情景会话口袋书人际篇169:买药用药(1)

 　　1. I need some medicine.

　　我需要一些药。

　　还能这样说：

　　I need to buy some medicine.

　　Please give me some medicine.

　　应用解析：

　　daily needs 日用品；

　　satisfy one's need 满足某人的需要；

　　needs test 经济情况调查

　　2. I will buy some western medicine.

　　我要买一些西药。

　　还能这样说：

　　I want to buy some western medicine.

　　I would like to take some foreign medicine.

　　应用解析：

　　go west 完蛋；用光；毁灭；归西；上西天；

　　due west 向正西方；

　　go to the West 到西部去

　　3. Cough syrup¹ will do.

　　止咳糖浆就可以了。

　　还能这样说：

　　Just a bottle of cough syrup.

　　A bottle of cough syrup, please.

　　应用解析：

　　whooping² cough 百日咳；

　　cough crane 鸣鹤；

　　cough drop 咳嗽糖；

　　cough lozenge 咳嗽片；

　　cough syrup 止咳糖浆

　　4. How often do I have to take the medicine?

　　我应该多长时间吃一次药？

　　还能这样说：

　　Please tell me how often I should take the medicine.

　　How often should I take the medicine?

　　谚语：

　　Take things as they come.

　　既来之，则安之。

1 syrup   

n.糖浆，糖水

参考例句：

• I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
• Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。

2 whooping   

发嗬嗬声的，发咳声的

参考例句：

• Whooping cough is very prevalent just now. 百日咳正在广泛流行。
• Have you had your child vaccinated against whooping cough? 你给你的孩子打过百日咳疫苗了吗？