【健康】血压-Blood Pressure

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？