VOA慢速英语:Ever Feel Like You'll Die of A Broken Heart?

短语讲解：

1. In 2011, a pair of researchers in Switzerland set up a global registry to track cases of the syndrome.

set up 建立; 准备; 安排; 引起
例句：He set up a new opinion regarding the project.
他对这个规划提出了一条新的意见。

2. And within that group of 485, a total of 20 people could be said to have suffered from “happy heart syndrome.

a total of 总数为
例句：The mine had yielded a total of about 3714 tons of coal.
这座矿已生产了3714吨煤。
suffer from 患（某种病），受（某种病痛）折磨
例句：I often suffer from unaccountable headaches.
我常莫名其妙地头疼。

3. Emergency room doctors should be aware of the fact that patients with signs of heart attack could be suffering from TTS.

be aware of 知道
例句：They will be aware of their options， consciously.
他们会有意识地知晓他们的选择。

4. Further studies are also needed to figure out if both events share the same pathway in the central nervous system for causing Takotsubo syndrome.

figure out 想出; 解决; 计算出
例句：We must figure out how to solve the problem.
我们必须想出解决这个问题的办法。