የኤልአንድተናጋሪአቅራቢ
ሰላም፥ ስለ ወቅታዊ ጉዳይ ወደምንወያይበትና ስለጉዳዩ ለማውራት የሚያስፈልገውን ቋንቋ ወደምናቀርብበት የ English Together ዝግጅት እንኳን በደህና መጡ። ሐና እባላለሁ። አብሮኝ/አብራኝ …… አለ/አለች።

Sam
Hi, I’m Sam.

Tom
And I’m Tom. Welcome to the programme!

የኤልአንድተናጋሪአቅራቢ
በዛሬው ዝግጅታችን አዕምሯችን አካላዊ ህመምን እንዴት እንደሚቆጣጠርና ሊቋቋም እንደሚችል አዳዲስ ምርምሮችን ዋቢ በማድረግ እንነጋገራለን።
ዜናውን ከማዳመጣችን በፊት የዛሬው ጥያቄ ይሄው፤ በየትኛው አጥንትዎ ላይ ጉዳት ቢደርስ ከፍተኛ ህመም የሚሰማዎት ይመስሎታል?

ሀ) የእግርዎ

ለ) የአንገትዎ

ሐ) የጀርባዎ

መስማትዎን ይቀጥሉ፤ መልሱን ቆየት ብለን በዝግጅታችን መኃል እንናገራለን።

Sam
Mmm, I’m going to guess the neck. That sounds really painful!

Tom
More painful than your back? I’m not sure about that!

የኤልአንድተናጋሪአቅራቢ
እሽ አድማጮቻችን let’s listen the BBC Radio 4 news story ቀድም ሲል ስላነሳነው አዲስ ምርምር የሚያወራውን ዜና እንስማ።

News insert
Can we control the pain we feel?  New research has shown how brain imaging is being used to help us understand pain, and also pain relief.  The study included following a group of very young children taught to cope with pain in a karate class through a series of breathing exercises. The exercises helped the brain change the messages sent from the hurt part of the body so that the messages were either reduced or completely stopped.  With fewer signals sent to the brain, the result was less pain.

Sam
Do you think it might be possible for us to control our physical pain, Tom? Wouldn’t it be incredible if we could?

Tom
Yeah, incredible is the right word. We’re not superheroes, you know. People can’t just control pain. 

Sam
But in the story it talked about how children are learning to cope with pain during martial arts classes, like karate. 'Cope' means to control, doesn’t it?

የኤልአንድተናጋሪአቅራቢ
Something similar. ‘Cope with’ አስቸጋሪ ሁኔታን በብቃት መወጣት ማለት ነው። Like we do with Tom. Ha ha!

Sam
Aw! Don’t worry, Tom. You’re not that difficult to cope with, really. 

Tom
Very funny.

Sam
No, but seriously. The story talks about how pictures of the brain are helping us understand pain and pain relief. I think that’s so cool.

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‘Pain relief’ ህመም ማስታገሻ ማለት ነው። But that’s what painkillers are for, surely?  

Tom
Exactly! What else is there to understand about pain relief? You take a pill and the pain hopefully goes away. I don’t need any pictures of the brain to help me understand that. 

Sam
Ok, but what if there was an alternative to taking a pill? They say that too many painkillers are bad for your stomach, and they will eventually stop working.  

Tom
Well, then you just take more tablets. I used to play football and I got injured all the time and I had to take painkillers, I couldn’t just push through. 

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አዎ ‘push through’ ህመሙን ችሎ መቀጠል ማለት ነው። You played football, Tom?

Tom
Yes, thank you. I broke my ankle once, and it was far too painful to push through without any help. 

Sam
Yeah, I remember that. Those were a fun few weeks…

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ስለአጥንት መሰበር ካወራን አይቀር ቀደም ሲል ያነሳነውን ጥያቄ እንመልከት። ቢሰብሩት ከሁሉም በበለጥ እጅግ ከፍተኛ ህመምን የሚፈጥረው አጥንት ነው የሚባለው የትኛው ነው? መልሱ (ሐ) የጀርባ ወይንም የሰረሰር አጥንት ነው።

Sam
Oh, my neighbour broke his back once, and he actually said that natural remedies really helped him.

የኤልአንድተናጋሪአቅራቢ
‘Remedies’ ፈውሶች ወይንም መድኃኒቶች ማለት ነው። Really? Did natural remedies really help with back pain?

Tom
Yeah, don’t tell me natural remedies helped! Next you’re going to say that breathing helps with pain!

Sam
Actually, I am! That’s what they taught those children in their martial arts class - breathing exercises to help with pain!

Tom
How much pain can children really experience in an exercise class, anyway? 

የኤልአንድተናጋሪአቅራቢ
Do children even know what real pain is?

Sam
Of course they do, guys! And research shows that breathing can really help.

Tom
Yeah, and so does magic…

የኤልአንድተናጋሪአቅራቢ
ሃ. ሃ. ሁለታችሁ ተንፍሱ ‘Natural remedies’ ንስ ተጠቅማችሁ ትውቃላችሁ?

እሰኪ የዚህ ሳምንት ዝግጅታችንን አጠናቅቀን ከመሰናበታችን በፊት፥ ዛሬ ስንነጋገርባቸው የነበሩትን  ቃላት እንመልከት፤ ሁሉም ከአካላዊ ስቃይ ጋር የተገናኙ ናቸው። ‘to cope with’ መቋቋም ማለት ሲሆን ‘pain relief’ ደግሞ እንደኪኒን ያለ የህመም ማስታገሻ ነው። ‘to push through’ ህመምን መቻል እና መቀጠል ሲሆን ‘a remedy’ ፈውስ ነው።

አብረውን ስለቆዩ እናመሰግናለን፤ ለተጨማሪ የ English Together ዝግጅት በሚቀጥለው ሳምንት ይጠብቁን።