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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.

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n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者 | |
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n.袖口;手铐;护腕;vt.用手铐铐;上袖口 | |
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