A : Recently, another engineer had a heart attack at work. Fortunately someone gave him first aid and he was OK.
B : I heard that he had been working long, odd hours and smoked every day.
A : Luckily he’s OK now. I think we should all take care of our health.
A : 最近又有工程師在工作時突然心肌梗塞，幸好急救後康復。
B : 聽說，這位工程師因為工時過長，日夜顛倒，每天抽菸才會如此。
A : 幸好沒事，我想我們都要注意自己的健康。
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