英国奇女子：一觉醒来英音变中国口音_时事

英国奇女子：一觉醒来英音变中国口音

A British woman who woke up with a Chinese accent after suffering a stroke isdevastated - after being told the side effect is permanent.

一位英国女士，一次中风醒来后口音变成了中国腔，生活尽毁，这一副作用将伴其一生。

Sarah Colwill's strong Devon drawl disappeared overnight, in one of only 20 known cases of Foreign Accent Syndrome worldwide. Medical staff say they have exhausted all options and, despite Sarah never visiting China, she has to accept her Far East voice is here to stay.

萨拉·科尔威浓重的德文郡长音一夜之间消失了，是世界仅有的20例外国口音综合征之一。医务人员称他们用尽了所有可能的方法;尽管萨拉从未去过中国，她不得不接受这一远东口音将永久伴随着她的事实。

Sarah, 40, says her life has been made a living hell and she has lost her home, her job and her previous life as a result of her bizarre condition.Experts say it is caused by a 'drawing out' or 'clipping' of the vowels that mimics an accent even though the patient has limited exposure to that country.

萨拉现年40，由于这诡异的症状，她就像生活在驱壳里一般，丧失了家庭、工作和先前的生活。专家称这是由于拉长和切断元音所致，这口音听着像中国的，虽然她对其知之甚少。

It was first identified during the Second World War when a Norwegian woman was hit byshrapnel during an air raid.She suffered brain damage and developed a strong German accent, which led to her being ostracised by her community in 1941.