A Florida teenager finally took a long breath after hiccuping non-stop for five weeks.
The hiccups stopped around 5pm on Wed. Feb. 28, the St. Petersburg Times wrote.
"Jennifer Mee had a few more spasms, but then she stopped and took her first ... breaths [without hiccups] since ... Jan. 23," the paper said.
PHOTO: AP
No one seems to know what cured the 15-year-old girl from the western Florida city of St. Petersburg, who had hiccupped almost non-stop for weeks.
Mee had seen several special doctors including an infectious disease doctor , a neurologist ( a doctor that looks at your brain), a hypnotist and an acupuncturist.
She took medicine and tried a special new device designed to stop hiccups, the paper said.
She was also on an American TV show after her hiccups finally stopped.
Early Thursday morning, Jennifer said she hiccuped just one more time.
"Right now, my nose is burning and my throat hurts." But she felt a lot better than she has in weeks, the St. Petersburg Times said. (AFP)
一名佛羅里達的青少女在連續打嗝五個星期之後，總算長長地鬆了口氣。
根據聖彼得堡時報所述，她打嗝的情況在二月二十八日星期三下午五點左右停止。
報導寫道︰「珍妮佛米打了幾下嗝，然後就停下來，自一月二十三日以來，第一次沒有打隔干擾的呼吸。」
沒人知道這名來自佛州西部聖彼得堡市的十五歲少女止嗝的原因，她已經連打了好幾個星期的嗝。
珍妮佛米看過幾個專科醫師，包括傳染病醫師、腦神經醫師（檢測腦部疾病）、催眠師和針炙師。
報導指出，她吃了藥並試過一種設計用來停止打嗝的新裝置。
在她終於停止打嗝後，還上過美國電視節目。
星期四清晨，珍妮佛說她只又打了一次嗝。
聖彼得堡時報轉述她發言︰「現在我的鼻子灼熱而且喉嚨痛」，不過她感覺比過去幾個星期好多了。
（法新社╱翻譯︰鄭湘儀）
Computex, Asia’s biggest electronics conference, kicked off Monday in Taipei, and as in years past drew industry chieftains from Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang and Qualcomm Inc.’s Cristiano Amon to Young Liu of Foxconn, which makes the bulk of the world’s iPhones and Nvidia servers. But while last year’s event was a celebration of the post-ChatGPT AI boom, executives this time are likely grappling with the uncertainty of the Trump administration’s effort to reshape the global trade order — disrupting a decades-old model for tech manufacturing. This year’s exhibition will of course feature the hardware required to bring artificial intelligence to life.
A: Where will the 35 sports of the 2025 World Masters Games be held? B: Apart from Taipei and New Taipei City, some games will take place in Yilan County, Taoyuan County, and Hsinchu County and City. A: The news says about 25,000 people, including many celebrities and sports stars, have already registered for the games. B: Even Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an, who is 47, registered for softball and squash. New Taipei Mayor Hou You-yi, who is 68, also registered for table tennis. A: And it will be the largest sports event ever in Taiwan’s history. How exciting. A:
Dog owners often wish they could understand their pets’ thoughts. “Dog buttons” might turn their dream into a reality. These specially designed buttons, __1__ sound chips, enable dogs to communicate their needs by pressing buttons corresponding to pre-recorded words like “walk,” “play,” “outside,” and “food.” This bridges the communication __2__ between humans and their canine companions. The science behind dog buttons is based on the concept of associative learning. It’s a process __3__ learners can link actions with outcomes. For instance, if an owner consistently presses the “walk” button and then takes their dog for a walk, the dog
1. 眾所皆知，資訊產業是我國經濟的基礎。 ˇ As everyone admits, the IT industry is the backbone of our economy. χ As everyone admits that the IT industry is the backbone of our economy. 註：這裏 as 作關係代名詞，引導從屬子句。誤句多了 that， IT industry is. . . 就變成從屬句，欠缺了主句，結構上錯誤。又如： As my friend pointed out, necessity is the mother of invention. As is known to all, grammar is not the only important thing in language study. 2. 她心情總是非常好。 ˇ She is always in a good mood. χ She always is in a good mood. 註：always, often 一般放在行為動詞之前，連繫動詞、助動詞之後： He always behaves well. He is always happy and gay. He is always reading. 其他用法類似的副詞，還有 still、also、hardly、seldom、never 等。 3. 你看！他還在寫報告呢。 ˇ Look! He is still working
RSS