原版英语对话：Blood Pressure(1)

A: Have you been having any problems lately?
B: No, but the nurse at school says that I should have my blood pressure checked.
A: Do you have a history of high blood pressure?
B: No, I have never been told that I have high blood pressure.
A: High blood pressure is called the silent killer¹ because it hardly ever has symptoms.
B: How do you check for high blood pressure?
A: We are going to use this cuff² here, and it will give me a reading.
B: What do the numbers mean?
A: They tell me how much your heart is working at rest and when pumping blood.
B: Good. That will help me know how I am doing.
 

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？