时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之就医和人际交往


英语课

 


Taking Prescription 1 Drugs 


Paula: Okay, I’m off to bed. 


Marcus: Wait a second. Where are you going with all of those pill bottles? 


Paula: My doctor prescribed a couple of medications to help me sleep. 


Marcus: Let me see those. You have four different medications here. This is a painkiller 2, this is a sedative 3, this is a tranquilizer, and this is a stimulant 4


Paula: I don’t take that last one when I go to bed. 


Marcus: You mean you take the first three every night? 


Paula: Not every night. 


Marcus: I can’t believe that your doctor would prescribe all three of these medications just to help you sleep. This seems like overkill. 


Paula: I saw more than one doctor. They each gave me a different prescription. 


Marcus: How do you know they won’t interact and produce side effects? 


Paula: A doctor prescribed each one. I’m sure they’re safe. 


Marcus: Yes, but does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? I’m confiscating 5 these until you can talk to a doctor or pharmacist to make sure you won’t overdose by taking all three of these at one time. 


Paula: But how will I fall asleep until then? 


Marcus: You’re always telling me how boring I am. I’ll just regale 6 you with stories of my youth. Let’s start at the beginning. My earliest memory is... 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 prescription
n.处方,开药;指示,规定
  • 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。
2 painkiller
n.止痛药
  • I shall persuade him to take the painkiller.我将说服他把药吃下去。
  • The painkiller only provides him a short respite from his pain.止痛药仅仅让他在疼痛中有短暂的疏解。
3 sedative
adj.使安静的,使镇静的;n. 镇静剂,能使安静的东西
  • After taking a sedative she was able to get to sleep.服用了镇静剂后,她能够入睡了。
  • Amber bath oil has a sedative effect.琥珀沐浴油有镇静安神效用。
4 stimulant
n.刺激物,兴奋剂
  • It is used in medicine for its stimulant quality.由于它有兴奋剂的特性而被应用于医学。
  • Musk is used for perfume and stimulant.麝香可以用作香料和兴奋剂。
5 confiscating
没收(confiscate的现在分词形式)
  • There was Mame by my side confiscating my intellects and attention. 有玛米坐在我身边,害得我心不在焉。
  • Intimidate book sellers by confiscating books deemed unfavourable to the Barisan government. 充公被视为对国阵不利的书籍,威胁书商。
6 regale
v.取悦,款待
  • He was constantly regaled with tales of woe.别人老是给他讲些倒霉事儿来逗他开心。
  • He loved to regale his friends with tales about the many memorable characters he had known as a newspaperman.他喜欢讲些他当记者时认识的许多名人的故事给朋友们消遣。
学英语单词
Aguaruna
all one has
antidiuretic hormones
arius maculatus
articulite
association centers
autonomous learning
bansteads
blacksmith's anvil
blueism
Bogan R.
box-haul
brake-shoe adjuster
chilled spot
Chimbote, B.de
Contrix
coriaceas
corticogenesis
cruise passenger boat
decimal point lamp
delightfully
deuterostome
doobs
duralumin powder
El Descanso
electron crystallography
energy interval
EUV emission of the solar flare
extra sample performance
fancy fishes
faux-marble
fibonnaci heap
four-carburettor engine
Gentiana manshurica
Googleverse
harith
hawk hunting
hemoculture
hyomandibular arch
hypercalciurias
illicium floridanums
imparlances
inherit the wind
integrated circuit advanced technology
intercellular mycelium
internal emotion
involuntary movement
jakosz
joggler
knee bolster
large cat-fish
left hemicolectomy
limited entry perforation technique
logical address plug
maxillary plane
mixed shirts and trousers
multiple return path
neverthrivings
new corporation tax
nonidentification
ntis
omran
on site
ostium primum defect
paint naphtha
papillosum
permablocking
precedent
production brigade
Prosthogonimus pellucidus
Prunus mexicana
public store and general order clerk
pulse laser fuze
push water
radical-socialist
rear camera
research agenda
residual value
revolving shutters
rotational viscometer recorder
salerooms
selflubricate
semi-finished piece
silver top
simuliid
spes phthisica
structural material rod
sunken land
take form and shape
talipots
tallow titre
tenure abolition act
thankes
the silent treatment
thiara scabra scabra
tip-top table
turbulent Prandtl number
vacuum rectifying apparatus
vena thyroideas
virocytology
Western birch
Willem de Sitter