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His computer was on. Maybe he should email someone. What would the email say—“I think I’m dying1 of a heart attack”? Wait a minute, he thought. He was about to die, and he was going to email someone who might not open his email for days?! He turned off the computer. Should he leave the dining table lamp on, or turn it off? He didn’t know whether to sit in the chair at the dining table, or go lie down in bed. Should he be sitting down or lying down when he died? Did it matter? He decided2 to sit in the chair and wait for his death.
He used to teach CPR, and he knew he had the symptoms3 of a heart attack. Victims4 usually describe a feeling of fullness. Students always used to ask what the “fullness” felt like, but he couldn't tell them. Now he knew exactly what it felt like.
So, this is how it’s going to happen, he thought, as he sat in the chair looking at the TV, waiting to die. He didn’t particularly like the thought of dying at this time, but he accepted it. He was 60 years old. You live, you die. Would he just quietly become unconscious5? Or would his heart “explode,” causing him to yell6 out in pain?
And then the fullness in his chest7 simply disappeared. The numbness8 in his hand went away, too. He waited, just to be sure. He was okay! From start to finish, perhaps three minutes had passed. Thank You, he said quietly.
Tomorrow he should see a doctor and a lawyer, he thought. And next time, he shouldn’t worry about the cost of an ambulance ride or a hospital stay. He couldn’t believe that when he thought his very life was on the line, he had cheaped out.
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adj.垂死的,临终的 | |
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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症状( symptom的名词复数 ); 征兆 | |
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4 victims | |
n.牺牲者( victim的名词复数 );牺牲品;受骗者;为祭祀杀死的动物(或人) | |
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5 unconscious | |
adj.失去知觉的,不省人事的;无意识的,不知不觉的 | |
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vi./n.号叫,叫喊 | |
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7 chest | |
n.胸,大箱子,金库,资金,一箱,密封室,衣橱 | |
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8 numbness | |
n.无感觉,麻木,惊呆 | |
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