新奇事件簿 高兴让人"心伤"

Scientists have said it isn't just sad things that make us brokenhearted. Happy events can also be bad for our heart. A broken heart is an actual medical condition. It is not just the sadness we feel when someone we love does not return that love. We get broken heart syndrome¹ when we are highly² stressed. We also get it during emotional³ times, such as a relationship breakup, the death of family and friends, or the loss of a job. The medical name for this is Takotsubo Syndrome (TTS). Researchers say people can get TTS, and even be at risk of sudden death, when very happy things happen. The doctors who discovered this have called it "happy heart syndrome".

科学家认为不止伤心事“伤心”。高兴也能“伤心”。伤心其实是一种病症。当两人不相爱时，我们的感受不仅仅是难过。高度紧张时也会“伤心”。当遭遇如失恋、失业或亲朋好友去世等状况时，我们也会“伤心”。它的医学名词为“Takotsubo”综合征。研究人员认为，当人们情绪极度亢奋时，患“Takotsubo”综合征，以及猝死的风险都是存在的。医生们称它为“乐极生悲症”。

The researchers' study was published in the European Heart Journal⁴ on Thursday. Heart experts Dr Christian⁵ Templin and Dr Jelena Ghadri analysed data from 1,750 patients who suffered from Takotsubo Syndrome. The sufferers were from nine different countries. They found 485 patients got TTS because of an emotional happening. Twenty of these had TTS because of a happy or joyful⁶ event. The patients had heart problems after events like a birthday party, a wedding, a favourite sports team winning a game, and the birth of a grandchild. Dr Ghadri said our body and brain may think happy and sad events are similar, so both can result in Takotsubo Syndrome.

周四，这篇研究刊登在了《欧洲心脏杂志》。心脏学专家克里斯汀·坦普林，叶连娜·加得里医生对1750名“Takotsubo”患者进行了数据分析。患者来自九个国家。485名患者因情绪紧张患病。20名患者因亢奋患病。患病起因有生日派对、婚礼、赢球以及抱孙女。加得里医生认为，对于高兴和悲伤，身体和人脑的反应是相似的，两者均会造成“Takotsubo”。

1 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

2 highly   

adv.高度地，极，非常；非常赞许地

参考例句：

• It is highly important to provide for the future.预先做好准备非常重要。
• The teacher speaks very highly of the boy's behaviour.老师称赞这个男孩的表现。

3 emotional   

adj.令人动情的；易动感情的；感情(上)的

参考例句：

• Emotional people don't stop to calculate.感情容易冲动的人做事往往不加考虑。
• This is an emotional scene in the play.这是剧中动人的一幕。

4 journal   

n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物

参考例句：

• He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
• He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。

5 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。