Analysis Essay #2 - Key分析短文 2 参考答案

Neurasthenia symptoms that Johnny shows:
神经衰弱症状，约翰尼表现出的：

• apathy; loss of interest in life
  冷漠；对生活失去兴趣
• exhaustion  衰竭
• loss of appetite  食欲减退
• malaise  不适
• Impaired intellectualization (thinking)
  智力受损（思考）
• possibly melancholia  可能忧郁

Reasons why Johnny might not have been diagnosed as neurasthenic:
原因为何约翰尼可能没有被诊断为神经衰弱：

• he is poor and working class, a group who were not deemed susceptible to neurasthenia at the time
  他贫穷，属于工人阶级，这个群体在当时被认为不易患神经衰弱
• Johnny likely would not have access to medical experts who could diagnose his condition
  Johnny 可能无法接触到能够诊断他状况的医疗专家
• Johnny up and left his dire conditions (work and family), suggesting not neurasthenia (or not only neurasthenia) but a radical decision to escape socially and economically oppressive conditions
  Johnny 毅然离开了他的困境（工作和家庭），提出的不只是神经衰弱（或不仅仅是神经衰弱），而是要逃离社会和经济压迫的激进决定
• Beard does not discuss children as at risk of neurasthenia
  比尔德并未讨论儿童作为神经衰弱的风险对象