Tony:Hi. I feel sick. I think I have a fever. (東尼:你好。我覺得不舒服。我想我發燒了。)
Clerk:I can fill out a prescription for you if you have one. (店員:如果你有處方簽,我可以幫你配藥。)
Tony:No, I don’t have a prescription. I want some over-the-counter medicine for the flu. (東尼:沒有,我沒有處方簽。我要治流行性感冒的成藥。)
Clerk:Sure. Here you are. Is there anything else? (店員:好。這給你。還要別的嗎?)
Tony:What have you got for diarrhea? (東尼:你有什麼治腹瀉的藥?)
Clerk:Here, this will help. Just follow the directions and don’t exceed the dosage. (店員:吶,這個會有幫助。只要照著用藥指示吃,別超過劑量。)
Tony:Thanks a lot. (東尼:多謝。)
Tony leaves the drugstore. A short time later, a man with a knife demands that he give him his wallet. Slightly injured, and deeply upset, Tony goes to the police department.(東尼離開藥局。過了一會兒,一名持刀男子命令東尼把皮夾給他。受了輕傷的東尼非常沮喪地去警察局。)
Tony:I’d like to report a crime. I was robbed. (東尼:我要報案。我被搶了。)
Policewoman:Are you OK? What did the robber take? (女警:你還好嗎?搶匪搶走了什麼?)
Tony:My wallet was stolen. I was also attacked. I need to see a doctor. Where is the nearest medicalclinic? (東尼:我的皮夾被拿走,我也受到攻擊。我需要看醫生。最近的診所在哪裡?)
Policewoman:I will call an ambulance for you. (女警:我幫你叫救護車。)
Tony:No, it’s not that serious. I can just go to the hospital myself. (東尼:不用,沒那麼嚴重。我可以自己去醫院。)
Policewoman:In that case, I can arrange for an officer to drive you. (女警:那樣的話。我可以安排一個警員載你去。)
The policewoman drops Tony off at the hospital. At the hospital, Tony smells something strange.(女警讓東尼在醫院下車。在醫院裡,東尼聞到奇怪的味道。)
Tony:Hey, I smell smoke. Yes, there’s a fire! (東尼:嘿,我聞到煙味。沒錯,失火了!)
Nurse:There’s been an accident! Someone call the fire department right now! Everyone must get out ofthe hospital at once. (護士:發生了意外事故!誰馬上打電話給消防隊!每個人都必須立刻離開醫院。)
Tony:What a terrible day! (東尼:好慘的一天!)
必通詞彙與句型
I feel (sick/nauseous/dizzy). 我(不舒服/反胃/頭暈)。
I have (a fever / a headache / the flu / a cold). 我(發燒/頭痛/得流行性感冒/感冒)了。
Where is the nearest (medical/emergency/health) clinic? 離這裡最近的(醫療/緊急/保健)診所在哪裡?
What have you got for (diarrhea/allerigies/sunburns/rashes/insomnia)? 你們有什麼治(腹瀉/過敏/曬傷/疹子/失眠)的藥?
So, what is the problem? The problem is howwe are going to finance the project. (所以,問題是什麼?問題是我們要如何資助這個專案。)
簡報英文通關小提醒:★★★★
這是透過問題來強調的語法。丟出問題可以先抓住聽眾的注意力,之後再丟出答案就是更有效果的強調方式。
照樣造句→
ex:What’s our main objective? Our main objective is to build a new factory. (我們的主要目標是什麼?我們的主要目標就是建立一個新工廠。)
ex:And what is the result? The result is a total failure. (而結果是什麼?結果就是完全的失敗。)
ex:So, what is the point? The point is we can’t expect too much too soon. (所以,重點是什麼?重點就是我們不能在短期內有太多的期待。)
ex:So, what is the solution? The solution is to get rid of the middle managers in order to make our decision-making process fast. (所以,解決方案是什麼?解決方案就是去除中階管理人員以便讓我們的決策過程更快。)