Happy Therapy (诊疗) (快乐疗法)
Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling.
诺尔曼是来自美国的商人,他常常世界各地的出差。他喜欢他的这份工作也喜欢旅行。
Then, after returning to tile United States from a busy and tiring trip to Russia, Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak.
那时,诺尔曼从俄罗斯返回美国时生病了。因为在旅途上过于劳累,他的身体发生了不良反应,他骨头之间材质变得脆弱。
In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to sleep at night.
在他回来后不到一周的时间,他已经不能站立了。每一次身体的移动都会给他带来痛苦。在晚上他不能睡觉。
The doctors told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure his problems and he might never get over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.
医生告诉诺尔曼,他们不知道怎么解决他的问题并且认为他可能再也无法恢复健康。然而,诺尔曼没有放弃希望。
Mr. Cousins thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.
诺尔曼先生认为悲观的心态导致他的身体不好。他不想通过吃药的方式来进行治疗。相反,他认为乐观的心态和笑能治疗他的疾病。
He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.
他仍在医院的时候就开始通过观看电视上滑稽表演来对自己做实验。诺尔曼先生很快发现,白天十分钟的快乐能给他带来晚上两个小时没有痛苦的睡眠。
Deciding that the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, a
nd sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise.
医生已经对他没有帮助,诺尔曼先生离开了医院住进了一个宾馆,在那里他继续进行他的快乐疗法。在接下来的八天时间中,诺尔曼先生在宾馆的房间里看滑稽的电视节目、看有趣的书籍、每当他感到疲倦时就睡觉。他去了波多黎各度假,他在那里的海滩上进行跑步锻炼,他感觉很棒。
After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work He had laughed himself back to health. 几个月后,他恢复了健康,返回自己的工作岗位。
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