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Time once again for What You Didn't Know.

欢迎来到《那么你不了解的事情》环节。

This is where we read a well-known science fact and then surprise you with the follow-up. Ready?

今天要讲的科学事实可能家喻户晓,而稍后的节目可能会让你意外。准备好了吗?

Yep.

没错。

Heart disease is a leading cause of death.

心脏病是造成人们死亡的主要原因。

Hey, it turns out the sky is blue.

嘿,原来天空是蓝色的。

Everybody knows heart disease is bad news for all those overweight guys in suits.

想必大家都知道,心脏病对于那些西装革履的超重人群来说,是个晴天霹雳般的消息。

. . . for women.

这是对于女性而言。

Whoops! Did you say heart disease is a leading cause of death for women?

哎呦!你的意思是心脏病是导致女性死亡的主要原因?

More than that: it's not only a leading cause of death, it's the leading cause of death.

不只如此,它不仅是死亡的主要原因,而且就是死亡的主要原因。

Women over fifty are more likely to die of heart attacks than anything else.

50岁以上的女性更有可能死于心脏病发作。

But I thought heart attacks were a guy thing.

但我还以为心脏病是男人的事情。

You and almost everyone else.

你和几乎其他所有人一样。

A recent American Heart Association poll asked what the leading cause of death in women overfifty was.

美国心脏协会最近的一项民意调查问及50岁以上妇女死亡的主要原因。

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