Name: 【BBC 英語】破碎的心 (BBC 6 Minute English - Broken hearts)
Uploaded: 2018-07-11T21:01:03.000Z
Duration: 6 min 37 s

尼爾：哈囉！歡迎收聽「六分鐘學英文」

勞勃：還行吧，我想，就我所知

Rob : Well, not my heart specifically, but

my health in general, yes. I like to exercise

但是我會注意我的身體是否健康。我平常會

regularly and I try to eat healthy foods.

有規律地運動、並且盡量吃健康的食物

Neil: So that cheese burger I saw you eating

尼爾：所以，我剛剛看到你在吃的那個起司漢堡

Rob: Fake news! You're making that up, Neil!

勞勃：這不是真的！你別瞎掰，尼爾！

Don't believe him, listeners. It would break

my heart if people thought I ate junk food.

如果大家以為我吃了垃圾食物，我會心碎

Neil: Now that's an interesting expression.

尼爾：這是一個有趣的表達方式

我們在有事情讓我們感到難過時，會這樣說

Of course, we don't really mean that our heart

當然，我們並不是真的表示我們的心臟

Rob: However, you do sometimes hear stories

about people who they say 'died from a broken

Neil: That is today's topic - Can you die

from a broken heart? First though, the quiz

人們有可能會因為心碎而死嗎？首先，

question. The first human-to-human heart transplant

我們來個小測驗。全世界第一個人類心臟移植手術

took place in 1967. But what country was it

是在 1967 年進行的。那麼，又是在哪個國家呢？

in? Was it a) South Africa, b) USA or c) China

是在 (A) 南非、(B) 美國、還是 (C) 中國？

Neil: OK, we'll give you the answer at the

Now back to the subject of broken hearts and

現在回到我們的主題：心碎、和人們有沒有可能

if you can die from one. Dr Nikki Stamp is

會因此而死。妮基·史坦普是一位

an Australian heart surgeon. She's written

澳洲的心臟外科醫師。她寫了一本書

a book, helpfully called 'Can You Die From

「你可能會心碎而死嗎？」她是 BBC 廣播四台

BBC Radio 4 programme Woman's Hour and was

「女性時刻」節目裡的來賓，節目中

asked that very question. Does she think it

她被問到了這個問題。她是否認為

Dr Nikki Stamp: Yes, short answer is yes.

妮基·史坦普醫生：是的，簡單來說是有可能的

It's a little bit more nuanced than that.

For most of us when we have a broken heart

對於大部分的人來說，當我們覺得心碎的時候

whether it's bereavement or a relationship

不管是因為親友去世、或是一段關係

muddle our way through it, we'll take not

我們會設法克服這件事，即使過程中我們或許

不會好好照顧自己，但是最終會撐過去

there. However the physical effects still

happen and it is a big stress on your emotions

而且，不僅明顯在情緒上產生很大的壓力

Neil: So she says, yes, it is possible to

尼爾：所以她說，因為心碎而死

die from a broken heart. But, Rob, is it as

Rob: Well, no. She said it was a bit more

nuanced. This means it's not a simple relationship.

又存在著許多細微差異。這表示，這其中牽涉到的關係並不只有一種

A situation that is nuanced has small but

一個 nuanced 的狀況代表，它其中牽涉到了許多微小

但是可能具有重大影響力的差異

Neil: She mentioned a couple of situations

where we say that people could have a broken

Rob: Yes, she talked about times of great

unhappiness and emotional stress. One of the

讓人非常難過、或感到很有壓力的時刻。她提到的其中一種

ones she mentioned was bereavement. Bereavement

is the intense feeling of sadness we get when

bereavement 指的是，當我們失去親友的時候

Neil: The other situation where we say people

尼爾：另一種我們會說某人心碎的狀況是

are broken-hearted is, as Dr Stamp said, when

a relationship comes to an end. So if your

當一段關係畫下句點的時候。所以，

boyfriend, girlfriend, husband wife or lover

如果你的男友、女友、先生或太太、或情人

decides they no longer want to be with you.

決定他們不想再跟你在一起的時候 (可能就會有心碎的感覺)

Rob: So these are times when we use the expression

勞勃：這些就是我們會用「覺得感到心碎」

to be broken-hearted. But, thankfully, they

來表達感受的時候。不過還好，

don't usually lead to death. She said that

usually we muddle through. This expression

我們通常會想辦法應付過去 (muddle through)

means that we get through our sadness. Maybe

意思是，我們會從悲傷中走出來

或許會走地有點慢、而且我們可能沒想清楚

and don't make the right decisions – but

不過，最後，我們還是能修補受傷的心

Neil: For some people, a few people though,

尼爾：對於有些中的少數人來說，

the emotional stress does have an effect on

the body, it does lead to physical symptoms

帶來影響，它會帶來一些生理上的症狀

and sometimes, sadly, death. Here's Dr Stamp

不幸地是，有時候它會導致死亡。我們來聽聽

again. Which expression does she use instead

Dr Nikki Stamp: And then for some people,

you will die of a broken heart. We do tend

可能會因為心碎而死。我們的確會

to see that in elderly people who you know, a few

在我們認識的長者身上看到這樣的例子，像是

Rob: She says that dying of a broken heart

can happen with older people and she used

而且她使用「過世」，而不是使用

Neil: Dying from a broken heart may be quite

尼爾：心碎而死的狀況可能很罕見

rare, but heart problems still exist for many,

particularly those who are very overweight.

它尤其會發生在那些過度肥胖的人身上

This is a problem in many parts of the world.

這個問題在全世界許多地方都會發生

為什麼呢？史坦普醫生為我們解釋

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