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0Episode: Blackie Chen Heart Attack: Sleep Can Save You
Duration: approximately 6 minutes
Level: B1 (Intermediate)
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[Mike]: Welcome back to Learn English with Podcasts! Sarah, what if you never smoke, never drink, and still end up in the ICU at 49?
zh:欢迎回到 Learn English with Podcasts！Sarah，如果你从不抽烟、从不喝酒，却在49岁进了 ICU，你会怎么想？
[Sarah]: I would say that is unfair. Who are we talking about?
zh:我会说这太不公平了。我们在说谁？
[Mike]: Blackie Chen. The Taiwan actor and TV host. On the evening of September 15, he was watching a ball game. Suddenly his chest felt tight and heavy.
zh:陈建州。台湾演员和主持人。9月15日傍晚，他在看球赛。突然胸口觉得又闷又重。
[Sarah]: Tight and heavy? Like he could not breathe?
zh:又闷又重？像喘不过气那样吗？
[Mike]: Yes. He said it felt like a big stone was pressing on his chest. He could not get air in. And his back hurt a lot.
zh:对。他说像有颗大石头压在胸口。气喘不上来。而且后背疼得很厉害。
[Sarah]: Oh no. Did he think it was just being tired?
zh:哦不。他当时以为只是太累了吗？
[Mike]: At first, yes. He went to the emergency room at Zhongshan Hospital. Doctors ran tests. When the nurses saw his ECG report, the whole room changed.
zh:一开始，是的。他去了中山医院急诊。医生做了一系列检查。当护士看到他的心电图报告，整个急诊室的气氛都变了。
[Sarah]: Changed how? Everyone started running?
zh:怎么变了？大家都跑起来了吗？
[Mike]: Almost. They called other departments at once. They said his ECG numbers were very dangerous. He had to move to a big hospital right away.
zh:差不多。他们立刻联系各大单位。他们说他的心电图指标非常危险。必须马上转到大医院处理。
[Sarah]: So what happened next?
zh:然后呢？
[Mike]: An ambulance took him to the emergency room at National Taiwan University Hospital. There, a team put a stent into his heart. From the ambulance to the end of the operation, it took about 90 minutes.
zh:救护车把他送到台大医院急诊。在那里，医疗团队给他做了心脏支架手术。从下救护车到手术结束，大约只用了90分钟。
[Sarah]: 90 minutes? That is amazingly fast.
zh:90分钟？这快得惊人。
[Mike]: His doctor, Professor Wang Zongdao, said it was a typical acute heart attack. One blood vessel was fully blocked. The team was racing against death.
zh:他的主治医生王宗道教授说，这是典型的急性心肌梗塞。有一条血管完全堵住了。医疗团队就是在跟死神抢时间。
[Sarah]: But Mike, he looks healthy. People always ask, does he not live a clean life?
zh:可是 Mike，他看起来很健康。大家肯定会问，他生活不是很健康吗？
[Mike]: He is clean. No smoking, no drinking, no late-night parties. On paper, his habits look great.
zh:他确实很干净。不抽烟、不喝酒、也不应酬。纸面上看，习惯非常好。
[Sarah]: Then why did his heart stop working at 49?
zh:那为什么49岁心脏就出问题了？
[Mike]: He answered that himself. Two days later, on September 17, he wrote a long letter from the hospital. He had just moved from the ICU to a normal room.
zh:他自己回答了这个问题。两天后，9月17日，他在医院写了一封长信。那时他刚从 ICU 转到普通病房。
[Sarah]: What did he say? I am guessing lack of sleep?
zh:他说了什么？我猜是缺觉？
[Mike]: You guessed right. For more than six years, since he started the PLG basketball league in 2020, he slept very little. Sometimes only three or four hours a night.
zh:你猜对了。六年多来，自从2020年创立 PLG 联盟，他每天睡得很少。有时一晚只睡三四个小时。
[Sarah]: Three or four hours? For six years? How?
zh:三四个小时？持续六年？怎么做到的？
[Mike]: He answered messages at 2 at night. Then he got up at 6 in the morning to take his kids to school. He thought he was made of iron. He thought he could handle it.
