夏说英语新闻晨读 第551期:心碎综合症（在线收听）

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Your heart can be damaged after a sad event and it may be your brain's doing, experts believe. Swiss researchers have been studying people with a rare and unusual condition called broken heart syndrome. This weakening and failing of the heart happens suddenly, often after a stressful or emotional event such as bereavement. It is little understood but the work in the European Heart Journal suggests the mind's response to stress plays a part.

Swiss: adj. 瑞士的；瑞士人的
Switzerland: n. 瑞士
rare: adj. 罕见的
broken heart syndrome: 心碎综合征
weakening and failing of the heart: 心脏的衰弱和衰竭
bereavement: n. 丧亲之痛
bereave: v. 使……丧失
play a part: 起作用