英國神奇老人 81歲高齡心跳全球最慢
A British pensioner has stunned doctors after he recorded what could be the world’s slowest ever heart beat - slower than the world’s top athletes and even that of an elephant.
一位英國老人的心跳速率讓醫生們爲之震驚，因爲他大概打破了世界最慢心跳的記錄——比世界頂尖的運動員，甚至大象還慢。
Super-fit Daniel Green, 81, could not believe it when medics said his heart rate had dropped to just 26 beats per minute - lower than Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mo Farah at rest, 35bpm and 33bpm respectively.
今年81歲卻身體硬朗的丹尼爾·格林得知自己的心跳每分鐘只有26下時也難以置信。因爲這個速率比自行車運動員布拉德利·威金斯的每分鐘35下，和英國田徑運動員莫·法拉的每分鐘33下還慢得多。
Mr Green was having a check-up when doctors said his resting rate was 36bpm but dropped to 26 - lower than the world record.
當時格林正在進行身體檢查，醫生告知他，其心跳從原來的1分鐘36下降至26下，比世界紀錄還低。
The official Guinness World Record holder is Martin Brady, 45, of Guernsey, who recorded a heartbeat of 27bpm.
目前吉尼斯世界紀錄的保持者是一個名叫 馬丁·布萊迪的男子，現年45歲，他的心跳速率是每分鐘27下。
Doctors only realised Mr Green’s incredible heart rate after they hooked him up to an ECG machine for 24 hours.
醫生們讓格林在心電圖機器前掃描了24小時後，才意識到他不可思議的心跳速率。
The average adult male heart beats at 72bpm - ranging from around 60bpm to 100bpm depending on activity levels.
一般成年人的心跳速率爲每分鐘72下，根據人體的活動狀態，每分鐘60下到100下均屬於正常範圍。
Mr Green puts his remarkable health down to daily exercise, and has not been to hospital since 1976, when he had a hernia operation.
格林認爲自己的心跳速率低要歸功於每天的鍛鍊。1976年接受疝氣手術後，格林就再也沒去過醫院。
He said: ‘I couldn’t believe it when the doctors told me. I suppose your heart rate isn’t something anyone ever really notices.
他表示：“醫生告訴我這個消息的時候我也非常震驚。我以爲人們一般不太關注心跳速率。”
‘I was put forward for the 24-hour scan after my GP was alarmed by a 15-second ECG he gave me. But there’s nothing to worry about - I’m still in fine fettle.
“我的醫生在幫我做了15秒心電圖後發現一些問題，便要求我做了24小時的心電圖掃描，所幸結果表示一切正常。”
‘I go for hour-long walks every morning and do some light exercise with weights and a cross-trainer at least three times a week.
“我每天早上都會散步一小時，做些減重運動，每週至少還會有三次使用全能鍛鍊機。”
‘They tell me an elephant has a heart rate of just 28 beats per minute, so I suppose I’m as healthy as an elephant.’
“醫生還告訴我，大象的平均心跳速率是每分鐘28下，所以我比大象還健壯啊。”
