Cyberchondriac 上網(wǎng)自診狂

Feifei

大家好，歡迎收聽 BBC英語教學(xué)的《地道英語》。我是馮菲菲。

Sian

…and me, Sian. Hello! Hey Feifei what are you doing on your phone? We've got a programme to record.

Feifei

我頭特別疼，這不，網(wǎng)上說了，可能是頭部受傷了，也可能是由于頭部有腫塊，還有可能是……

Sian

Or maybe you've just got a headache! Give me that phone… you're just scaring yourself!

Feifei

誒，你等等，這兒還說如果我有以下這些癥狀的話，應(yīng)該馬上去醫(yī)院。Maybe I do have a fever… I am feeling rather hot.

Sian

That's because it's boiling in here – I'm hot too… and I'm starting to get a headache. I know exactly what's wrong with you – you have a case of cyberchondria!

Feifei

Cyberchondria?你看，我就說嘛我肯定得了什么病。不過 cyberchondria 是什么?It sounds serious.

Sian

A cyberchondriac is someone who looks up medical advice on the internet for every symptom they have and then gets really anxious because they think they have a serious illness! Just like you're doing.

Feifei

哦，原來 cyberchondriac 和 hypochondriac 有相似之處，cyberchondriac 用來指一個(gè)通過上網(wǎng)查詢病癥后想象自己患了各種病、自診的人。

Sian

Exactly, this term is a combination of 'cyber' – relating to computers – and hypochondriac. Let's hear some examples.

Examples

There are so many medical websites nowadays, it's no wonder more and more people are self-diagnosing and becoming cyberchondriacs.

Ana: I was convinced that I had this really rare disease that I read about online. Turns out that I just wasn't drinking enough water!

Joe: Ha! You're such a cyberchondriac!

Feifei

Right, let's get on with the programme – although I haven't brought my glasses today so I'm afraid I can't read the script very well.

Sian

What? You've forgotten your glasses? Well no wonder you've got a headache.

Feifei

Oh yeah, that could be it. Phew, I was convinced something terrible was wrong with me. Right, let's get on with the programme.

Sian

Hang on there's a link here to the 'ten most dangerous tropical diseases', I'll just have a quick look…

Feifei

But you haven't even been to a tropical country lately. Put the phone down!

Sian

Oh ok! Goodbye.

Feifei

Bye.