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Medical Story Show

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How sick is he?

他的病有多严重

His fever's up to 103.5 and his blood pressures 80 over 40.

他的体温是 103.5 度[华氏] 血压是 80/40

Um, how bad is that?

很严重吗

Ah, it...

这...

It, it's low.

血压很低

The heart needs to circulate the blood.

心脏需要推动血液循环

If it's weak, oxygen isn't

如果心脏衰弱 氧气不会进到

getting to the liver, the kidneys, the brain.

肝脏 肾脏 和大脑

Um, I have to ask you something.

我想问你

Judy...

朱迪...

No, no, Kim. Let me.

不 不 金 让我说

Um, I had a cold last month

我上个月 得了感冒

and I told the doctors about it, and...

我和医生说了 然后...

Honey, this has nothing to do with you.

亲爱的 这和你没关系

Kim's right.

金说得没错

Your son was born healthy.

你儿子生下来的时候是健康的

He caught the infection after his birth.

他出生之后才被感染的

There's no reason to think he got it from you.

不可能是你传染给他的

But you don't know, I mean...

不过你不知道 我是说

You don't know how he got sick.

你不知道他是怎么得病的

Pretty standard question:

相当标准的常见问题

how sick is my child? You couldn't answer it.

我孩子的病有多严重 你居然回答不出

I answered.

我回答了

You rattled off numbers! BP, O2 stats...

你只是飞快的说了数字 血压 氧饱和度...

That's not what they need to know.

他们不想知道这些

What they need to know is the future.

他们想知道的是将要怎么样

Got a magic 8-ball?

难道你有魔力水晶球

No, just eight years of medical training.

不是 但我经过八年的医学训练

Look

听着

I realize it's tough to break bad news to family...

我知道告诉家属坏消息很难

Not as tough as hearing it.

但比听坏消息简单多了

And I guess being the poor guy dying is toughest of all?

而且我想垂死挣扎是最难的了

No.

不是

It's easier to die than to watch someone die.

自己死比看着别人死要容易

Well, we're checking the vents

我们正在检查通风道

it could be airborne.

疾病可能是通过空气传播的

Somebody get the sinks, too,and underneath them.

谁去检查水槽 还有下水道

I'll get it.

我去

How many med students have you got swabbing the decks?

你叫了多少医学院学生来打扫卫生

Oh, what else are they going to do?

他们还能干什么

It's not like they're delivering babies.

他们又不在接生孩子

Find anything yet?

发现什么了吗

Ah, yeah.

有

About half the antibacterial gel dispensers are empty or broken.

一半的洗手液器空了或者坏了

That's bad. And diagnostically, completely insignificant.

这很不好 但对诊断来说完全没用

Well, if the staff can't wash their hands

如果员工不经常洗手

——From《House M.D》

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1.How sick is he? 他的病有多严重？2.His fever's up to 103.5 and his blood pressures 80 over 40. 他的体温是 103.5 度[华氏] 血压是 80/403.rattle off 飞快地说出4.break [breɪk]v. （婉转地）透露，说出（坏消息）5.toughest [ˈtʌfəst] adj. 最坚强的；最坚韧的；最粗暴的；最苛刻的6.airborne [ˈerbɔːrn] adj. 在空中的，飞行中的；空降的；空气传播的

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