语法填空。Stepping into the spotlight
Liu Qing hasn’t slept well for months. Every day, the 13-year-old middle school student wakes up 【小题1】dark circles around her eyes. She has lost interest in everything and doesn’t want to talk to anyone. She knows what this sinking feeling means.
“Living like this is such a torture for me. I can’t feel happy at all, ” Liu told Xinhua.
Liu is one of many 【小题2】 suffer from depression. According to World Health Organization(WHO), about 264 million people around the world 【小题3】(affect)by depression. In China, depression affects 54 million people and is one of the 【小题4】(lead)causes of suicide.
To bring this issue to people’s attention, Zhang Nan, a photo studio owner, started a photo project 【小题5】(call)Crinkled Fog. Over the last three years, he has taken pictures of over 100 people 【小题6】(struggle)with mental health, mostly girls or women, aged 14 to 30.
Yaya, a 23-year-old girl, was diagnosed with depression in 2013 during her first year in senior high. Her parents didn’t take her struggle seriously and believed that depression is just like a cold and will go away on its own. But for Yaya, it was painful during her darkest period. She is said 【小题7】(receive)electroconvulsive therapy(电休克治疗)10 times within six weeks.
Yaya applied for the photo shoot when she got better this year 【小题8】 she wanted to record the moment and tell people that they can recover.
Depression is, in fact, a real illness. “Just like your body, your moods 【小题9】 fall ill, too, ” said Li Songwei, Tsinghua University assistant professor of psychology. “When depression can be diagnosed, 【小题10】 terrible it is, there are effective treatments. ” So, don’t be ashamed of the illness and seek professional help as early as possible.