Singer Justin Bieber has revealed he is suffering from facial paralysis after cancelling shows this week.
加拿大歌手賈斯汀·比伯在本周取消演出後，透露他現在患有面癱。
reveal [rɪˈviːl] v. 揭示，透露；表明，證明；展示
suffer from 遭受；患……病
facial [ˈfeɪʃ(ə)l] adj. 面部的
paralysis [pəˈræləsɪs] n. 癱瘓（症）；（行動、決策、運行等的）癱瘓，停頓
facial paralysis 面癱，面部神經癱瘓The 28-year-old said in an Instagram video that the condition is due to a diagnosis of Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
28 歲的他在照片分享平台Instagram里的一段視頻中說，這種情況是由他患的亨特氏綜合症所致。
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diagnosis [ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs] n. 診斷
Ramsay Hunt 亨特氏綜合症，一種常見的周圍性面癱
syndrome [ˈsɪndrəʊm] n. 綜合症"As you can see this eye is not blinking. I can't smile on this side of my face... So there's full paralysis on this side of my face," he said.
「你能看到，這隻眼睛眨不了。我的這半邊臉無法微笑......所以我的這半邊臉完全癱瘓了，」他說。
blink [blɪŋk] v. 眨（眼）；（燈）閃爍Ramsay Hunt syndrome is when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near someone's ears, say medical experts.
醫學專家說，亨特氏綜合症是指帶狀皰疹爆發影響某人耳朵附近的面部神經。
shingles [ˈʃɪŋɡlz] n. [皮膚]帶狀皰疹
nerve [nɜːv] n. 神經 Earlier this week, Bieber's Justice World Tour - which began in February - announced three shows would be postponed.
本周早些時候，二月就開始的比伯「正義世界巡迴演唱會」 宣布三場演出將被推遲。
postpone [pəˈspəʊn] v. 推遲，延緩"It is from this virus that attacks the nerve in my ear and my facial nerves and has caused my face to have paralysis," the Canada-born singer said in the three-minute video, indicating the right side of his face.
這位出生於加拿大的歌手在三分鐘的視頻中說：「正是這種病毒侵害了我的耳朵和面部神經，導致我出現面癱。」他暗示發生在右臉。
He asked for his fans to be patient, and said of his forthcoming shows that he is "physically, obviously, not capable of doing them".
他要求他的粉絲們耐心等待，並談到他即將表演的節目時說，他「顯然身體上做不了這些」。
forthcoming [ˌfɔːθˈkʌmɪŋ] adj. 即將發生的，即將到來的He also smiled and blinked, showing his 240 million followers how the right side of his face did not move.
他還微笑著眨了眨眼，向他的 2.4 億粉絲展示了他的右臉是如何動不了的。
"This is pretty serious, as you can see. I wish this wasn't the case, but, obviously, my body's telling me I've got to slow down," he said. "I hope you guys understand. I'll be using this time to just rest and relax and get back to a hundred percent so that I can do what I was born to do."
「正如你看到的，非常嚴重。我希望不是這樣，但顯然，我的身體告訴我必須放慢速度，」他說。 「我希望你們能理解。我會利用這段時間來休息和放鬆，恢復到百分百的狀態，這樣我就可以做我生來就該做的事情。」
get back to a hundred percent 完全恢復狀態Bieber added that he has been doing facial exercises to "get back to normal", but that he does not know how long it will take to recover.
比伯補充說，他一直在做面部鍛鍊以「恢復正常」，但他不知道需要多長時間才能恢復。
He had been due to play in Washington DC and Toronto earlier this week, with concerts also planned in New York and Los Angeles in the coming weeks.
他原定於本周早些時候在華盛頓特區和多倫多演出，未來幾周還將在紐約和洛杉磯舉行音樂會。
due [djuː] adj. 到期的，預期的According to the Mayo Clinic in the US: "In addition to the painful shingles rash, Ramsay Hunt syndrome can cause facial paralysis and hearing loss in the affected ear."
根據美國梅奧診所的說法：「除了疼痛的帶狀皰疹，亨特氏綜合症還會導致面癱，使受影響的耳朵出現聽力喪失。」
rash [ræʃ] n. 皮疹，疹子
hearing loss 聽覺損耗；聽覺損失The Mayo Clinic says that for most people, the symptoms of Ramsay Hunt syndrome are temporary, but can become permanent.
該診所說，對大多數人來說，亨特氏綜合症的症狀是暫時的，但可能會變成永久性的。
temporary 暫時的
permanent 永久性的The inability for patients to close one eyelid can also cause eye pain and blurred vision, the organisation says, adding that it is most common in people over 60 years old.
它說，患者無法閉合一隻眼皮也會導致眼睛疼痛和視力模糊，並補充道，這在 60 歲以上的人群中最為常見。
eyelid [ˈaɪlɪd] n. [解剖] 眼瞼；眼皮
blurred [blɜːd] adj. 模糊的
blur [blɜː(r)] v. （使）看不清楚 In March, the singer's wife, Hailey Bieber, was admitted to hospital due to a blood clot in her brain.
今年 3 月，比伯的妻子海莉·比伯因腦梗塞入院。
be admitted to 收治，接收入院
blood clot 血栓
clot [klɒt] n. 凝塊，黏團（尤指血塊）She later said she had suffered a stroke and had undergone surgery to close a hole in her heart.
她後來說，她中風了，並接受了左心耳封堵術。
stroke [strəʊk] n. 中風
surgery [ˈsɜːdʒəri] n. 外科手術定期推出BBC文章精讀
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