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Medical Story Show

（7-6）

I'm sorry. I know it's uncomfortable.

抱歉 我知道很难受

The tighter we go, the better the image will be.

贴得越紧 结果就会越清晰

At least it'll keep me awake.

至少能让我醒着

Don't worry. It's almost over.

不用担心 快好了

I wish people would stop telling me not to worry.

希望大家别再叫我不要担心

I'm sorry.

我很抱歉

My mom was the same age.

我母亲也是在这个年纪去世的

We've been trying to get pregnant for over a year.

一年多以来 我们一直想要孩子

Guess we're lucky we didn't.

幸亏没有

A lot has changed since your mom died.

现在的医学水平和当年相比已不可同日而语

Don't worr

不要担...

Don't give up.

不要放弃

No tumor?

没有肿瘤吗

The M.R.I. And the mammogram only showed a few benign calcifications.

核磁共振和乳房 X 光片仅显示一些良性钙化

It's most likely a small cell tumor.

我们要找的应该是小细胞肿瘤

It's no surprise we're having trouble finding it.

本身就是很难发现的

We should do a PET scan.

我们应该做个正子放射断层扫瞄

Start with her lungs, then maybe her bones.

从肺部开始 接着是骨骼

Sometimes it presents with no tumor at all.

有时候 完全找不到肿瘤存在的迹象

How can a disease caused by a tumor present

病情就是由肿瘤引起的

if there's no tumor?

怎么可能找不到肿瘤的存在

It happens 12% of cases.

有可能 12%的病例都是如此

And how do you treat it if there's no tumor? You don't.

要是找不到肿瘤 你怎么治 不治

Those 12%, no treatment.

那 12%的病人 无可医治

They were too busy looking for the tumor

医生们一心寻找肿瘤

right till they put the patient in the ground.

直到病人死在病床上

What choice do we have? Treat the symptoms.

我们有什么选择 针对症状

I.V. Immunoglobulin.

静脉注射免疫球蛋白

So we're just gonna ignore the tumor?

就不管肿瘤了吗

Well, eventually it'll get bigger.

它最终还是会长大的

Then it'll be really easy to find.

那个时候就容易找了

One of you needs to check out where she works.

你们中一个去检查她工作的地方

Why?

为什么

'Cause the husband's not sick. Meaning?

因为丈夫没事 什么意思

If it's not paraneoplastic

如果不是副肿瘤综合征

and it is a reaction to some sort of toxin

就是中毒反应

it's obviously not coming from their home.

显然毒源不在家里

Foreman, you do it.

福曼 你去

——From《House M.D》

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1.calcifications [,kælsɪfɪ' keɪʃn] n. 钙化；石灰化

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