看病就医篇：降压药（1）

A: Is there a medication you can prescribe¹ to help me with my problem?

B: There are various choices of blood pressure medication that we can try.

A: What is available?

B: We could start with Hydrochlorothiazide, which is a diuretic.

A: Are there many side effects?

B: There really are not many side effects. You need to drink a lot of water when you take this pill.

A: Is that the only medication I need to take?

B: It might be, but for a while I also want you to take an ACE² inhibitor, Lisinopril.

A: What are the side effects of that drug?

B: You may have a little bit of a dry cough, but you will feel much better.

 

A:有什么药可以帮我解决问题吗？

B:我们可以尝试各种各样的降压药。

A:有什么？

B:我们可以从氢氯噻嗪开始，它是一种利尿剂。

A:有很多副作用吗？

B:副作用真的不多。你吃这种药丸时需要喝很多水。

A:那是我唯一需要服用的药物吗？

B:可能吧，但我还想让你暂时服用ACE抑制剂赖诺普利。

A:那药有什么副作用？

B:你可能有点干咳，但你会感觉好多了。

1 prescribe   

vi.规定，开药方；vt.规定，命令，开处方

参考例句：

• The doctor prepared to prescribe a receipt.医生准备开个药方。
• Can't you just prescribe some of those diet pills,doctor?你不能开一些减肥药吗，医生？

2 ace   

n.A牌；发球得分；佼佼者；adj.杰出的

参考例句：

• A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
• He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。