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英语课

  Unit 14

Growing Pains

Your 8-year-old son wakes up crying in the night complaining that his legs are throbbing 1. You rub them, and soothe 2 him as much as you can, but are uncertain about whether to give him any medication or take him to the doctor. Sound familiar? Your child is probably experiencing growing pains, a normal occurrence in about 25% of children.

-- Diagnosis 3

Growing pains generally strike during tow periods: in early childhood among 3-to 5-year-olds and later on in 8-to 12-year-olds. They are what doctors call a diagnosis of exclusion 4. This means that other conditions should be ruled out before a diagnosis of growing pains is made. A thorough history and physical examination by your child's doctor can usually accomplish this.

-- Signs and Symptoms

Although growing pains often strike in late afternoon or early evening before bed, there are occasions when pains can wake a sleeping child. The intensity 5 of the pain varies from child to child, and most kids don't experience the pains every day. Growing pains always concentrate in the muscles, rather than the joints 7. Most children report pains in the front of their thighs 8, in the calves 9, or behind the knees. One symptom that doctors find most helpful in making a diagnosis growing pains is how the child responds to touch while in pain. Children who have pain for a serious medical disease do not like to be handled, since movement tends to increase the pain. Children with growing pains respond differently; they feel better when they are held and massaged 11.

-- Causes

No firm evidence exists to show that growth of bones causes pain. The most likely causes of growing pains are the aches and discomforts 12 resulting from jumping, climbing, and running pursued by active kids. The pains can occur after a child has had a particular athletic 13 day.

-- Treatment

Massage 10, stretching, and heat may help to relieve the pain. Although the pains poing to no serious illness, they can be upsetting to a child (or a parent). Because a child seems completely cured of his aches in the morning, parents sometimes suspect that the child faked the pains. However, this usually is not the case. Support and reassurance 14 that growing pains will pass as children grow up can help them relax.

-- When to call Your Child's Doctor

Your child's doctor should be alerted if any of the following symptoms occur with your child's pain: persistent 15 pain, swelling 16, or redness in one particular area or joint 6; fever; limping; unusual rashes; loss of appetite; weakness; tiredness; or uncharacteristic behavior. These signs do not accompany growing pains and may be an indication of a medical problem that needs attention.



1 throbbing
a. 跳动的,悸动的
  • My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动,身子在不住颤抖。
  • There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。
2 soothe
v.安慰;使平静;使减轻;缓和;奉承
  • I've managed to soothe him down a bit.我想方设法使他平静了一点。
  • This medicine should soothe your sore throat.这种药会减轻你的喉痛。
3 diagnosis
n.诊断,诊断结果,调查分析,判断
  • His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。
4 exclusion
n.拒绝,排除,排斥,远足,远途旅行
  • Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
  • He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球,其他运动一概不参加。
5 intensity
n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度
  • I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
  • The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。
6 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
7 joints
接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语)
  • Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
  • Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。
8 thighs
n.股,大腿( thigh的名词复数 );食用的鸡(等的)腿
  • He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 calves
n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子,腓;腿肚子( calf的名词复数 );牛犊;腓;小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 );(冰川)崩解;生(小牛等),产(犊);使(冰川)崩解
  • a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
  • The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 massage
n.按摩,揉;vt.按摩,揉,美化,奉承,篡改数据
  • He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
  • Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。
11 massaged
按摩,推拿( massage的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He massaged her back with scented oil. 他用芳香油按摩她的背部。
  • The script is massaged into final form. 这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。
12 discomforts
n.不舒适( discomfort的名词复数 );不愉快,苦恼
  • Travellers in space have to endure many discomforts in their rockets. 宇宙旅行家不得不在火箭中忍受许多不舒适的东西 来自《用法词典》
  • On that particular morning even these discomforts added to my pleasure. 在那样一个特定的早晨,即使是这种种的不舒适也仿佛给我增添了满足感。 来自辞典例句
13 athletic
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的
  • This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
  • He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
14 reassurance
n.使放心,使消除疑虑
  • He drew reassurance from the enthusiastic applause.热烈的掌声使他获得了信心。
  • Reassurance is especially critical when it comes to military activities.消除疑虑在军事活动方面尤为关键。
15 persistent
adj.坚持不懈的,执意的;持续的
  • Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
  • She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤,使她很难为情。
16 swelling
n.肿胀
  • Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
  • There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。
学英语单词
594
Acer metcalfii
after-drying
Almanach de Gotha
ameiva ameiva
anastral mitosis
berdache,berdash
Big Valley
bogwoods
broad-arrow engine
commercial frontage
computer storage hierarchy model
Covenant Code
cryptocarine
darnest
distastefulness
draft apparatus
energetics of ecosystems
external spur gear
fibrocartilago interarticularis
fired heater
formylating agent
fortunacy
garbh
Gettorf
ghutra
Gilbert, Is.
group think
harelipped bat
hose beast
khvansar (khunsar)
label(l)ed atom
lancifolia
laplace's transformation
lattice-type frame
laugh against one's will
leave sth. out of consideration
leptastrea bewickensis
levigating
light triggered alarm
low-frequency rebroadcasting
marmaduc
maximum length of pile
meanly
meter wave
Methods Engineering Council
milliamp
mineralizes
Ministry of Labour and Personnel
mis-sware
modulating valve
monstrant
moozy
n-period moving average
narrative strategy
neurochemical
non-sulfur purple bacteria
nonaggregating
outbidden
Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus
Paraphlomis gracilis
paravanes
parliamentarian
PB(Pushbutton or Pull Box)
per square inch
pesoizing
phyllachora laurinearum
pickled steel wire
Poa dshilgensis
pregnancy diagnosis
probabilistic fracture mechanics
propelling
prorupt
put something to the touch
Rabdosia excisa
radiolytic gas
recursive definition of domain
safety disc
school law
seawater filtration
semiconductors
Sicayari, Mesa de
sigma notation
ski boot
social identity theory
ST_disease-and-illness_losing-consciousness
steppes
string expression interpreter
suicide cable
Tardamid
templet tamper
twentieth
uniform algebra
untranslatables
Vaitupu
variable threshold decoding
verbal plea
villagers
wall collision
Wuchereria malayi
you've made your bed, now lie in it
zizyphus incurva roxb.