英文电影宝典——Awakenings

nd the connection! They all survived encephalitis years before they came here. In this case, a "connection" is something that two or more people all have in common. Encephalitis Outbreak Reaches Epidemic Proportions: Record Death Toll. This is a headline in a newspaper: An "Outbreak" of a disease is a sudden spread of that disease to many people. An "epidemic" is the spread of a disease throughout the population, and "proportions" is another word for magnitude or size. The "death toll" is the number of people who have died from it. The Mystery Malady; Alarming Spread of "Somnolent Fever." A "malady" is another word for a disease or sickness. If something is "alarming" it is very scary or disturbing. "Somnolent" is a scientific word for something that causes people to fall asleep. How are they? :: Just as you described them back then; Insubstantial as ghosts. "Insubstantial" is weak, or refers to something that is not solid. You’re in an acute stage of the illness. "Acute" means severe, serious or dangerous. In this case, "stage" means part of phase. Years went by before these strange neurological symptoms would appear, but they did. "Neurological" refers to anything that has to do with the nervous system. A "symptom" is a sign of a disease, such as a fever or cough. They could no longer speak in most cases. Some families went mad. Note that in this case, "mad" means crazy, not angry. What are they thinking? :: The virus didn’t spare their higher faculties. A "virus" is a tiny biological organism that causes disease. "To spare" something is to save it, and in this case, "higher faculties" is a poetic way of referring to a person’s intelligence or ability to reason. The alternative is unthinkable. If something is "unthinkable," it is too painful to think about. Dr. Sayer explores different ways to awaken his patients. I’m all for fixing this place up, but what are we doing? "To fix up" a place is to improve it or make it nicer. I have a hunch. An excellent word for an intuitive feeling or belief. The visual field just stops. There’s a void. No pattern, no rhythm. A "visual field" is a technical way of referring to the area that can be seen without moving. A "void" is an area of complete nothingness or emptiness. A "pattern" is a regularly repeated series of colors or shapes or sounds, such as a square pattern on a floor. "Rhythm" is a pattern of specific sounds in music. Slowly he got worse. He’d be sitting at his desk in a trance for two hours, then he‘d be OK again. A "trance" is a semi-conscious state in which a person doesn’t move or respond to the outside world. It’s as if they were asleep, though their eyes are often open. He never spoke again. It was like he disappeared. Later that year, I too

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