Lovesick student has phantom pregnancy

A college student from Shenyang, Liaoning Province, was so in love with her teacher that she ended her up convincing herself she was pregnant by him.

A medical examination, however, soon showed it was all in the girl's head. At a later hypnotherapy session with a doctor, she confessed that she had secretly admired the man for many years. She thought she had become pregnant last month after sitting in a chair in his office while he wasn't there.

Her phantom pregnancy was a symptom of a deeper mental condition that would need therapy to rectify, a psychologist surnamed Yang said.


Courageous canine refuses to let go

A brave dog captured a thief in Dalian, Liaoning Province on Sunday as he was trying to make good his escape from a house.

The dog pounced as the burglar was climbing through a window, biting him and barking loudly. The man tried to kick the dog away, but the brave canine stuck to his task. The commotion eventually awoke the master of the house who tackled the thief while his family called the police. The burglar was found to have stolen 2,000 yuan ($260) in cash and was arrested.

(China Daily 06/15/2007)

（英语点津 Linda 编辑）

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Matt Doran is an award-winning American newspaper journalist and an undergraduate student at Albion College. He is currently a polisher for China Daily Website and is on summer break from Beijing Foreign Studies University, where he will resume his study of Chinese in the fall.