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Medical Story Show

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Maybe we should look into the girlfriend's theory.

也许我们该研究一下他女朋友的理论

She thinks she rode him to death.

她觉得是她把他"做"出毛病的

What'd you tell her?

你怎么说的

I told her 22yearold men don't die of sex.

我说一个 22 岁的男性不会死于性爱

What'd you ask her? What do you mean?

你问她什么了 你什么意思

I mean, I hope you got some specifics on exactly what was going on.

我希望你有好好了解一下具体情况

If the girl thinks it could kill you

如果那女孩觉得男性会死于性爱

it's worth knowing about.

那你绝对有备案的必要

Have you ever taken a life?

那你曾经"杀"过人吗

We should stop the antibiotics.

我们得停止使用抗生素了

It's too soon to say they're not having an effect.

现在断定它们不起作用为时过早

They're having an effect.

已经起作用了

His B.P.'s falling fast. There's fluid filling his lungs.

他血压急降 肺部有积液

His creatinine is rising.

他的肌氨酸酐在上升

His kidneys are shutting down.

他的肾功能正在衰竭

Our treatment isn't making him better. It's killing him.

我们的治疗没有让他好转 是要他的命

So, we had six symptoms that didn't add up to anything.

这么说 我们有 6 个毫无意义的症状

Now we got seven. Who's excited?

现在出现了第 7 个 有人激动不

I don't think it complicates things.

我认为它没有使问题复杂化

The kidney failure was caused by the antibiotics.

肾衰竭是由抗生素引起的

Maybe. Typically, low blood pressure

可能 通常来说 低血压

and abdominal pain means an infection.

和腹痛说明是感染

An abdominal infection causes sepsis, low blood pressure.

腹腔感染导致败血症 低血压

Except we checked for abdominal infections.

不过我们已经测试过腹腔感染

I know. But what if it's the other way around?

我知道 不过如果顺序颠倒一下呢

What if the low blood pressure's causing the abdominal pain?

如果是低血压造成腹痛呢

Viral heart infection.

病毒性心脏感染

The intestines aren't getting enough blood, and the result is belly pain.

肠道得不到足够血液 导致了腹部疼痛

I know it's not the standard presentation.

我知道这套说法站不住脚

It's a 10 million to 1 shot.

这只有千万分之一的可能性

I thought that's what we dealt with here.

所以才要我们来解决

It explains the cardiomyopathy, the pain, the low B.P., the fever.

这能解释心肌病 疼痛 低血压和发烧

You read the book. Impressive.

你真的读那本书了 不错啊

It's a ludicrously long shot that explains every one of those symptoms

这理论荒唐且冒险 解释了所有症状

except for the cough and the rash.

除了咳嗽和皮疹

Should we just erase those?

咱们是不是该擦掉那两个

Well, anything can cause a rash.

任何东西都能引起皮疹

——From《House M.D》

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1.shut down 停工，关闭2.His kidneys are shutting down.他的肾功能正在衰竭。3.low blood pressure 低血压4.sepsis [ˈsepsɪs] n. 败血症5.Viral heart infection. 病毒性心脏感染。6.cardiomyopathy [ˌkɑrdɪomaɪˈɑpəθi] n. （尤指原发性的）心肌症，心肌病7.ludicrously [ˈluːdɪkrəsli] adv. 滑稽地；荒唐地8.except for 除了……以外；要不是由于9.erase [ɪˈreɪs] v. 抹去，擦掉；删除；忘却；消除，消灭

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