在去醫(yī)院看病時，首先我們要向醫(yī)生解釋自己的病情，但如果使用的語言不夠準(zhǔn)確，就可能導(dǎo)致醫(yī)生無法對癥下藥。如何用英語描述“嗓子痛”、“流鼻涕”、“惡心想吐”等常見的癥狀？試著做下面六道題，并學(xué)習(xí)一些用來形容病癥的固定英語詞匯。
1. Patient: "I think I've got a bad cold – I've got a really __________ throat and a ___________ nose."
a) sore, runny
b) achy, itchy
c) hurt, runny
d) sore, watery
2. Patient: "I think I may have an allergy; I have a __________ on my arm and it's really __________."
a) itch, scratchy
b) rash, itchy
c) scratch, itch
d) rash, scratchy
3. Patient: "I twisted my ankle when I was playing tennis and now it is really __________ - it's twice the size of the other one."
Doctor: "It's not broken, but I think you may have __________ it."
a) bloated, hurt
b) hurt, fractured
c) swelled, sprained
d) swollen, sprained
4. Patient: "I've got a really __________ temperature and a __________ headache."
a) heavy, painful
b) high, splitting
c) hot, splitting
d) high, heavy
5. Patient: "I can't feel anything in my big toe…"
a) it's really tingling.
b) it's gone completely numb.
c) it's gone into shock.
d) it's totally numbed.
6. Patient: "I had some undercooked chicken last night and now I feel really __________ and I keep getting stomach __________."
a) nauseous, cramps
b) sickly, ache
c) vomity, cramps
d) queasy, bloats
答案
1) a, 2) b, 3) d, 4) b, 5) b, 6) a.
