从ABC到流利口语-unit20

Unit 20 In the Hospital

Thank you doctor, good-bye.

Asking about Illness

What can I do for you?

What’s the trouble?

What’s up with you?

Do you have any appetite?

How’s your appetite lately?

Have you vomited²?

Do you feel tired?

What did you vomit¹ food or blood?

Have you been coughing and sneezing ?

Are you allergic³ to penicillin⁴?

Do you remember how many times did you go to the toilet?

What’s your stool(大便) like?

Are your bowels⁵ acting⁶ properly?

What kind of pain do you feel?

Where is your pain?

Is your cut still painful?

Do you feel pain after meals?

How was your leg hurt?

Have you lost weight recently?

Have you got any chronic⁷ disease before?

Do you feel short of breath?

Describing symptoms:

I’ve got this pain in my ear , a sore throat and keep losing my voice.

I’ve had bad cough and my chest aches.. .

I’ve got headache and I feel chilly⁸.

I have a stomach ache.

I’m aching all over.

I feel like vomiting⁹.

I’m suffering from insomnia¹⁰ （失眠）.

About the time when it started:

When did it start?

How long have you been like this?

When did the pain start?

When did it happen?

When did you begin feeling unwell?

Examining and advising:

Let me take you blood pressure.

I’ll take your blood count first.

Please go and take a stool test.

I’ll just give you a prescription¹¹.

Take one of these pills three times a day after meals.

Drink this mixture four times a day one measure each time.

You must take this medicine two times a day.

Conversation

Dialogue 1

A: I have a terrible tooth ache.

B: Which tooth is it?

A: This one here.

B: Ar , Yes. There’s a big cavity.

A: Can you fill it?

B: I’m afraid not. The tooth is too far gone. it'll have to be taken out.

A: Then I might as well have it done now.

B: you’d better wait， the gums are swollen¹². Take the medicine I prescribe and come back in three days.

Dialogue 2

A: Oh..

B: What’s the matter ,BOB?

A: I think it’s my ankle.

B: What happened?

A: One of my snow-shoes that cause on rocks..

B: Can you stand ?

A: I don’t think so. It’s kind of sore.

B: what I have to give you a hospital for an ex-treat.

A: It’s that really necessary?

B: It maybe worse than it seems.

A: How’s your feel?

B: About the same.

A: Someone will be out to take a look in a minute now.

B: Should we be here ,Alice? I don’t think that serious.

A: Of course. It’s a sort of thing a hospital emergency work is for. Will we have to wait much longer?

B: I hope not .it isn’t that busy.

Dialogue 3:

A; What seems to the trouble Mr Brown?

B: I’m in pretty bad shape ,Doctor Ford¹³.

A: Oh , In what way.

B: No appetite ,always unaged and I can’t sleep well.

A: Did you lose any weight?

B: YES. I’ve lost quite a few pounds since last month.

A: when was the last time you have track up?

B: About two month ago.

A: Let me take your blood pressure. You look animic. Well ,Mr.Brown .I’m happy to say it’s nothing serious. You just a little run down from overwork.

B: What am I suppose to do?

A: I think you’ll needs just vacation. Try to get out doors more. I’ll be sure if you get more rest.

B: Thank you ,doctor. I’ll do what you say.

Dialogue 4:

A: What wrong with you? You look pale?

B: I’m not sure . I feel hot and cold.

A: When did the trouble start?

B: I was sick most od night.

A: It sounds like you’re coming down with the flu.

B: Let me take your temperature.

A; Have I got high fever?

B: Yes. Thirty-eight point seven. Do you have a headache,chestache or throat pain?

A: Yes , I have.

B: Now ,Let me have a look at you. I’d like to listen to your chest. Breathe then , deep breath, that’s it. Cough, now again. I want to exam your throat too. Open wide ,say A.

A: ah.

B: Yes, It does a bit sore.

A: Let’s take your extra way of your chest and give you a few tests.

B: All right, thanks.

A: The tests showed nothing wrong.

B: a slight by infection .What shall I do today?

A: I’m giving you some antibiotic¹⁴ and aspirin¹⁵. Taking aspirin when you’ve got a fever and take one antibiotic until four hours and go home lie in bed for two days. Take some water then you feel better.

1 vomit   

v.呕吐，作呕；n.呕吐物，吐出物

参考例句：

• They gave her salty water to make her vomit.他们给她喝盐水好让她吐出来。
• She was stricken by pain and began to vomit.她感到一阵疼痛，开始呕吐起来。

2 vomited   

参考例句：

• Corbett leaned against the wall and promptly vomited. 科比特倚在墙边，马上呕吐了起来。
• She leant forward and vomited copiously on the floor. 她向前一俯，哇的一声吐了一地。 来自英汉文学

3 allergic   

adj.过敏的，变态的

参考例句：

• Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。
• Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏，比如花粉。

4 penicillin   

n.青霉素，盘尼西林

参考例句：

• I should have asked him for a shot of penicillin.我应当让他给我打一针青霉素的。
• Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.青霉素是极其重要的医学发现。

5 bowels   

n.肠，内脏，内部；肠( bowel的名词复数 )；内部，最深处

参考例句：

• Salts is a medicine that causes movements of the bowels. 泻盐是一种促使肠子运动的药物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cabins are in the bowels of the ship. 舱房设在船腹内。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

7 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

8 chilly   

adj.凉快的，寒冷的

参考例句：

• I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
• I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。

9 vomiting   

吐

参考例句：

• Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
• Especially when I feel seasick, I can't stand watching someone else vomiting." 尤其晕船的时候，看不得人家呕。”

10 insomnia   

n.失眠，失眠症

参考例句：

• Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia.忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。
• He is suffering from insomnia.他患失眠症。

11 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

12 swollen   

adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀

参考例句：

• Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
• A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。

13 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

14 antibiotic   

adj.抗菌的；n.抗生素

参考例句：

• The doctor said that I should take some antibiotic.医生说我应该服些用抗生素。
• Antibiotic can be used against infection.抗菌素可以用来防止感染。

15 aspirin   

n.阿司匹林

参考例句：

• The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
• She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。