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[originaltext] [19-1] The thin, extremely sharp needles didn’t hurt at all go
[originaltext] [19-1] The thin, extremely sharp needles didn’t hurt at all go
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2023-08-12
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[19-1] The thin, extremely sharp needles didn’t hurt at all going in. Dr.Gong pierced them into my left arm, around the elbow that had been bothering me. [19-2] Other needles were slipped into my left wrist and, strangely, into my right arm, and then into both my closed eyelids.
There wasn’t any discomfort, just a mild warming sensation. However, I did begin to wonder what had driven me here, to the office of Dr.James Gong, in New York’s Chinatown.
Then I remembered—the torturing pain in that left elbow. [20-1] Several trips to a hospital and two expensive, uncomfortable medical tests had failed to produce even a diagnosis. “Maybe you lean on your left arm too much,” the doctor concluded, suggesting I see a bone doctor.
[20-2] During the hours spent waiting in vain to see a bone doctor, I decided to take another track and try acupuncture. A Chinese-American friend recommended Dr.Gong. I took the subway to Gong’s second-floor office, marked with a hand-painted sign.
Dr.Gong speaks English, but not often. Most of my questions to him were greeted with a friendly laugh, but I managed to let him know where my arm hurt. He asked me to go into a room, had me lie down on a bed, and went to work. In the next room, I learned, a woman dancer was also getting a treatment. As I lay there a while, I drifted into a dream-like state and fantasized about what she looks like.
Acupuncturists today are as likely to be found on Park Avenue as on Mott Street. In all, there are an estimated 10,000 acupuncturists in the country. Nowadays, a lot of M.D.s have learned acupuncture techniques, so have a number of dentists. [21] Reason? Patient demand. Few, though, can adequately explain how acupuncture works.
Acupuncturists may say that the body has more than 800 acupuncture points. A life force called Qi circulates through the body. Points on the skin are energetically connected to specific organs, body structures and systems. Acupuncture points are stimulated to balance the circulation of Qi.
The truth is, though acupuncture is at least 2,200 years old, “nobody really knows what’s happening,” says Paul Zmiewski, a Ph.D. in Chinese studies who practices acupuncture in Philadelphia.
After five treatments, there has been dramatic improvement in my arm, and the pain is a fraction of what it was. The mainly silent Dr.Gong finally even offered a diagnosis for what troubled me. “Pinched nerve,” he said.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.
19. What does the speaker find especially strange?
20. Why did the speaker go see Dr.Gong?
21. What accounts for the growing popularity of acupuncture in the U.S., according to the speaker?
选项
A、He had heard of the wonders acupuncture could work.
B、Dr. Gong was very famous in New York’ s Chinatown.
C、Previous medical treatments failed to relieve his pain.
D、He found the expensive medical tests unaffordable.
答案
C
解析
浏览四个选项,根据选项中出现的wonders,famous,failed,unaffordable等词可以推测,该题可能涉及做某事的原因。题干问的是为什么演讲者去找龚医生看病。讲座中提到演讲者去了医院好几次,并做了两次昂贵而又不舒服的检查,但是都没有什么用;在为了看骨科医生白白等了几个小时之后,他决定试试针灸。故答案为C(之前的治疗没有减轻他的疼痛)。A项(他听说了针灸的神奇作用)、B项(龚医生在纽约的唐人街十分出名)和D项(他负担不起昂贵的医疗检查费用)原文均未提及,故排除。
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