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cause a heart attack/ 诱发心脏病/ (yòufā xīnzānɡbìnɡ)  

A: I recently saw some news with an interesting headline. It said "An elderly person died after a dog's bark caused him to have a heart attack. The family is seeking 400,000 yuan in damages from the owner." 

我最近看到一篇标题很有趣的新闻,写的是"老人被狗叫声诱发心脏病死亡,亲属向狗主人索赔40 万元。"

(wǒ zuìjìn kàndào yīpiān biāotí hěnyǒuqùde xīnwén, xiědeshì lǎorén bèi ɡǒujiàoshēnɡ yòufā xīnzānɡbìnɡ sǐwánɡ, qīnshǔ xiànɡɡǒuzhǔrén suǒpéi sìshí wànyuán.) 

B: I feel bad for the dog's owner. How will they pay that much money?

心疼狗主人,要赔那么多钱吗？

(xīnténɡ ɡǒuzhǔrén, yàopéi nàmeduō qiánma?)

A: I later read the news more carefully and discovered that in the end the court ordered the dog's owner to only pay 40,000 yuan, because the elderly person had previously had a serious heart disease. After leaving the hospital for only half a month, they then went to work at someone's house blindly confident they would be ok, so it was a serious mistake on their part. 

我后来仔细看了新闻,发现最后法院判狗主人赔4万元,因为这位老人生前患有严重心脏疾病,出院仅半个月就盲目自信去别人家里参与劳动,其本身具有严重过失。

(wǒ hòulái zǎixì kànle xīnwén, fāxiàn zuìhòu fǎyuàn pànɡǒuzhǔrén péi sìwànyuán, yīnwéi zhèwèi lǎorén shēnɡqián huànyǒu yánzhònɡ xīnzānɡjíbìnɡ, chūyuàn jǐnbànɡèyuè jiù mánɡmù zìxìn qùbiérénjiālǐ cānyǔ láodònɡ, qíběnshēn jùyǒu yánzhònɡ ɡuòshī.)

B: So the dog's bark was just the secondary cause. I feel the dog also wasn't at fault. 

所以狗叫声只是死亡的诱因。我觉得狗也没啥错。

(suǒyǐ ɡǒujiàoshēnɡ zhīshì sǐwánɡde yòuyīn. wǒjuédé ɡǒuyě méishácuò.)

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