湖北大學(xué)附屬中學(xué) 何苗 供稿

Few minor injuries are as painful as the dreaded paper cut.Just thinking about it probably makes youcringe(畏縮).However,these cuts are usually small,hardly noticeable,and rarely bleed.So what makes them so painful?

很少有一些小傷能夠像被紙劃傷那樣讓人疼痛和害怕。光是想一想可能就讓你不寒而栗了。然而，這種劃傷通常傷口很小、很難被察覺到并且不怎么會流血。那為什么被紙劃傷會這么疼呢？

A paper cut is similar to a cut with arazor blade(剃須刀刀片),with one major difference.A razor blade makes a smooth,cleanincision(切口)in the skin,leaving behind few if anyforeign particles(異物)that might cause the wound to become infected.Although it might hurt initially,the pain brought on by a small razor cut usually fades after a few minutes.

被紙劃傷跟被剃須刀片劃傷很像，但是有一點不同。剃須刀片造成的傷口較為平整，幾乎不會留下任何會導(dǎo)致傷口感染的異物。雖然剛被剃須刀片劃傷的時候很疼，但是過幾分鐘疼痛感就會慢慢消退。

Like a cut by a razor blade,a paper cut smoothly parts the skin,but while a clean razor leaves little behind toirritate(刺激)the wound,a paper cut leaves material that reallystings(劇痛).

被紙劃傷的傷口和剃須刀片造成的傷口一樣，也很平整。但是干凈的刀片不會留下任何物質(zhì)去刺激傷口，而紙劃傷口卻會留下一些讓人感到疼痛的物質(zhì)。

Paper is made of pressedwood mulch(壓縮木片),and a variety of chemicals.When paper cuts into the skin,chemicals,as well as bacteria and tinyparticles(細菌)remain in the wound and stimulate pain receptors in the skin.

紙是由壓縮木片和多種化學(xué)物質(zhì)構(gòu)成的。當(dāng)紙劃過皮膚時，化學(xué)涂層纖維、細菌和細小顆粒物就會留在傷口里，對皮膚里的痛覺感受器產(chǎn)生刺激。

Since the cut is usually small andshallow(淺的),the skin on either side of the wound closes quickly,leaving the chemicals and other particles inside.The result is a good deal of pain,and since the closed wound doesn’t allow for much bleeding,the pain seems entirelyout of proportion(不成比例)to a cut that you canbarely(幾乎沒有)detect(發(fā)現(xiàn)).

由于傷口通常很小且很淺，傷口會很快愈合，同時會把纖維和其他粒子留在傷口里面。所以，你才會感到十分疼痛，由于閉合的傷口幾乎不會流血，所以說，即使傷口小到你幾乎察覺不到，但是傷口造成的疼痛感卻是要人命的！