填空题 1 If the dentist says," This will hurt a little," it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation (感觉), we can handle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the stuff, of life.

• A. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.
• B. The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it.
• C. However, many of us cannot stand pain.
• D. Look at the Indian fakir (行僧) who sits on a bed ofnails.
• E. We demand the "needle" - a shot of novocaine (奴佛卡因，一种局部麻醉剂) - that deadens the nerves around the tooth.
• F. But we pay for our sensitivity.