每日口說挑戰【TED-Ed】安慰劑效應的力量 (The power of the placebo effect - Emma Bryce)

Day17
The answer lies in the placebo effect, an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapies that aren't supposed to have an effect, and are often fake, miraculously make people feel better.

這部影片完全說明了「信心」的重要，無論是對醫生或是對自己的。以醫學角度來說，當一個病人有信心自己能夠戰勝病魔，那可以說他的病已經好一半了！因為那種正面的情緒能夠自然地刺激病人體自身抗體和激素與疾病對抗，而這種沒有副作用的效果是藥物永遠無法取代的。放在練習英文這件事情來看也是一樣的，任何學習過程都會遭遇到挫折和瓶頸，就算是Wonderful也一樣，在他得到今天的成就以前，一定也遭遇過許多阻礙是我們來不及參與的，我們現在所見是他突破一切障礙後的成就！大家要好好巴著他不放啊哈哈~我想說的是…不管怎樣，一定要對自己有信心！Don't be afraid to make mistakes! Kick your mistakes out of your door! Then, you will be a better man than what you were yesterday!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlNMmsz9MXM


【安慰/緩和/減輕】
■placebo (n.) 安慰劑[The placebo has been found to work with a lot of different cases.人們已發現安慰劑能在很多不同的病例中發揮作用]

■comfort
(vt.) 安慰[His friends came to comfort him for his loss.因為他受了損失, 他的朋友們都來安慰他]▕▏使舒適[He comforted his back with soft cushions.他鋪上軟墊使背部舒適些]
(n.) 安慰[I offer a mite of comfort to him.我給了他一點安慰] ▕▏安逸[They are now living in relative comfort.他們現在過著比較安逸的生活]▕▏舒適[First, you need to get out of your comfort zone.
首先,你要離開你的習慣,離開你的舒適地帶]

■ease
(v.) 減輕；緩和；放鬆[The pain began to ease up after she was given a sedative.給她吃了一片鎮痛藥後疼痛開始減輕]; [ It would ease my mind to know where he was.知道他在哪兒我就放心了]
(n.) 容易；不費力[He passed the test with ease.他輕而易舉地考及格了]

■alleviate (v.) 使…緩和[The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.醫生給她注射以減輕疼痛][ He told a joke to alleviate the tense atmosphere in the room.他講了個笑話以緩解室內緊張的氣氛]

■allay (v.)使…緩和[There pills will allay your pain.] ▕▏使…平息[The employer was forced to allay the tumult.僱主被迫平息騷亂。]

■assuage (v.)緩和；減輕；鎮定[The medicine is used to assuage pain.];[There is nothing but wine to assuage my sorrow. 何以解憂？惟有杜康]

■lighten (v.) 變輕 [If you want to lighten the weight, had better eat little bread. 如果你想減輕體重，最好少吃麵包] ▕▏使輕鬆[Her heart lightened when she heard the news.聽到這消息，她輕鬆了]▕▏使變淡；變亮[A solitary candle lightened the darkness of the room.一支孤燭使黑暗的房間亮了起來]

■relieve (v.) 減輕[This medicine will relieve your headache.]▕▏解除[The general was relieved of his command.將軍被解除了指揮權]▕▏救濟[The Government acted quickly to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake.地震造成大範圍的災難,政府迅速採取行動賑濟災民]▕▏偷[He was relieved of his watch.他的表被偷走了]
■relief
(n.) 減輕；解除；輕鬆；安慰[The pills gave her some relief.]▕▏浮雕[The young man carved a figure in low relief.這個年輕人刻了一座淺浮雕人像]▕▏救濟(品) [Relief was quickly sent to the sufferers from the great fire.救濟品很快被送到遭受火災的災民手中]▕▏替代[The relief driver has got here.接班的司機已經到了]
(adj.) 提供救濟的；文本的

■palliate (v.) 減輕；緩和[Treatments that can palliate the painful symptoms of the disease.]▕▏辯解；掩飾[I don't wish to palliate them, I assure you.我不想掩飾，我可以向你保證];[ don't try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies]
■palliative
(adj.) 減輕的；緩和的；治標的[Treatment of electrical burns is palliative.電燒傷的治療只起治標作用]
(n.) 緩解劑[Aspirin is a palliative (drug).阿斯匹林是一種緩解劑]

■respite
(v.) 緩解[The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.] ▕▏暫緩[There is a respite in the fighting.戰爭暫緩]; [Respite a sentence. 緩期執刑]
(n.)休息期間；緩解，暫緩；延期；（刑罰的）緩期執行

■lessen (v.) 減少；減輕[The heat will lessen during the evening. 晚上熱氣會減弱減輕]; [What can we do to lessen her vexation? 我們做些甚麼才能減輕她的煩惱呢] ; [The sick man had recourse to drugs to lessen his pain.病人靠藥物來減輕痛苦];[Some drugs lessen a person's sensibility.一些藥物会減低一個人的敏感度]

■mitigate (v.) 減輕；使緩解[Her words mitigated my suffering.她的話減輕了我的痛苦];[ The judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which the stepmother had treated the girl.法官說沒有任何理由可以把那個繼母殘忍虐待女孩的罪責減輕];[ The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation.政府正試圖緩和通貨膨脹的影響]

1.【placebo [pləˋsibo] (n.) 安慰劑】
The answer lies in the placebo effect, an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapies that aren't supposed to have an effect, and are often fake, miraculously make people feel better. 答案就在於「安慰劑效應」，這是種無法解釋的現象，本來應該是不會有作用、甚至是假的的藥物或療程，，竟都能神奇地讓人好轉。
2.therapeutic (adj.) [͵θɛrəˋpjutɪk] 有療效的
【註】背景音樂：Cha cha music- El Rubio LocoCha Charanga

The answer lies in the placebo effect, an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapies that aren't supposed to have an effect, and are often fake, miraculously make people feel better. 昨天去看薩利機長，當飛行員不容易阿。尤其看到台灣最近颱風天還飛，真的是捏把冷汗（閃尿...滴兩滴）相信機師也是千百個不願意。

Day 17

The answer lies in the placebo effect, an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapies that aren't supposed to have an effect, and are often fake, miraculously make people feel better.

The mental thought impacts on the therapy effect. If I believe it is work, it will increase our immunity and better soon. If you don't believe, it will take more time to recover.
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1-1. placebo (n.)
1. placebo effect
a. Some people think that going to a doctor is merely a placebo effect because if you were just having a cold, you will get better/sooner/later
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2-1. unexplained (adj.)
2-2. explain (v.)
The suspect explains how his alibi cannot be fake.
2-3. explanation
He is having trouble understanding the explanation of the law of the attraction.
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3-1. phenomenon (n.) plural phenomena
A lot of people don't really believe in the El Nino phenomenon.
3-2. phenomenal (adj.)
He is quite a phenomenal musician.
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4-1. therapy (n.)
4-2. therapist (n.)
I’m seeing a therapist. (我有在看心理諮商師)
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5-1. supposed (adj.) 你應該完成但卻沒做到(過去式)(有間接指控的感覺)
1. You were supposed to do something
a. You were supposed to be here at seven.
b. You were supposed to finish your homework before you go to sleep.
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6-1. miraculous (adj.)
Even though he has a spinal injury and the doctor told him that he would never be able to walk again, but today he miraculously starts up on the wheelchair.
6-2. miracle (n.)
Oh, it is such a miracle.

謝謝Kristi&大家
The answer lies in the placebo effect, an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapies that aren't supposed to have an effect, and are often fake, miraculously make people feel better.

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