2. I hung him up to dry

Jim and Mary were both patients in a Mental Hospital. One day while they were walking by the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank1 to the bottom. Mary promptly2 jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.

When the medical director became aware of Mary's heroic3 act he immediately reviewed her file and called her into his office. "Mary, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged4 because since you were able to jump in and save the life of another patient, I think you've regained5 your senses. The bad news is Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom, he's dead."

Mary replied, "He didn't hang himself, I hung him up to dry."

Notes:

1. sink 沉没，下沉

2. promptly 及时，立刻

3. heroic 英雄的

4. discharge 豁免，辞退，解除禁锢

5. regain 重新获取

我把他吊起来让他晾干

吉姆和玛丽都是精神病院里的病人。一天，他们沿着医院的游泳池散步，吉姆突然跳入泳池的深水区，沉到了底部。玛丽立刻跳下去救他，她潜到水底，把吉姆拉了上来。

当院长听说了玛丽的英勇行为后，立刻翻看了她的病历档案，把她叫进了自己的办公室。“玛丽，我有一个好消息和一个坏消息要告诉你。好消息是你能跳入水中救其他病人，这说明你的意识已经恢复了，你可以出院了?；迪⒕褪?，吉姆，你救的那个病人，他还是用自己的浴袍带子在浴室上吊自杀了。”

玛丽说：“他没有自杀，是我把他吊起来好让他晾干?！?

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精神病是由于精神刺激、环境因素、躯体疾病、遗传因素、性格因素、看待事物偏激、处理不好人际关系、对自身认识不全面、缺少社会支持系统等因素而引起的疾病。各类精神病中，几乎都普遍出现或者出现过妄想症状。