囤積癖
Buried Alive:
Saving, Collecting and Hoarding
(Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D Dr. Schwartz's
Weblog)
What is meant by hoarding? The clinical definition of a hoarder is someone who
has collected so much stuff that they can’t properly
use rooms in their home, such as cooking on their stoves in the kitchen or
sleeping in their beds because of piles of junk that have been accumulated. The hoarder is someone who
is unable to throw anything out and who must shop for more stuff. There are
often health risks to the hoarder,
his family and to neighbors. The clutter
and garbage attracts such things as insects, rodents and diseases. There is also the danger of fire and even cave-ins caused by the weight of
carelessly piled possessions.
But, what is hoarding vs. what is collecting?
There are two very interesting programs on
television connected to the problem of hoarding. One of them is on TLC and is
called "Hoarding: Buried Alive" and the other is on the History
channel called "Pickers." What is so interesting is that, while
"Hoarding" deals with people who fit the clinical definition
described above, "Pickers" deals with people who collect old things
as a hobby. In both case, the hoarders or collectors, there are people who are
unable to part with their possessions even when offered lots of money. On
Hoarders, collecting junk is maladaptive
behavior that is a form of mental illness related
to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(OCD). On Pickers similar people appear to be smart businessmen who enjoy
buying and collecting old junk as a kind of hobby and as a way of earning money
by selling what they accumulate. The fact is that in both cases people are
hoarding.
Where do the "pickers" fit in? As depicted in the program, pickers are
people who rummage through the junk
collected by other people for the purpose of buying items that they can sell at
a profit. On the program, the two
pickers own a store where their purchased
items are sold to people who are either decorating anything from their own
businesses to their apartments, houses or condominiums.
Even though the pickers make their purchases in order to sell at a profit, is
it possible that they, too, are hoarders? After all, if you have seen the
program you know that much of what they buy is filled with dust, rot and rust. Is this purely picking or is it possible that this is
hoarding.
Added to the mystery is where to place those who collect things for investment? There are people who
collect postage stamps, gold and
silver coins, and original works of
art, among other similar hobbies? Is it possible that they are hoarders?
The question posed here is similar to the
puzzle of what types of behavior are normal or abnormal? Like so many things in life, hoarding exists on a continuum that ranges from normal to abnormal. Collecting postage stamps in an
album filled with new or mint stamps
from around tbe world is a normal or healthy kind of collecting. It's a financial investment that does not interfere with living on a daily basis.
On the other hand, accumlating piles of junk in one's home so that there is no
place to sleep, cook, eat and even go to the toiletter, does interfere with daily life. In the wors of cases
this type of accumlation can and does become a fire and health hazard.
** Words
1.hoard 貯藏物 2. clinical
客觀的 3. definition
定義 4. properly
適當地
5. accumulate 累積 6. risk 風險 7. clutter
凌亂 8. rodent 囓齒目動物
9. cave-in 塌落 10. possession 所有物 11. maladaptive 適應不良的
12. related to 與~有關 13.Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 過度強迫症
14. depict 描述 15.
rummage 翻找 16.
profit 利益 17.
purchase 購買
18. condominium 各戶有獨立產權的公寓 19.
rot 腐爛 20. rust
生鏽
21. mystery 神秘 22. investment 投資 23. postage stamp郵票
24.original 起初的 25.
abnormal 不正常的 26. continuum 連續
27. range 範圍 28. mint 造幣廠 29. financial 財政的
30. interfere 妨礙；衝突 31.toiletter 32.
hazard 危險
** Grammar
1. The clinical definition of a hoarder is
someone who has collected so
much stuff that they can’t properly use rooms in
their home, such as cooking on their stoves in the kitchen or
sleeping in their beds because of
piles of junk that have been
accumulated.
(a)
關係代名詞
|
先行詞/關係代名詞
|
主格
|
所有格
|
受格
|
|
人
|
who
|
whose
|
who(m)
|
|
事物
|
which
|
whose
|
which
|
|
人+事物
|
that
|
|
that
|
(b)
關係代名詞所引導的句子稱為”形容詞子句”，修飾之前的先行詞(名詞)
(c)
先行詞+ (關係代名詞當主格who/which/that + 動詞 ~)
+ (關係代名詞當所有格whose + 名詞 ~)
+ (關係代名詞當受格whom/which/that + 主詞 + 動詞 ~)
(d)
關係代名詞當受格時可省略
(e)
例如: such as + 名詞 / 動名詞(V-ing) ; for example + 句子
2. There are two very interesting programs on television connected to the problem of hoarding. One of them is on TLC and is called "Hoarding: Buried
Alive" and the other is on the
History channel called
"Pickers.
(a)
one
~ the other ~: 其一 ~ 另一個 ~(用於二者之間)
(b)
one
~ another ~ that other ~: 其一 ~ 另一 ~ 最後一個 ~ (用於三者之間)
(c)
過去分詞(pp)，可當形容詞用，放在名詞後面做後位修飾，有 被動 或 已經~ 的意思
3. In both case, the hoarders or
collectors, there are people who
are unable to part with their possessions even when offered lots of money.
(a)
關係代名詞引導形容詞子句
(b)
能夠: be able to + 動詞 ； be capable of + 名詞/動名詞(V-ing) ；
enable + 人 + to + 動詞
(c)
過去分詞: offered有被動的意思
4. The fact is that in both cases people are hoarding.
(a)
名詞子句有三種，其一是 that + 完整子句
(b)
名詞子句可當句子裡的主詞，受詞，或be動詞之後的補語
5. As depicted in the program, pickers are
people who rummage through
the junk collected by other people for
the purpose of buying items that
they can sell at a profit.
(a)
關係代名詞引導形容詞子句
(b)
為了~: in order to + 動詞 ；so as to + 動詞 ； with a view to + 動名詞 ；with an eye to + 動名詞 ； for the purpose of + 動名詞
6. On the program, the two pickers own a
store where their purchased
items are sold to people who
are either decorating anything from
their own businesses to their apartments, houses or condominiums.
(a)
關係副詞 = 介係詞 + which
(b)
對等連接詞either ~ or ~: 不是~就是~，用來連接相對等的單字，片語或句子
7. The question posed here is similar to
the puzzle of what types of behavior are normal or abnormal?
(a)
過去分詞posed 有被動的意思
(b)
與~相似: be similar to
8. It's a
financial investment that does not
interfere with living on a daily basis.
(a)
分裂句: It is + 強調部分 that + 主詞 + 動詞 ~ .
It
was yesterday that they had a party.
It
is you that won the first prize.
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