
主播脖子上的腫塊
A 28-year-old news reporter in Florida, Victoria Price, announced on Twitter that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, thanking an eagle-eyed viewer for spotting a lump on her neck.
28歲的佛羅里達新聞記者維多利亞·普萊斯在推特宣布自己確診甲狀腺癌,感謝眼尖的觀眾發現她脖子有腫塊。
diagnose(v.)診斷diagnosis(n.)He was diagnosed with lung cancer.thank(v.)感謝;感激thank sb. for (doing) sth.感謝某人做了某事eagle-eyed(adj.)眼尖的
It is reported that Price received an email from a woman last month.
報導指出,普萊斯上個月收到一位女性的來信。
receive(v.)收到;得到receive a phone callreceive a present
The woman said that she had spotted a lump on Price’s neck that reminded her of her own, which had turned out to be a tumor.
那位女性注意到普萊斯脖子上有一個腫塊,讓她想起自己也曾有同樣的腫塊,後來發現是腫瘤。
remind sb. of sth.提醒;使...想起The photo reminds me of my grandfather.turn out結果是...tumor(n.)腫瘤;腫塊
She encouraged the reporter to have her thyroid checked. Price took her advice and went to see her doctor. Later, she learned that she had thyroid cancer.
她鼓勵普萊斯去做甲狀腺檢查。普萊斯接受她的建議,去看了醫生,後來得知自己罹患了甲狀腺癌。
encourage(v.)鼓勵have sth. V-pp.使...被...I’d like to have my photo taken.check(v.)檢查take sb. advice聽取某人的建議
Price said on Twitter that she will have surgery to have her tumor removed, adding that she will have to ask for a leave from work.
普萊斯在推特上表示已預約好時間要凍手術切除甲狀腺腫瘤,並預告會休假一段時間。
surgery(n.)外科手術surgeon(n.)外科醫生remove(v.)移除leave(n.)~假;假期sick leave病假maternity leave產假
Price also thanked the complete stranger who had reached out to her. “She had zero obligation to, but she did anyway,” Price wrote in a tweet.
普萊斯也對那位陌生的女性表示感激。普萊斯的發文寫到:「那位女性並沒有義務這麼做,但她還是做了。」
complete(adj.)完全的;徹底的stranger(n.)陌生人reach out to sb.向誰伸出援手;請求幫助Our church tried to reach out to the poor.obligation(n.)責任;義務oblige迫使
She said that she had emailed the viewer this week to thank her but hadn’t heard back from her.
她說她寫了信感謝她但還沒收到回覆。
email(n.)(v.)電子郵件;傳送電郵hear from sb.收到某人的來信或電話
The news has raised concerns about thyroid cancer among women, who are three times more likely than men to develop the cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
這則新聞也引起了對女性罹患甲狀腺癌的關注。根據美國癌症協會的統計,女性患上甲狀腺癌的機率比男性高出三倍以上。
raise concerns about sth.引起對...關注concern(v.)(n.)關注;憂慮be likely to可能develop(v.)發展;成長;患上