第六十七讲
CONTENTS
Seeing a doctor:
Patient’s complaints
Doctor’s inquiry about symptoms
Doctor’s advice and prescription
Understanding and following doctor’s advice and prescription
Comforting the patient
Warm-up
1. Is your English good enough to help your American friend to see a doctor in China?
Speak out — making complaints to a doctor
A. 我得了重感冒，病倒了。
B. 我咳嗽得很厉害。
C. 我什么都不想吃。
D. 我头痛得厉害，并且发烧。
E. 我牙很痛。
G. 我腿疼得厉害，现在感觉很虚弱。
F. 我吃不下东西也睡不好，头晕乏力。
H. 我觉得有些难受，好象是中暑了。
I. 我服了阿司匹林，但还没好。
J. 我的牙痛死了。
KEY:
I’ve come down with a bad cold.
I’ve got a bad cough.
I don’t feel like eating anything.
I have a bad headache and a temperature.
I’ve got a terrible toothache.
I can’t eat or sleep at all. I’m feeling weak and dizzy.
My leg hurts so much and I’m feeling rather weak.
I don’t feel very well, perhaps I’ve got heat-stroke.
I have taken some aspirin, but I still feel sick.
The toothache is killing me.
2. Do you know how to inquire in English about the symptoms of a patient as a doctor?
Speak out — inquiring the symptoms
A. 你怎么了? 脸 色不太好。
B. 怎么了？有什么不对劲吗？
C. 这症状有多久了？
D. 今天感觉如何？
E. 怎么了，杰克？还好吧？你看起来有些不对劲。
F. 服药了吗？
G. 张嘴说 “啊”。
H. 你发烧了吗？
A. What’s wrong with you? You look pale.
B. What’s wrong? Is anything the matter?
C. How long has this been going on?
D. How are you feeling today?
E. Jack, are you all right? You don’t look quite yourself.
F. Have you taken any medicine?
G. Open your mouth and say “Ahhh”.
H. Do you have a temperature?
3. Can you understand a doctor’s advice and his prescriptions?
Speak out — giving advice and writing a prescription
A. I’ll give you an injection to bring your fever down.
B. Here is a prescription to take care of your headache and keep your temperature down.
C. You should go on taking the medicine for three more days.
D. You need a minor operation.
E. You can try some Chinese therapies.
F. You must come back for a follow-up treatment.
G. Take this pain-killer three times a day after meals.
Read and find out useful expressions for seeing a doctor.
Sample 1 A Doctor Is Talking to a Patient
D= doctor P= patient
D: What’s wrong with you?
P: I’ve got a sore throat and a bad cough.
D: Try this throat spray. You should feel some relief soon.
P: That’s good. How should I use it?
D: Simply spray it in your throat three times a day. And remember not to drink or eat anything immediately afterward.
P: I understand. Thank you very much.
D: Oh, and keep it in a cool and dry place.
Key Words:
sour relief spray
Sample 2 Talking About Skin Care
A: Why do you look so unhappy? Is there
B: It’s my skin. It’s so dry and rough.
A: You could try this skin oil capsule. Just rub the oil into your skin. It will soothe and soften your skin immediately.
B: Really? What is it made of?
A: Vitamin E and vegetable oil.
Key words: soothe, soften
I’ve got a sore throat and a bad cough.
Sentences for a patient to make a complaint to a doctor:
It’s my skin. It’s so dry and rough.
What’s wrong with you?
Sentences for a doctor to inquire about symptoms:
1. Try this throat spray.2. You don’t look well today. What’s the problem?
2. Simply spray it into your throat three times a day.
3. Remember not to drink or eat anything immediately afterward.
4. You could try this skin oil treatment. Just rub the oil into your skin.
5. Keep it in a cool and dry place.
Sentences for a doctor to give advice to a patient:
1. You should feel relieved soon.
2. It will soothe and soften your skin immediately.
Sentences for a doctor to comfort a patient:
1. _________________ your daughter? Have you taken her temperature?
What’s wrong with
2. She should __________________ if she rests for a few days.
feel a little relieved
3. ______ this medicine and stay in bed for two days, and I’m sure you’ll feel better.
Try
4. ______ the ointment well into the skin when you feel a pain.
Rub
5. If your skin is dry, you should apply the oil treatment and it will ______ your skin.
soften