纪录片《为何讲话》 第12期：中风导致不能讲话

But early the next morning things took a turn for the worse

但次日清晨 伤情就急转直下

and he had a massive¹ stroke².

并且严重中风

This left him with severe³ brain damage.

这使得他的大脑受到了重创

He was told he'd never talk properly again.

医生说他可能永远无法开口讲话了

I remember watching a programme probably six months

我记得大概在史蒂夫出事的六个月前

before Steve had his accident,

我看过一个节目

which showed a lady caring for her disabled husband

讲的是一个女人照顾其残疾丈夫的故事

and I remember feeling,

我还记得自己当时觉得

"Gosh, if that happened to me, I don't think I'd be able to do that."

天哪 要是发生在我身上我可做不到

I remember sitting for about two hours in the room when he was asleep,

我曾在熟睡的丈夫身旁呆坐两个小时

raging⁴ inside that this was not fair.

心里怒喊着 这不公平

We'd just got our business going

我们刚刚开始自己的事业

and it was doing really well,

还经营得不错

and we had two young children

还有两个年幼的孩子

and I just think sometimes it's not fair.

我只是觉得有时候世界真不公平

1 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。

2 stroke   

n.笔画，击打，连续的动作，中风，心跳；vt.奉承，轻抚； vi.击打，心跳...

参考例句：

• He drove in a nail with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把钉子敲进去了。
• He broke the lock with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把锁砸坏了。

3 severe   

adj.严格的，凶猛的，严肃的，严重的，严厉的，朴素的

参考例句：

• The severe storm did for most of the crops.猛烈的暴风雨毁掉了大部分庄稼。
• The pace was too severe to be kept up for long.跟上这步伐太难了，无法持久。

4 raging   

a.violent;furious

参考例句：

• Firemen tried to quench the flames raging through the building. 消防队员奋力扑救大楼中熊熊的火焰。
• The stream had become a raging torrent. 小溪变成了一条汹涌的急流。