Ancient acupuncture in the eyes of a French girl法國人眼中的古法針灸

袁泉

主題語境：傳播中國傳統文化 篇幅：377詞 建議用時：7分鐘

1 I'm Victoria LeeBaruffolo，23， a French student atShanghai Jiao Tong University， completing a masters degreein political science. A few years ago， as a teenager， I experienceddaily migraines （偏頭痛） that made me want to bangmy head against a brick wall. I was desperate to find a cure.Unfortunately， nothing worked as a continuous remedy for myunfortunate condition.

2 In my hopelessness， my father told me to try acupuncture，which he had undergone once in Hong Kong. With no expectations，I started my journey of acupuncture， and I soon found myself in a middleagedwomans office surrounded by Chinese herbal medicines.

3 After I sat myself down on the patient chair， she asked me why I came in. A few momentslater， she placed three fingers on my wrist and silently felt my pulse. I was thentaken to a room and told to lie down. Soon， she took out the needles which made me uneasy.

4 As the doctor delicately twisted the needle in， I did not sense the needle itself， but?rather an effect that spread throughout my entire body. The doctor then continued to tapand twist more needles throughout my entire body. To my surprise， alligator clips （鱷魚夾） were attached to half of the needles inserted into me. The electricity was turned on，and the doctor left. While laying still during the treatment， I felt the electricity flow throughoutmy body.

5 Around the fiveminutemark， the doctor returned and increased the electricity. I laythere silently， thinking to myself， as a 15yearold，what I had agreed to undertake. The entireprocess was over in 20 minutes. She then prescribed some Chinese herbal medicinesfor me to drink every day for five days. I returned to the doctor for a total of 10 times. Thetrue benefits of the acupuncture treatment soon became evident： I was cured of my migraines，and for two years I had not gone back into a previous condition.

6 As an added bonus， Ive learned of many acupressure points and would press certaincirculation areas on my hand every day to prevent migraines. This also allows me to massagemy friends when they complain of a headache. I am now an advocate for acupuncturebecause of all the benefits it has brought me.

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1. What can we infer about Victoria from paragraph 1？

A. She had suffered migraines since her early childhood.

B. She indeed has developed an incurable disease.

C. Her passive attitude made her health even worse.

D. She has never received acupuncture treatment before.

2. What made Victoria try acupuncture？

A. The low cost of acupuncture.

B. The recommendation of her father.

C. The suffering of drugs' side effects.

D. The passion for Chinese medical cures.

3. What does the underlined word“ delicately” mean in paragraph 4？

A. Frankly.

B. Weakly.

C. Skillfully.

D. Slowly.

4. What's the author's purpose to write the text？

A. To express the delight of her recovery.

B. To show her gratitude to the doctor for the great help.

C. To share the experience of overcoming illnesses.

D. To support the huge value of acupuncture.

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Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

As the doctor delicately twisted the needle in， I did not sense the needle itself， butrather an effect that spread throughout my entire body. 當醫生熟練地擰入針時，我沒有感覺到針本身，而是感覺到一種蔓延全身的效果。

【點石成金】本句中，As作連詞引導時間狀語從句the doctor delicately tapped andtwisted the needle in；I did not...but rather an effect是主句；that引導定語從句，an effect是先行詞。

Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in the box.

previous circulation go back into but rather complain of undertake

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