你能想象能够记住你生活中的每一次经历和你最喜欢的书中的每一个字吗？
That‘s what Becky‘s life is like.
这就是贝基的生活。
Three years ago, Becky was reading a newspaper article which mentioned that it was impossible for people to remember the details of their life in the first three years.
三年前，贝基在报纸上读到一篇文章，文章中提到人们不可能记住他们3岁前的生活细节。
"What nonsense!" she thought, because she could clearly remember her life all the way back to when she was just 12 days old.
“简直是胡说！” 她想，因为她可以清楚地记得她的生活，记得她只有12天大的时候。
Her parents had carried her to the driver‘s seat of their car and laid her down for a photo.
那天她的父母把她抱到汽车驾驶座上，让她躺下拍照。
But it wasn‘t nonsense.
但这不是在胡说八道。
She was just one of only 80 known people suffering from a mysterious（神秘的） condition called HSAM.
她是目前已知的80名患有一种名为超忆症的神秘病症的患者之一。
Becky‘s unusual case was shown on a program called 60 Minutes,
一个叫做《60分钟》的节目播出了贝基非比寻常的案例。
where reporter Allison tested her ability by asking her about her favorite book series, Harry Potter.
记者艾莉森通过询问她最喜欢的系列小说《哈利·波特》来测试她的记忆力。
Allison would pick up a book and open a page and read her a line.
艾利森会拿起一本书，翻开一页，给她读一行。
Immediately Becky would name the book, chapter number, chapter name and could recite（背诵） every word until Allison told her to stop.
贝基则会马上说出这本书的名字、章节号、章节名，并且能背出每一个单词，直到艾利森叫她停下来。
Being able to remember every little detail is great, but as every HSAM sufferer will tell you, it‘s also tough to deal with it.
能够记住每一个小细节确实很棒，但是正如每一个超忆症患者所说的，这也会让人难以应对。
We always forget things to get over sad experiences in our lives, but it‘s something that people like Becky can‘t do.
我们总是忘记一些事情来克服生活中的悲伤经历，但像贝基这样的人却不能这么做。
Even walking on the street and lightly knocking into somebody can bring back bad memories from Becky‘s childhood.
即使是走在街上，轻轻地撞到别人，也会勾起贝基童年的糟糕回忆。
Also, like Becky, people with HSAM never do well in school, because they have problems picking up the important information from what they‘ve learnt.
而且，就像贝基一样，患有超忆症的人在学校从来没有取得过好成绩，因为他们很难从所学的知识中获取重要信息。
Becky‘s great brain could help scientists find a cure for terrible mental illnesses like Alzheimer‘s（老年痴呆症）.
贝基强大的大脑可以帮助科学家们找到治疗老年痴呆症等严重精神疾病的方法。
Her condition could hold the secret to treating or even preventing Alzheimer‘s.
她的病情可能是治疗甚至预防老年痴呆症的秘密所在。