2014年公共英语一级阅读难点讲义(7)

2014-05-29 15:52:00来源：网络

　　What are your symptoms?

　　看医生的时候，医生通常会问病人：What are your symptoms?(你的症状是什么?)一般的症状如：头痛(Headache)、没胃口(Loss of appetite) 、喉咙痛(Sore throat)等等，下次要懂得如何告诉医生自己的症状。

　　对话

　　Doctor: So tell me, what are your symptoms?

　　Patient: Well doctor, at the beginning of every week I wake up with a sense of dread, a headache, my legs are shaking and I feel depressed.

　　Doctor: Ah! They are all classic symptoms of Mondaymorningitis.

　　Patient: Can you cure me? It sounds very serious.

　　Doctor: It means you don't want to go to work. Now get out of my office you lazy-bones, I've got some real patients to see.

　　医生：告诉我你的症状是什么?

　　病人：医生，每个星期的开端，我起床时感到畏惧和头痛，双腿发抖，觉得很沮丧。

　　医生：哦!这些都是‘周一早上懒惰症’的典型征候。

　　病人：可以医治吗?听来很严重。

　　医生：你只是不想上班，出去吧，你这个懒骨头，我要替真正的病人看病。

　　医生听病人说了症状之后戏言：They are all classic symptoms of Mondaymorningitis.(这是‘周一早上懒惰症’的典型征候)。字尾-itis指‘炎症’，例如bronchitis(支气管炎)、 cystitis(膀胱炎)、hepatitis(肝炎)等。俗语常把-itis加在一些名词之后，表示在某事物上的病态倾向，例如：He suffers from televisionitis/creditcarditis(他患了电视沉迷症/信用卡滥用症)。

　　Symptom是‘征兆’，例如：Repeated demonstrations are a clear symptom of the people's discontent.(示威运动此起彼落，是民众不满的明显征兆)。医学上，symptom是指症状，例如：A fever is a symptom of illness.(发烧是病征)。医生问病，一般会说：Can you describe your symptoms/problem?(你可以说说你的症状/问题吗?)或What are your symptoms?(你的症状是什么?)或What seems to be the matter/problem?(你觉得有什么不适?)或What is wrong?(哪里不舒服?)或What brings you here?(为什么要看医生?)

　　医生问病人的问题，常见的还有：(1) How long have you had this problem?/How long have you been suffering from this?(你发生这个症状多久了?)(2) Have you had this problem before?/Have you suffered from this before?(以前患过这种病吗?)(3) Is there a history of asthma/heart disease/cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia in your family?(家族有没有哮喘/心脏病/癌症/糖尿病/痴呆症的病历?)

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