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Put down your fizzy drinks, people, and brush your teeth every day - you won't want to end up like this guy named Jay, whose teeth stops him from chasing his dreams.
放下你手中的汽水，坚持每天好好刷牙吧--你肯定不想最后像这个叫杰伊的家伙一样，让自己的牙齿阻止自己追求梦想。
Jay, 21, is a binman in UK who "spent more time keeping the streets clean than his teeth".
21岁的杰伊是英国的垃圾工，他用于清理街道的时间比护理自己牙齿的时间还多。
For the past two decades of his life, Jay had neglected his oral hygiene as there wasn't any encouragement from his parents to brush or floss his teeth, he explained in an episode of Embarassing Bodies, a documentary on British network Channel 4.
在英国电视四台的纪实节目《限制级诊疗室》中，杰伊表示，在过去的20年里，由于没有父母敦促他刷牙或者是用牙线清理牙齿，杰伊一直都忽视自己的口腔卫生。
"Over the years, I've eaten the wrong foods, I've drank lots of fizzy drinks and I haven't really taken care of them," he confessed. "I haven't really brushed them or flossed or anything like that."
他坦言到：“在过去的这些年里，我一直都在吃不正确的食物，我喝了太多汽水，我没有好好照顾牙齿，从来不曾好好刷过牙或者用牙线清理牙齿。”
And we all know how procrastination could lead to an infinite regress - the worse his teeth became, the more frightened he was to visit the dentist.
我们都知道事情总是越拖越严重，当他的牙齿变得越糟糕，那么他就越怕去看牙医。
As a result, Jay's dental health had deteriorated so much that his multiple decayed teeth impacted his confidence in his appearance.
结果，由于杰伊的牙齿健康恶化严重，以至于他的龋齿已经严重影响到了他对自己的外貌的信心。
With a low self-esteem, Jay lost the courage to pursue his dreams of landing a job in sports or physiotherapy as well. But a determined man will become a changed man. With several trips made to a dental clinic, Jay was dead set on turning his life around.
自信不足的杰伊丧失了找一个跟运动和理疗有关的工作的勇气。不过，有志者事竟成。在去了几家牙医诊所后，杰伊的生活有了转机。
After 11 extractions, several dental implants and crown fittings with bridges, he was finally able to smile confidently, and even shaved his beard which he had depended on to hide his teeth. Now, Jay sticks to a routine of brushing twice a day and flossing every day.
经过11次的拔牙以及几次牙齿植入还有齿冠搭桥之后，他终于能自信地笑了，他甚至还剃掉了用来掩盖牙齿的胡子。现在，杰伊坚持每天刷两次牙以及养成了用牙线清理牙齿的习惯。
With his confidence restored, Jay claims that he's a much happier person now and would "definitely be going forward to fulfil his dreams".
在恢复自信后，杰伊表示，自己现在变得更开心了并且会继续逐梦的。
