Unit-6-Risks新编大学英语第二版第四册课文翻译.pdf

海纳百川，有容乃大；壁立千仞，无欲则刚。——林则徐

Unit-6-Risks新编大学英语第

二版第四册课文翻译

海纳百川，有容乃大；壁立千仞，无欲则刚。——林则徐

Unit6Risks

RisksandYou

Atsometimeorother,allofushave

playedthepartofahypochondriac,

imaginingthatwehavesometerrible

diseaseonthestrengthofveryminor

symptoms.Somepeoplejusthaveto

hearaboutanewdiseaseandtheybegin

checkingthemselvestoseeiftheymay

besufferingfromit.Butfearofdisease

isnotouronlyfear,andneitherisrisk

ofdiseasetheonlyriskwerun.Modern

lifeisfullofallmannerofthreats-toour

lives,ourpeaceofmind,ourfamilies,

andourfuture.Andfromthesethreats

comequestionsthatwemustposeto

ourselves:IsthefoodIbuysafe?Are

toysformychildrenlikelytohurtthem?

Shouldmyfamilyavoidsmokedmeats?

AmIlikelytoberobbedonvacations?

Ouruncertaintiesmultiplyindefinitely.

海纳百川，有容乃大；壁立千仞，无欲则刚。——林则徐

Anxietyabouttherisksoflifeisabit

likehypochondria;inboth,thefearor

anxietyfeedsonpartialinformation.

Butonesharpdifferenceexistsbetween

thetwo.Thehypochondriaccanusually

turntoaphysiciantogetadefinitive

clarificationofthesituation-eitheryou