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In this week's edition of special series on Bizarre Medical Conditions, there is a report of the case of Michelle Myers.
在本周的《奇異醫療事件》特別系列中，有一篇關于米歇爾·邁爾斯病例的報道。
Myers is an American woman who woke up one day speaking with a British accent, even though she's lived in the United States all her life.
邁爾斯是一名美國女子，盡管她一直生活在美國，但有一天她醒來時說話帶著英國口音。
In 2015, Myers went to bed with a terrible headache. She woke up sounding like someone from England. Her British accent has remained for the past two years.
2015年，邁爾斯頭非常疼，就上床睡覺。她醒來時說話聽起來就像個英國人。過去兩年來她的英國口音一直沒有變。
Previously, Myers had woken up speaking in Irish and Australian accents. However, on both of those occasions, the accents lasted for only a week.
此前，邁爾斯一覺醒來說話就帶著愛爾蘭和澳大利亞口音。然而，在這兩種情況下，口音都只持續了一周。
Myers has been diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome. It's a disorder in which a person experiences a sudden change to their speech so that they sound like they're speaking in a foreign accent.
邁爾斯被診斷出患有外國口音綜合癥。這是一種障礙，一個人突然改變了說話方式，聽起來就像在用外國口音說話。
The condition is most often caused by a stroke or traumatic brain injury.
這種情況通常是由中風或創傷性腦損傷引起的。
Although people with the syndrome have intelligible speech, their manner of speaking is altered in terms of timing and tongue placement, which may distort their pronunciation.
盡管患有這種綜合癥的人說話容易理解，但他們說話的方式會因時間和舌頭的位置而改變，這可能會使他們的發音發生變化。
The result is that they may sound foreign when speaking their native language.
結果就是說母語時，他們聽起來可能像外國人。
It's not clear whether Myers has experienced a stroke or other brain damage, but she also has a separate medical condition, which can result in loose joints, easily bruised skin and other problems.
目前還不清楚邁爾斯是否經歷過中風或其他腦損傷，但她也有其他健康問題，可能導致關節松動、皮膚容易擦傷和其他問題。
Foreign Accent Syndrome is rare, with only about 60 cases reported within the past century.
外國口音綜合癥很少見，在過去的一個世紀里只報告了大約60例。
However, a different American woman reportedly spoke with the Russian accent in 2010 after she fell down the stairs and hit her head.
然而，據報道，還有一名美國女子在2010年從樓梯上摔下來撞到頭后，說話帶著俄羅斯口音。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
請根據你剛剛聽到的短文回答第9題至第11題。
9. What happened to Michelle Myers one day?
9. 米歇爾·邁爾斯怎么了？
10. What does the passage say about Foreign Accent Syndrome?
10. 關于外國口音綜合癥，文章說了什么？
11. What accent did another American woman speak with after a head injury?
11. 另一位美國婦女頭部受傷后說話是什么口音？
