第61课 看医生

　　A:Uugh...Greg. I'm ill. I feel terrible. I think I have flu. I have a fever and a sore throat, and I feel weak. Maybe I should go to hospital.

　　A：啊，格雷。我生病了，难受极了。我想我感冒了，有点发烧，喉咙痛，觉得很虚弱。也许应该去医院。

　　B:What?

　　B：为什么？

　　A:Yes. This is serious. I need to go and get some antibiotics from the doctor at the hospital. I'm dying.

　　A：当然了，病很严重。我得到医院去拿消炎药，我快死了。

　　C:Come on,Gang. It can't be that bad. You just have a cold. And, anyway, what good will antibiotics do if you have a cold or flu? They're viruses.

　　C：得了，王刚，没那么糟吧。你只是感冒而已。而且消炎药对着凉或感冒有什么帮助？感冒是病毒感染。

　　A:That's what we always do in China. If we have flu, we need to get antibiotics or get put on an IV drip.

　　A：我们在中国都这样，感冒就吃消炎药或打点滴。

　　C:That's mad! What a bunch of hypochondriacs! The hospitals must be full of people with colds lying there with drips in their arms!

　　C：这太疯狂了！大家都得了疑病症吗？医院里一定躺满了感冒患者在打吊瓶吧？

　　B:Well, my friend worked in China and he said that he saw people threatening the doctors and telling them to give their relatives a drip for a cold.

　　B：噢，我的朋友在中国工作，他说他看到有人威胁医生，要医生帮他们患感冒的亲成打点滴。

　　A:Well what am I supposed to do?

　　A：噢，那我该怎么办呢？

　　B:Well if you have a cold,just drink plenty of liquids and stay at home. And if ifs flu. we have a saying, "flu lasts for a week with treatment, and seven days without". But if you really want to go to the doctor's, we can try and make an appointment. I doubt they'll see you today though.

　　B：如果你着凉的话就多喝水，待在家里。如果是感冒的话，我们常说：“感冒治得一周，不治也得7天”。如果你真想要去看医生，我们可以试着预约。不过我怀疑你今天根本约不上。

　　C:I'll call the surgery...they said you can go along to the walk-in centre this morning, and they'll see you there. You'll need to wait though.

　　C：我来打电话给诊所...他们说你今天上午可以无需预约去门诊中心，不过你到那儿可得等。

　　A:OK, open your mouth and let me see inside...say "aaah."

　　A：嘴巴张开让我看一下，说“啊”。

　　B:Aaah.

　　B：啊。

　　A:Right. I need to take your temperature... pop this in your mouth. Hmmm. Right... roll your sleeve up and I'll just pop this round your arm. Now, let me listen to your chest...ake your shirt off...hmmm... okay...right.

　　A：好，我得量一下你的体温，把这个放进你的嘴里。噢，把你的袖子卷起来，我要把这个围在你的手臂上。让我听一下你的胸腔，把你的衬衫解开，嗅，好了。

　　B:Is it serious?

　　B：很严重吗？

　　A:No. You have a cold. How long have you been here?

　　A：没有，你着凉了。你来这儿多久了？

　　B:Not long.

　　B：才来不久。

　　A:Well these things happen when you move to a new environment. It takes time for your body build up resistance. You know, Mr Wang, there's no cure for the common cold. All you can do is drink plenty of fluids and stay at home. If your headache is bad, just take some aspirin of paracetamol. You know, healthcare is free at the point of delivery here—that's why we don't abuse it.

　　A：噢，你刚换环境，这种事常会发生。你身上产生抵抗力会花点时间。王刚，普通着凉是没有药治的，能做的就是多喝水，待在家里不要出去。如果你头很痛，就吃一点阿司匹林或扑热息痛。你知道医疗保健是免费的，所以不能滥用。