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1、听力文本In the African state of Benin, mental illness is still often associated with witch craft and evilspirits. For over 30 years with his charity, a 65-year old mechanic has helped thousands ofWest Africans affected by mental illness. This report from Benin on the challenges of c
2、aring forthe mentally ill was compiled by Lola.They sound like two friends meeting up after a while. We are in a small house.We’ve had to lock him up because he disturbed people and they come to ours to complain.Sometimes, he attacks people in the street, saying they’ve taken so
3、mething of his. I’m justoverwhelmed by all this.We do a unique work.After his business went bust, he sank into depression, and that’s why he says he found God,or rather that God found him.Mental patients here are considered to be possessed by the devil or victims of witch craft.
4、That’s why we go out to explain to people that mental illness is neither of these things, thesame way that your heart can fall sick, the brain can fall sick and you have to treat it.Just getting here can be a very long road. In Benin, when someone becomes ill, their familiesfirs
5、t instinct is rarely to go straight to a hospital.80% of people here resort to traditionalhealers. For the past five years, authorities have been strengthening their efforts to regulatethem.Cheap treatment, a very humane approach, and a staff only made up of former patients.Thos
6、e are the keys to the success. Still, the association has attracted criticism.At the beginning, there was not enough medical care. Yes, they had medicine, but no realpsychiatrists. For me, that’s a problem.There are only around a dozen psychiatrists in the whole of Benin, a coun
7、try of almost tenmillion people and half the size of the United Kingdom.I always give myself up to God’s will.Now for those of you planning a hiking holiday to Mars, you will be pleased to hear that theBritish mapping agency Ordnance Survey has come up with a helpful map of the
8、terrain there.It’s the first time that OS has p
