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Medical Story Show

（5-20）

What is that?

那是什么东西

Don't know.

不知道

Lock on it. Get a 3D representation.

锁定它 获取三维立体图

Oh, my God.

噢 天啊

The copper cross.

铜环

A form of birth control pulled off the market in the '80s.

80 年代用的避孕手段

So she's allergic to copper?

所以她对铜过敏

Rare, but it happens.

很罕见 但是就是这样

Didn't she know she had an IUD?

难道她不知道她有宫内节育器吗

She had an abortion.

她流产过

IUD must have been left in

宫内节育器一定是脱落了

embedded in the endometrial tissue

埋入在子宫内膜组织上

where it couldn't be detected.

所以谁都没有发现

So all we have to do is remove the IUD.

所以我们要做的只是移除宫内节育器

Then the symptoms should subside.

你就会好起来的了

I got this IUD when I was 15.

我 15 岁的时候就上了这个节育器

Iit's been more than 20 years.

都有 20 多年了

prolonged exposure to an allergen with minimal symptoms.

持续地暴露在低过敏症状中

But at some point

但有些时候

all it takes is one last contact to cause a full-blown reaction.

只需要一次接触就会全面爆发

It's like a balloon filled with air.

就像充满气的气球

One last breath, it explodes.

再吹一口气就会爆炸了

The first time I got the rash

我第一次出现疹子

was when I was washing the copper cookware.

是在我洗铜制的炊具的时候

And all your subsequent

你之后所有的并发症

symptoms came from ingesting food prepared in it.

都是由于你吃了那个炊具做出来的食物

Dr. House found his miracle.

豪斯医生发现了他的奇迹

I doubt he'll interpret it that way.

他不会这样说的

You told me your favorite passage.

你告诉了我你最喜欢的节选

Would you like to hear mine?

你想知道我的吗

"Celebrate and be glad."

高兴地欢庆吧

"Because your brother was dead and is alive again."

因为你的兄弟死而复生

The prodigal son.

归回父家歌

He'll be waiting for you when you're ready.

当你准备好的时候他会等着你的

We'll schedule your surgery for tomorrow.

我们给你安排明天的手术

The sixth circle of hell.

第六地狱

Confined in a sweat box with a bloody nose

被限于一隅方寸

and all the tissues are soggy.

到处都是血腥味

I think that's the seventh.

那应该是第七地狱吧

No, the seventh is...

不是 第七地狱是

God, you must be fun at parties.

天啊 你在派对上一定很好玩

I think we both know the flaw in that theory.

我们都知道那个理论的缺陷

How's the sister? Heart rate is normal

那个修女怎样了 心率正常

kidney is functioning.

肾功能正常

You know how it is with nuns

知道为什么吗

you take out their IUDs, they just bounce right back.

拿走了宫内节育器后 一切都好了

Great. Told you I didn't screw up.

很好 早说过我没有搞砸

——From《House M.D》

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1. lock on it 锁定它2. pull off 成功完成，做成（困难的事情）;（车或驾车者）停靠（路边）3. abortion [əˈbɔːrʃ(ə)n] n. 流产，堕胎4. IUD宫内节育器(Intra Uterine Device)5. endometrial [endʌˈmetrɪəl] adj. [解剖] 子宫内膜的6. subside [səbˈsaɪd] v. 趋于平静，平息7. prolonged [prəˈlɔːŋd] adj. 长期的，持续很久的8. at some point 在某些时候9. cookware [ˈkʊkwer] n. 炊具；厨房用具10. subsequent [ˈsʌbsɪkwənt] adj. 随后的，接着的11. ingest [ɪnˈdʒest] vt. 摄取；咽下；吸收；接待12. interpret [ɪnˈtɜːrprət] v. 解释，说明；口译；把……理解为；演绎13. prodigal [ˈprɑːdɪɡ(ə)l] adj. 挥霍的；十分慷慨的;n. 浪子；挥霍者14. bounce [baʊns] v. 弹起，反弹；跳动，蹦

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