I can't say how many times my fatigue and my speech disturbances even in my twenties, the speech would come out when I developed tics from some flares and things.

我二十多岁就有数不清的疲劳和语言障碍了，我遇到生气的事时会抽搐，然后不自觉说。

On the ward, she learnt to imitate the tics and mannerisms of the older girls.

在病房里，她学会了模仿比她大的女孩的抽搐和各种动作。

How long have you had that tic?

你像那样抽筋有多久了？

I'm holding a box of tic tacs right now.

现在拿的是一盒糖。

I-I have some kind of nervous tic.

我有点儿神经性痉挛。

How tense she is, her awkward tics, the way she grinds her teeth to dust.

她有多紧张，没事就抽搐，还疯狂磨牙。

More and more, adults are sprinkling their speech with the language of children. The adoption of some of these linguistic tics by adults has given rise to a register we might call kidspeak.

人越来越多在他们的谈插一些儿童的语言。人对这些口头禅的运用，孕育了一种语体风格，我们可以称之为" 宝宝体" 。

There are also a number of medications that can be used to control tics, but these are only used in the most severe cases.

还有一些药物可以用来控制抽动，不过只有在病情最严重的时候才会用药。

It's a joke. It relies on the homonymic relationship between " tick, " the bloodsucking arachnid, and " tic, " the involuntary muscular contraction.

这是笑，同音词嘛" tick" 是指吸血蜘蛛，而" tic" 是无意识的肌肉痉挛。

He was overweight, afflicted with tics and health problems, and so tightly wound that he wandered the halls with clenched fists.

他超重，饱受痉挛和健康问题的折磨，神经高度紧张以至于闲逛的时候都会紧攥着拳头。

His eyes were popping, a tic was going in one of his pouchy cheeks, and the tartan scarf didn't help.

他的眼球暴突着，松垂的脸颊有一边突然抽搐起来，即使扎着格子花纹的围巾也无济于事。

One doesn't want to have facial tics, one doesn't want things to be routinized, and I think about that.

人们不希望有面部抽搐，不希望事情被常规化，我想过这个问题。

Obviously, I have a lot of tics. I find that very frustrating to say at least.

显然，我经常抽搐。我发觉这非常令人沮丧，往轻了说。

In some severe cases, botox injections to the site of the tic can help to minimize their appearance.

在极严重的病例，肉毒杆菌素会被注射到抽动发起的部位，以掩盖抽动。

Since tics tend to lessen when the person is calm, reducing anxiety or depression can also help.

由于当人冷静时，抽动会变少，所以缓解焦虑情绪也会有帮助。

Simple tics are relatively short in duration, lasting milliseconds, and can include behaviors like eye blinks, which would be motor, or throat clearing, which would be verbal.

简单抽动过程较短，仅数毫秒：可以是动作性抽动，如眨眼睛，也可以是发声性抽动，如清嗓子。

Alright, as a quick recap, tic disorders are repetitive, non-voluntary movements or vocalizations that appear before the age of 18.

得！快速回顾一下：抽动是一种重复的、非自主的动作或发声，常在18岁前出现。

ADHD medication can also help some individuals focus on, and therefore control, their tics.

用来治疗注意缺陷/多动障碍的药物也可以帮助抽动患者集注意力，从而控制抽动。

" What is tinier that live in the grass? " And I'm like tics.

“草丛里有什么比这更小的？”我就像抽搐一样。

He was staring straight ahead at the wall, a tic moving in his jaw.

他直视前方的墙壁，下巴抽搐。