美國驚現現實版吸血鬼 29歲女子嗜血成性
The current season of TLC's hit show My Strange Addiction has portrayed a variety of wacky obsessions, including a man in love with his inflatable toys and a woman who eats beauty products.
在美國學習頻道（TLC: The Learning Channel）熱播的紀實節目《我的怪癖》講述各種各樣古怪的嗜好，例如：一個男人愛上充氣娃娃、一個女人愛吃化妝品等。
But the finale episode could be the weirdest one yet - because it features a tattoo artist whose addiction is drinking a liter of blood every day.
但當季的大結局可能是最奇怪的一期——它講述了一個紋身藝術家對血的獨特嗜好，她每天要喝一公升的血。
Michelle, 29, has been downing pig's blood since she was a teenager, and now says she cannot be in a good mood without it.
米歇爾29歲，她從青少年時期就開始飲用豬血，現在更是無血不歡。
'Blood is as important as water to me,' she says during her appearance on the show.
在節目上她表示，血對於她來說和水一樣重要。
'I like to drink blood when I'm reading, when I'm relaxing, when I'm watching TV, when I'm painting,' she explains. 'There's never a bad time for me to drink blood.'
她說：“我喜歡在讀書、放鬆、看電視或畫畫時喝血。當我喝血的時候，心情會很好。”
The Lancaster, California native's addiction is so severe that she says she cannot start her day without a sip of blood.
這位來自加利福尼亞州蘭開斯特的女士的血癮是如此之嚴重，她每天都要抿上一口血才能開始正常的生活。
'I drink it and I get energized,' she says of the liquid.
她說：“飲血讓我充滿了力量。”
While most people might be disgusted by the idea, Michelle says it is in fact very similar to drinking wine.
可能大部分人都會被她這一嗜好惡心到，米歇爾卻說其實這就像在喝葡萄酒。
'It definitely has the same ambiance,' she says.
她說：“這感覺其實是一樣的。”
And rather than finding the taste repulsive she considers it comforting, saying: 'When I feel it going down my throat, it's like having a cold and drinking a hot toddy.'
米歇爾非但沒覺得血的味道噁心，反而覺得喝起來很舒服，她說：“當血滑過喉嚨，那感覺就像是感冒時喝了杯熱甜酒。”
If she doesn't get her daily fix, Michelle says: 'I get irritable without it, I get angry, I don't want to leave my house - I want my blood.'
要是有天她沒能喝上一點血會如何，米歇爾如此回答：“不喝的話我會急躁、發怒，都不想出門了，我只想喝點血。”
She calculates that she has drunk a total of 1,000 gallons of blood since she first took up her habit ten years ago, which TLC notes is enough of the liquid to fill a bathtub 23 times.
自從10年前第一次有了這個習慣後，米歇爾算了下自己總共已經喝掉1000加侖（約3785升）血，學習頻道表示這些量都夠裝23浴缸了。
