英语小达人 244 What Did the Doctor Say?

 　　What Did the Doctor Say?

　　医生说什么了？

　　A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor's office.

　　妻子陪丈夫去看医生。

　　After his checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office alone. He said, "Your husband is suffering from a very severe functional¹ disorder². If you don't follow my instructions carefully, your husband will surely die.

　　检查之后，医生把妻子单独叫到办公室，对她说：“你丈夫患有严重的功能紊乱。如果你不能严格按照医嘱做，他一定会死的。”

　　"Each morning, fix him a healthy breakfast. Be pleasant at all times. For lunch make him a nutritious³ meat. For dinner prepare an especially nice meal for him.

　　“每天早上给他做一顿健康早餐。让他保持心情舒畅。午餐要给他增加营养，晚饭更要精心准备。”

　　"Don't burden him with chores. Don't discuss your problems with him. Do not nag⁴ him.

　　“不要让他做家务；不要和他讨论问题；不要对他唠叨不休。”

　　"If you can do this for the next 10 months to a year, I think your husband will regain⁵ his health completely."

　　“如果你能坚持这样做10个月到1年，我相信你的丈夫会完全康复的。”

　　On the way home, the husband asked his wife, "What did the doctor say?"

　　回家的路上，丈夫问妻子：“医生说什么了？”

　　"He said you're going to die," she replied.

　　她答道：“他说你要死了。”

　　重点讲解：

　　1. suffer from

　　（因疾病或处于其他不利境地而）受苦，受难，受折磨；

　　eg. I often suffer from unaccountable headaches.

　　我常莫名其妙地头疼。

　　eg. I realized he was suffering from shock.

　　我意识到他休克了。

　　eg. She suffered from the gossip of her neighbors.

　　她因为邻居们的闲言碎语而感到困扰。

　　2. fix

　　fix some food/drink准备/做（食物或饮料）；

　　eg. Let me fix you a drink.

　　我给你弄杯饮料吧。

　　eg. Scotty stayed behind to fix lunch.

　　斯科蒂留下来做午饭。

　　3. burden sb. with sth.

　　使烦恼；烦扰；

　　eg. We decided⁶ not to burden him with the news.

　　我们决定不拿这个消息去烦他。

　　eg. I don't want to burden you with my problem.

　　我不想让我的问题给你添麻烦。

1 functional   

adj.为实用而设计的，具备功能的，起作用的

参考例句：

• The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了，但现在可以用了。
• The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的，只是为了实用。

2 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

3 nutritious   

adj.有营养的，营养价值高的

参考例句：

• Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
• Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。

4 nag   

v.(对…)不停地唠叨；n.爱唠叨的人

参考例句：

• Nobody likes to work with a nag.谁也不愿与好唠叨的人一起共事。
• Don't nag me like an old woman.别像个老太婆似的唠唠叨叨烦我。

5 regain   

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

参考例句：

• He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
• The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。