访谈录 2008-10-25&10-27 真正的蓝血人
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：访谈录2008
For 40 years, Paul Karason was a fair skin son of the American Northwest, freckles 1 and reddish-blond hair. Like most people who grow older, Paul’s hair turned white. But how does he explain this?
What was that “Aha” moment were you think, you know, "my skin’s looking funny.” A friend of mine that I hadn’t seen in a few months came by to see me / so what have you got on your face? I don’t have anything on my face. And he was very fair-skinned as I used to be and that's when it hit me…
So you are telling me, it was so gradual you didn’t notice it?
That’s exactly right Paul, do you own a mirror?
Ha, ha, ha …
Paul’s blue skin is the result of a rare medical syndrome 2 known as argyria, or silver poisoning. Paul began using silver as a form of alternative medicine, not knowing what could happen to his skin. It started a decade ago when he saw a magazine ad promising 3 health and rejuvenation 4. In those first months, Paul noticed no change in his skin color. But he says there were changes in his health.
The acid reflex problem I have been having went away completely. I had arthritis 5 in my shoulder so bad I couldn’t pull a T-shirt off and the next thing I knew that it was just gone.
And you are convinced that it was the silver that did it.
Not the slightest doubt in my mind.
But there is plenty of doubt among mainstream 6 doctors. These claims they say have no bases in science. Just as the head of dermatology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Doctor Vinson Deleo.
The FDA has looked at it a long time ago and decided 7 that there is no medical reason for taking colloidal 8 silver. And so what recommendation would you give to somebody who’s like well, you know, maybe I will try it. How about “Don’t use it.”
But Paul believed he found a miracle cure and decided it could even help with his skin information.
So I started putting the stuff on my face.
How did you apply it to your face?
Just cotton ball, swab it.
Swabbed it.
Paul believes that he‘d be fine if he hadn’t put the silver directly on his face. But medical experts believe the damage was already done. Paul turned blue because he ingested and applied 9 elemental silver. It got into his blood stream and then was deposited in his skin as brown particles and when you see those particles through the skin they appear to be grey or blue grey. Doctors suspect that it is not just his skin that’s changed color; his internal organs are most likely also blue.
What was your first reaction when you looked in the mirror and saw yourself and realized, woops…
I kinda hoped it would, it would fade off,
But… but it didn’t.
Argyria is permanent.
- She had a wonderful clear skin with an attractive sprinkling of freckles. 她光滑的皮肤上有几处可爱的小雀斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- When she lies in the sun, her face gets covered in freckles. 她躺在阳光下时，脸上布满了斑点。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
- Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- Prolonged starvation and aging might lead to rejuvenation of embryogenic potential. 长期的饥饿和衰老可以导致胚胎发生能力的复壮。
- All this signs rejuvenation of agriculture. 所有这些都预示着农业将复苏。
- Rheumatoid arthritis has also been linked with the virus.风湿性关节炎也与这种病毒有关。
- He spent three months in the hospital with acute rheumatic arthritis.他患急性风湿性关节炎，在医院住了三个月。
- Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
- Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。