/Intense pain shot through every nerve in his body．一阵剧痛袭向他全身的每一根神经。

1．Acupuncture for sick persons is very usual in China．

2．Chinese were the first to use acupuncture in the world．

3．Acupuncture has good results on all people．

4．Mr．Cho made his goldfish healthy again with“needles”．

5．It seems that people care nothing but the result of acupuncture．

6．The pain messages were stopped on the way to the brain after acupuncture．

参考译文

曹先生有些担心。他的金鱼不大对劲。为了让金鱼恢复健康，曹先生把针扎进了鱼背。有些人可能觉得这很奇怪，但对曹先生来说，这似乎很平常。他是一名针灸师，也就是用针来抑制病痛的人。

曹先生把针留在鱼身上，几分钟后再拔出来。接下来的几天，他又多次重复了上述过程。很快，鱼开始恢复。它们游得更欢了，也开始吃东西了。鱼的康复是因为针灸吗？曹先生认为是这样。

在中国，尽管对金鱼进行针灸很罕见，但对人进行针灸却很平常。针灸师给那些患有头痛或背痛之类疾病的人提供帮助。他们甚至在手术期间使用针灸，这样病人就感觉不到疼痛了。

针灸已经救助过数百万人，其中不仅有中国人，还有世界各地的人们。人们说针灸有治疗效果。但它是怎样产生这种效果的呢？

有一种新的说法可以解释针灸的工作原理。现在的医生指出，穴位比皮肤上的其他部位神经末梢要丰富得多。当人生病或受伤时，神经末梢会接受疼痛信息。然后疼痛信息通过神经传输出去。针灸可能也要通过神经发送信息。这些信息阻止了正在通往大脑的疼痛信息。由于疼痛信息无法抵达大脑，病人的感觉就好些了。

接受针灸治疗的人可能不关心哪种解释是正确的。如果能像曹先生的鱼那样恢复健康，他们就很高兴了。

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