Fell 35 Floors: The Hunan Woman Who Lived
Welcome back to Learn English with Podcasts! Sarah, quick question. If someone falls from the 35th floor, what are the chances they live?欢迎回到 Learn English with Podcasts！Sarah，问你个问题。如果有人从35楼掉下来，活下来的机会有多大？
Zero? That sounds impossible. From that high, nobody survives. Why do you ask?零吧？这听起来不可能。这么高掉下来，没人能活。你为什么这么问？
Because it happened in real life. In Hunan, a 27-year-old woman fell from the 35th floor in 2025. And she lived.因为现实里真发生了。在湖南，一个27岁女子2025年从35楼坠落。然后，她活下来了。
Wait, what? 35 floors? That is like 100 meters high. Are you sure? That gives me goosebumps.等等，什么？35层？那差不多有100米高。你确定吗？我鸡皮疙瘩都起来了。
I am sure. Her nickname is Wan An An. On October 12, 2026, she talked to a reporter from Xiaoxiang Morning Herald. She told her story herself.千真万确。她网名叫晚安安。2026年10月12日，她接受了潇湘晨报记者的采访，亲自讲了自己的经历。
Oh, so we hear it from her, not just the news. What happened after the fall? Where did they take her?哦，那就是她本人讲的，不只是新闻。她坠落后怎么样了？被送去哪了？
To Xiangya Third Hospital in Changsha. She stayed in the ICU for more than 50 days. Doctors did about 10 operations on her.送到了长沙的湘雅三医院。她在ICU住了50多天。医生给她做了10次左右的手术。
More than 50 days in the ICU? And 10 operations? Pull through means to survive something very dangerous, right? She really pulled through.在ICU住50多天？还做了10次手术？Pull through 是指从非常危险的情况里活过来，对吧？她真的挺过来了。
Exactly, she pulled through. And here is a strange detail. The doctors said the green plants below her building saved her. They worked like a cushion.没错，她挺过来了。还有个神奇的细节。医生说楼下的绿化救了她，起到了缓冲垫的作用。
Plants? You mean trees and bushes? A cushion means something soft that slows you down, right? Like a pillow?植物？你是说树和灌木吗？Cushion 是指能减速的软东西，对吧？像枕头那样？
Yes, like a big soft pillow made of leaves. The branches slowed her fall, step by step. Without them, the story would be very different.对，就像一个用树叶做的大枕头。树枝一层层减缓了她下坠的速度。没有它们，故事就完全不同了。
Wow. So nature caught her. But what was it like when she woke up? Could she remember everything?哇，大自然接住了她。那她醒来时是什么感觉？她都记得吗？
No. She was in a coma for a long time. After many operations, she woke up. But she had selective amnesia. She forgot some things.不记得。她昏迷了很久，做了好几次手术才醒来。但她出现了选择性失忆，有些事忘了。
Selective amnesia. That means you lose only some memories, right? Not everything? That must feel so strange.选择性失忆，就是只失去一部分记忆，对吧？不是全忘了？那感觉一定很奇怪。
Yes, only parts. And worse, at first she could not even speak. She wanted to talk, but no words came out.对，只是一部分。更难的是，刚开始她连话都说不出来。想说话，却发不出声音。
Oh no. She survived the fall, but could not say a word. I cannot imagine how scared she felt.天啊，坠楼活下来了，却一句话都说不出。我无法想象她当时有多害怕。
Then she left the ICU. And the real pain started. When doctors used less pain medicine, her whole body hurt. Her muscles became very weak.后来她转出了ICU，真正的痛苦才开始。镇痛药减量后，她浑身剧痛。肌肉也退化得很厉害。
Muscle loss? You mean her muscles got smaller because she stayed in bed too long? Even turning over in bed needed help?肌肉退化？你是说因为躺太久肌肉变小了吗？连翻身都需要人帮忙？
Exactly. She said even turning over needed help from others. Many times she wanted to give up. The pain in her body and her heart was too much.完全对。她说连翻身都要别人帮忙。无数次她想放弃，身体和心里的疼都太重了。
I understand that feeling. After something so big, it is normal to feel tired and sad. What kept her going?我懂那种感觉。经历这么大的事，觉得累、觉得难过都很正常。是什么让她坚持下来的？
She said this life was won back by doctors and family. They fought so hard for her. So she told herself, I must live well.她说这条命是医生和家人拼命抢回来的。所以她告诉自己，我一定要好好活。
That is beautiful. Fight for means to try very hard to get something, right? They fought for her life, and now she fights for it too.这话真好。Fight for 是指拼尽全力去争取，对吧？他们为她的命拼过，现在她也为自己拼。
Yes. There is one more hard fact. She lost her right lower leg. But she can sit in a wheelchair and go out with friends. Soon she will get a prosthetic leg.是的。还有一个沉重的事实：她的右下肢截肢了。但她可以坐轮椅和朋友出去玩，不久后还会装假肢。
A prosthetic leg just means an artificial leg, right? So she can walk again one day? That is real hope.Prosthetic leg 就是假肢，对吧？那她以后还能走路？这才是真正的希望。
Yes. And you know what surprised her most? Before she woke up, she feared hate and cold eyes. She thought people would judge her.对。最让她意外的是什么？醒来前，她害怕嫌弃和恶意，以为人们会评判她。
Judge her? You mean people would say bad things about her? But that did not happen?评判她？你是说人们会说她坏话？但那并没有发生？
It did not. She said the hate she imagined never came. Friends still hang out with her. Life goes on, just in a wheelchair for now.没有。她说想象中的恶意并没有到来。朋友们还和她一起玩。生活继续，只是暂时坐在轮椅上。
I love that part. So her biggest change is inside? How does she see life now?我喜欢这部分。所以她最大的变化在心里？她现在怎么看生活？
She said she used to worry about work and life all the time. Now she feels different. Happiness is seeing what you have, not what you lost.她说以前总为生活和工作焦虑。现在完全不同了。幸福是看见自己拥有的，而不是纠结失去的。
Wow. Seeing what you have. That is simple, but so hard to do. I guess you need to almost lose everything to really get it.哇，看见自己拥有的。话很简单，做起来很难。可能真的要差点失去一切，才懂吧。
That is it. And she has a message for people in trouble. Do not give up. Believe in miracles. Because she is one.就是这样。她还想鼓励处在困境里的人：不要放弃，相信奇迹。因为她自己就是一个。
She fell 35 floors, the trees caught her, and now she catches hope for others? Friends, if you were her, what would your first wheelchair trip be? Tell us, and see you next time!她从35楼掉下来，大树接住了她，现在她把希望传给别人？朋友们，如果你是她，坐轮椅的第一次出门想去哪？告诉我们，下期见！