實用英語：Drug Store 藥店買藥 (1) (音頻文字)

實用英語：Drug Store 藥店買藥 (1) (音頻文字) VOA (ZT)

Helen覺得不舒服，要去藥店買藥。Professor Bowman, “藥店”的英文我知道兩個，一個是drug store, 還有一個是pharmacy， p-h-a-r-m-a-c-y.

Professor: Yes, Winnie, they are both stores where you buy medicine. In this first section, Helen is talking to the pharmacist to get recommendations on what kind of medicine she should take.

Pharmacist: Hello. Can I help you?

Helen: Yes, I haven't been feeling well lately and need some medicine.

Pharmacist: I see. Do you have a prescription?

Helen: No, I just want some non-prescription medicine.

Professor: So Winnie, what kind of medicine does Helen want?

藥店的pharmacist - 藥劑師問Helen是不是要買 prescription medicine - 處方藥，不過Helen說她隻想買點 non-prescription medicine--非處方藥。

Professor: That's right. Prescription is spelled p-r-e-s-c-r-i-p-t-i-o-n, prescription. Sometimes people also call non-prescription medicine "over-the-counter" medicine.

哦，counter是櫃台的意思，所以"over-the-counter" medicine，就是“直接從櫃台抓的藥”，也就是不需要醫生開的非處方藥。

Professor: Now let's hear what's wrong with Helen.

Pharmacist: Before I can recommend some medicine, I need to know your symptoms.

Helen: My stomach has been hurting, and I have had a bad headache.

Pharmacist: Sure, I have a very good medicine for those symptoms.

Helen: I hope it works! I've really been feeling under the weather.

原來，Helen感覺胃疼，頭疼。 Professor, 我猜symptom就是“症狀”的意思吧？

Professor: Exactly! symptom is spelled s-y-m-p-t-o-m, symptom. Doctors will ask you to describe your symptoms so that they can diagnose what is wrong with you.

對，醫生要聽病人講了症狀之後，才能診斷。對了， professor, Helen還說 she is feeling "under the weather"，這是什麽意思？

Professor: That's just a common phrase to say that you are feeling sick. For example, I didn't go to work yesterday because I was feeling under the weather.

哦，under the weather就是“感覺身體不舒服”。真希望藥劑師能給Helen推薦一些有效的藥。

Pharmacist: Take this medicine once in the morning and once at night. You will feel much better.

Helen: OK, what is the dose?

Pharmacist: There are two pills per dose.

Helen: And are there any side effects?

Pharmacist: It may make you feel drowsy, so don't drive after taking it.

Professor, 什麽叫“dose”?

Professor: The dose, d-o-s-e, is the amount of medicine you should take.

哦，dose就是服藥的劑量。藥劑師讓Helen早晚各吃一次藥，每次的量是 two pills - 兩片兒。

Professor: Right. And did you hear what the side effects of this medicine are?

嗯，這個藥有side effects - 副作用，那就是Helen可能會覺得drowsy - 困倦，想睡覺。所以，藥劑師說，在吃了這些藥之後，不要開車。

Pharmacist: Before I give this to you, I need to ask one last question. Do you have any allergies?

Helen: I'm not allergic to any medicine, although I have an allergy to peanuts.

Pharmacy: That isn't a problem. There aren't any peanuts in this medication.

Helen: Well thank you very much for your help. I will follow the directions.

Pharmacist: If you don't feel better, you should schedule a doctor's appointment to get a diagnosis.

Professor: So Winnie, did you hear what Helen is allergic to?

Allergic就是指對什麽東西過敏，Helen說她對藥物並不過敏，不過，她對peanuts - 花生，過敏。

Professor: Right. And what did the pharmacist tell Helen to do if her symptoms don't get better?

他說，如果吃了藥不見好，就要去看醫生。我總覺得，問問醫生的意見比較保險，醫生總比藥劑師強吧？

Professor: But don't you think this pharmacist sounds pretty good?

那就要看Helen吃了這些藥，效果如何嘍!

這次的美語三級跳就播送到這裏。美語三級跳節目取材於美國之音最新推出的美語教學強檔網站 goenglish.me 網址是：www.goenglish.me

Words and Phrases

1. 藥店
drug store & pharmacy， p-h-a-r-m-a-c-y.

2. pharmacist
藥劑師

3. prescription medicine
處方藥

4. non-prescription medicine
非處方藥

5. counter
櫃台

6. "over-the-counter" medicine
就是“直接從櫃台抓的藥”，也就是不需要醫生開的非處方藥。

7. symptom
症狀

8. under the weather

That's just a common phrase to say that you are feeling sick.

For example: I didn't go to work yesterday because I was feeling under the weather.

under the weather就是“感覺身體不舒服”。

9. dose

The dose, d-o-s-e, is the amount of medicine you should take.

dose就是服藥的劑量。

10. two pills
兩片兒

11. side effects
副作用

12. drowsy
困倦，想睡覺。

13. Allergic
就是指對什麽東西過敏


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