zh:他半夜2点还在回讯息。早上6点又起床送小孩上学。他以为自己是铁人。他以为撑得住。
[Sarah]: Oh wait, that is my life too. Late phone, early alarm. Is that really enough to break a heart?
zh:等等，这也是我的生活啊。深夜看手机，清早定闹钟。这真能把心脏搞坏吗？
[Mike]: His doctor said yes. That may be the most important reason this time. Long-term lack of sleep raises blood pressure. It causes inflammation in blood vessels. It breaks your sleep-wake balance.
zh:他的医生说是的。这可能就是这次最重要的原因。长期缺觉会让血压升高。会让血管发炎。会让自律神经失调。
[Sarah]: So even without cigarettes or alcohol, your heart is still working overtime.
zh:所以即使不抽烟不喝酒，心脏还是在过劳。
[Mike]: Exactly. In his letter he asked everyone to do three things. Do you want to hear them? They are great English lessons too.
zh:没错。他在信里拜托大家三件事。想听听吗？也是很好的英语表达。
[Sarah]: Yes, tell me. Number one?
zh:好，告诉我。第一件是什么？
[Mike]: Number one, take tiredness seriously. He wrote, being tired means your body is asking for help. Do not wait until you are in the ICU to listen.
zh:第一，把累当一回事。他写道，会累就是身体在求救。不要等进了加护病房才听见。
[Sarah]: Take tiredness seriously. I like that phrase. And number two?
zh:把累当一回事。我喜欢这个表达。第二件呢？
[Mike]: Number two, know the signs of a heart attack. Chest pain or tightness for more than 15 minutes. Pain moves to the left shoulder, jaw, neck, or back. Plus cold sweat, nausea, or short breath.
zh:第二，认得心肌梗塞的症状。胸口闷痛超过15分钟没好。痛到左肩、下巴、脖子或后背。再加上冒冷汗、恶心或喘不上气。
[Sarah]: That is very practical. And if you feel that, what should you do?
zh:这非常实用。如果有这些感觉，该怎么办？
[Mike]: Do not wait. Call an ambulance right away. Every minute counts. The longer you wait, the more heart muscle dies.
zh:不要忍。立刻打救护电话。每一分钟都算数。等得越久，心肌死得越多。
[Sarah]: Okay, number three must be about sleep.
zh:好的，第三件肯定和睡觉有关。
[Mike]: Yes. Make sleep your most important work. Put it on your calendar. Sleep 6 to 8 hours. It is not laziness. It is maintenance for your heart.
zh:对。把睡觉当成最重要的工作。把它写进行事历。睡满6到8小时。这不是偷懒，是在保养心脏。
[Sarah]: And he said something about health checks too, right?
zh:他还说了体检的事，对吧？
[Mike]: Right. If you are over 40, get a full check every year. Watch your blood pressure, blood fat, and blood sugar.
zh:对。40岁以上每年做一次健检。追踪血压、血脂和血糖。
[Sarah]: You know, his last line really hit me. Work can wait. Games can wait. But health has no overtime.
zh:你知道吗，他最后一句真的打动我了。工作可以等，球赛可以晚点打，但健康没有延长赛。
[Mike]: Mine too. He asked readers to share the letter with that one friend who never sleeps. That friend may need it most.
zh:我也是。他请读者把信分享给身边那个最不爱睡觉的朋友。那个人可能最需要它。
[Sarah]: So let me ask our listeners. Do you sleep 6 to 8 hours? Or are you answering messages at 2 at night?
zh:那我来问问听众。你每天睡满6到8小时吗？还是半夜2点还在回讯息？
[Mike]: Thanks for listening to Learn English with Podcasts. Share this episode with your most hardworking friend. It might save a life.
zh:感谢收听今天的 Learn English with Podcasts。把这期分享给你最拼命的朋友吧。你可能会救他一命。
[Sarah]: And tonight, put down your phone a little earlier. We will see you on the court, healthy, next time.
zh:今晚，早一点放下手机吧。下次，我们在球场上健康相见。
