纪录片《药物依赖》 第16期：药物的神奇作用

At the time there was no oral treatment

当时 并没有可以治疗

for erectile dysfunction.

勃起功能障碍的口服药物

No-one even really knew what caused the problem, but

甚至没有人知道是什么引起了这一问题

suddenly Pfizer had a potential treatment on their hands.

忽然 辉瑞公司找到了潜在的治疗方案

When this data was shared with the experts in the field,

当与此领域的专家分享这一数据时

the urologists, they were astounded¹.

那些泌尿科医师惊诧不已

I remember a meeting in America at

我记得是在美国泌尿医学会的一次会议上

the Urological Association where the room was packed

这一数据被公布于众

when this data was released

当时房间里挤满了人

because no-one had seen anything like this before.

因为从来没有人看过这样的结果

UK 92480 was renamed Viagra,

UK92480被重新命名为伟哥

and within weeks of going on sale,

进入市场短短几周之内

tens of thousands of prescriptions²

每天都会开出

were being written every day.

成千上万的伟哥处方

You would never have been able to

你一定不会预料到

predict that this was going to have beneficial effects

这种小小的药丸

on millions and millions of men throughout the world,

会成为全世界广大男性的福音

a little bit of science having

一个小的科学发现就可以对

effect on self-esteem, anxiety, depression levels

人们自尊 焦虑和抑郁程度产生影响

and ultimately creating enhanced relationships.

并最终改善伴侣之间的关系

1 astounded   

v.使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词)；愕然；愕；惊讶

参考例句：

• His arrogance astounded her. 他的傲慢使她震惊。
• How can you say that? I'm absolutely astounded. 你怎么能说出那种话？我感到大为震惊。

2 prescriptions   

药( prescription的名词复数 )； 处方； 开处方； 计划

参考例句：

• The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions. 中医医院装上了电子计算机来抓药。
• Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions. 她的主要工作就是给大夫开的药方配药。