Day 107 of 150

Day 107: The Cardiologist's Ultimatum

At a clinic in Arkhangelsk, a cardiologist goes over the test results of a stubborn patient who works long hours.

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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Садитесь, Геннадий Иванович. Анализы я посмотрел, и радоваться тут, скажу честно, нечему.

    Have a seat, Gennady Ivanovich. I've looked at your test results, and to be honest, there's not much to be happy about.

  2. B

    Не пугайте, доктор. Я себя прекрасно чувствую, только давление иногда скачет.

    Don't frighten me, doctor. I feel perfectly fine, it's just my blood pressure that jumps now and then.

  3. A

    Сто шестьдесят на сто каждое утро, по-вашему, «иногда»? Сердце, судя по кардиограмме, работает на износ.

    A hundred and sixty over a hundred every morning is 'now and then', in your view? Your heart, judging by the ECG, is wearing itself out.

  4. B

    Работа такая, в порту без переработок никак. Зато ем правильно: своя рыба, солёная, с картошечкой.

    That's the job, there's no getting by in the port without overtime. But I eat properly: our own fish, salted, with a few potatoes.

  5. A

    Вот она, ваша правильная еда. В ней столько соли, что и у здорового давление подскочит.

    There it is, your proper food. There's so much salt in it that even a healthy man's blood pressure would shoot up.

  6. B

    Я сорок лет её ем, доктор. Если бы она была такой вредной, я бы давно помер.

    I've been eating it for forty years, doctor. If it were that bad for you, I'd have been dead long ago.

  7. A

    Сердце сорок лет терпело, а теперь устало. Впрочем, если оно вам не дорого, продолжайте, я не настаиваю.

    Your heart put up with it for forty years, and now it's tired. Still, if it's not dear to you, carry on, I'm not insisting.

  8. B

    Ну вы и скажете... Так что мне, совсем без солёного? И с работы уходить?

    The things you say... So what, no salty food at all? And give up work?

  9. A

    Выбирайте: либо рыба по праздникам и восьмичасовой день, либо таблетки горстями и отпуск в кардиологии. Второй вариант, предупреждаю, дороже.

    Take your pick: either fish on holidays and an eight-hour day, or pills by the handful and a holiday in the cardiology ward. The second option, I warn you, costs more.

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