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No. 136

Traditional Chinese medicine

For pain with constipation, Hou Po San Wu Tang (Officinal Magnolia Bark Three Agents Decoction) governs.

痛而闭者，厚朴三物汤主之。

Medical Story Show

（2-1）

On your right. On your right. On your right.

往右传 往右传

Back, back, back, back, back. Come on, buddy.

回防 回防 回防 加油伙计

Yeah, Dan! Yeah!

好样的 丹 好样的

Yea.! Yea.!

漂亮 漂亮

Back, back, back, back, back. Watch the winger.!

退守 退守 盯防边锋

You okay?

你怎么了

Dan? Dan, talk to me.

丹 丹 说话

Dan. Dan.

丹 丹

Get a doctor!

这儿需要医生

Hey. Close the door.

嘿 把门关上

Close the door.

快把门关上

Is Cuddy down the hall counting to 50?

卡迪是不是在跟你玩躲猫猫呢啊

She knows I'm in here, in the clinic

她知道我在这儿 在门诊

as she commanded.

正像她指示的那样

She just doesn't know I'm alone.

她只是不知道我没看病人

Well, you've got a full waiting room.

候诊室都人满为患了

How long do you think you can ignore them? I'm off at 4:00.

你还要无视他们多久 我四点下班

You're doing this to avoid five minutes of work?

你这样做就为了逃避 5 分钟的工作啊

If I go out there

如果我出去看病

I get assigned a kid with a runny nose.

我将面对一个流鼻涕的小朋友

That's 30 seconds looking at the nose

也就是花 30 秒医好他的鼻子

25 minutes talking to a worried mom.

再花 25 分钟和忧心忡忡的母亲聊天

who won't leave until she's sure

直到让她相信

it's not meningitis or a tumor.

孩子得的不是脑膜炎或癌症才肯离开

Yes. Concerned parents can be so annoying.

是啊 瞎操心的家长真烦人啊

Just tell Cuddy you've got an urgent case.

直接告诉卡迪你有重病患者

You had to leave early.

需要提前结束门诊就完了

That would be lying.

那可是在说谎

And that would be wrong.

说谎话不好是吧

But luckily the definition of"urgent" is fungible.

而且好在"轻重"是一个相对概念

Not the definition of"case" though.

但是患者是绝对概念

——From《House M.D》

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1. winger [ˈwɪŋər] n. (足球、曲棍球等)边锋队员

2. assigned [əˈsaɪnd] v. 分配(某物);分派

3. meningitis [ˌmenɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs] n. 脑膜炎

4. fungible [ˈfʌndʒəbl] adj. 可取代的

5. concerned [kənˈsɜːrnd] adj. 担心的;忧虑的

6. constipation [ˌkɑːnstɪˈpeɪʃn] n.便秘

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