原版英语对话：Blood Pressure(3)

A: Have you been feeling OK lately?
B: My coach wants you to check my blood pressure.
A: Has anyone ever told you that you had high blood pressure?
B: I don’t have any symptoms of high blood pressure.
A: People with high blood pressure seldom know they have it, which is why we call it the silent killer¹.
B: What test do you do for high blood pressure?
A: We will pump air into this cuff² to get a reading.
B: When you get the reading, what information does it give you?
A: It tells me how hard your heart pumps blood and how much your arteries³ relax at rest.
B: I am hoping that this test goes well for me.

 

1 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

2 cuff   

n.袖口；手铐；护腕；vt.用手铐铐；上袖口

参考例句：

• She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.她希望他们不要把她反铐起来。
• Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好吗？

3 arteries   

n.动脉( artery的名词复数 )；干线，要道

参考例句：

• Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。 来自《简明英汉词典》