英语畅谈中国文化50主题 04
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：英语畅谈中国文化
04-Differences Between Chinese and Western Medicines
A: For many years, there have been repeated discussions to give up Chinese medicine. Its recently become a hot topic once again. And because believe the Chinese medicine is not scientifically based in comparison to Western medicine.
B: Although it is debatable why Chinese medicine is scientifically sound .You cannot deny it has a rich philosophic 1 significance. This is very different from Western medicine. Usually, a Chinese medicine practitioner 2 approaches on the home and abroad perspective, emphasis its entirety and dialectical implications. This is why some people view it as a holistic 3 medicine. In contrast, a Western doctor deals to recipe with symptoms. For instance, if someone has a sore throat, a Western doctor will treated it as a throat problem while a Chinese doctor may link it to the disorder 4 of the patient’s stomach.
A: What's the difference between Chinese and Western medicines?
B: A Chinese doctor examines its patients by using methods like observing, smelling , asking and feeling. His Western counterparts relies on symptoms or evidence, like body temperature and lab tests . A Chinese doctor determines the problem of patients interior organs by influence through observing very exterior 5 signs such as complexion 6 or the tongue .A Western doctor, on the other hand, makes his judgement based on the results of lab tests on the internal organs. He then reinforces its judgement by examining exterior symptoms. A Western doctor uses chemical based medicines and surgery, but a Chinese doctor relies on some herb medicines and acupuncture 7.
A: For patient, which is preferable?
B: It depends. Usually a Chinese doctor will recommend Western medicine for intensive treatment and Chinese medicine for the recovery. In fact, Chinese medicine is probably more effective in treating some functional 8 diseases, while the cause is difficult to discover.
A: What will happen if Chinese medicine is indeed abandoned?
B: No idea, but for people with terminal diseases, Chinese medicine may be the last result. Chinese medicine can not only alleviate 9 pain but also offers the option of different treatment.
- It was a most philosophic and jesuitical motorman.这是个十分善辩且狡猾的司机。
- The Irish are a philosophic as well as a practical race.爱尔兰人是既重实际又善于思想的民族。
- He is an unqualified practitioner of law.他是个无资格的律师。
- She was a medical practitioner before she entered politics.从政前她是个开业医生。
- There is a fundamental ambiguity in the use of word "whole" in recent holistic literature.在近代的整体主义著作中，“整体”这个词的用法极其含混。
- In so far as historicism is technological,its approach is not piecemeal,but "holistic".仅就历史决定论是一种技术而论，它的方法不是渐进的，而是“整体主义的”。
- 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。
- The seed has a hard exterior covering.这种子外壳很硬。
- We are painting the exterior wall of the house.我们正在给房子的外墙涂漆。
- Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
- Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。
- Written records show that acupuncture dates back to the Song Dynasty.文字记载表明，宋朝就已经有了针灸。
- It's known that acupuncture originated in China.众所周知，针灸起源于中国。
- 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。