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Fen-Phen took America by storm.
芬-芬像一场风暴席卷了美国
Over six million prescriptions were issued in 1996.
1996一年开出的处方就超过六百万
But by then something had already started to go wrong.
然而 有些事开始不对劲了
This is my liver and my kidneys and my spleen, it's all swollen.
我的肝脏 肾脏 还有脾脏都开始肿大
I look like a man that's pregnant.
我看起来就像一个怀孕的男人
But I've always wanted to
我一直想瘦下来
be skinny and I'm skinny, but I'm not healthy.
我现在是瘦了 但是我不健康
All Carla wanted to do was to lose weight,
卡拉那时只有一个念头 就是减轻体重
but she began to feel ill
但当她开始疗程
just five weeks into her course of treatment.
五个星期后 开始觉得身体抱恙
I had gone to chaperone my middle son's homecoming dance
我去次子的返校舞会做监护人
and I was up dancing with the kids and just having fun with them,
当时我在和孩子们跳舞 玩得正高兴
and all of a sudden my head started pounding
突然我的脑袋开始轰鸣
and my ears started ringing so loudly
我的耳朵大声鸣叫
that I couldn't even hear the music.
以至于我连音乐都听不见了
I went to the hospital and
我去了医院
the next day they transferred me to Salem,
第二天他们把我转到萨利姆那里
and he came into the room and he told me that I had
他走进病房告诉我 我得了
primary pulmonary hypertension and I had two years to live.
早期肺动脉高血压症 只能再活2年

重点解释

All Carla wanted to do was to lose weight,卡拉那时只有一个念头，就是减轻体重

lose weight:减肥

She has been taking exercises to lose weight from day to day.

她每天锻炼来减肥。

近义词:

slim down消瘦

She tries to get fit and slim down.

她努力使身体健康体形苗条。

but she began to feel ill just five weeks into her course of treatment.但当她开始疗程五个星期后开始觉得身体抱恙

feel ill:心情不好，身体不适

Did you really feel ill this morning?

今天早晨你真的感到身体不适吗？

I always feel ill at ease in a strange environment.

我在陌生环境总觉不自在。

I was up dancing with the kids and just having fun with them,当时我在和孩子们跳舞，玩得正高兴

have fun with:玩得开心

Did you have fun with Uncle today?

今天跟叔叔玩得开心吗?

词义辨析：

make fun, make a joke这两个短语的共同意思是“取笑某人”“同某人开玩笑”。其区别是：

这两个短语后接的介词不同, make fun后接of; make a joke后接about。例如:

Don't make fun of an old man.

Don't make a joke about an old man.

不要同老年人开玩笑。