在去医院看病时，首先我们要向医生解释自己的病情，但如果使用的语言不够准确，就可能导致医生无法对症下药。如何用英语描述“嗓子痛”、“流鼻涕”、“恶心想吐”等常见的症状？试着做下面六道题，并学习一些用来形容病症的固定英语词汇。

 

1. Patient: "I think I've got a bad cold – I've got a really __________ throat and a ___________ nose."

 

a) sore, runny

 

b) achy, itchy

 

c) hurt, runny

 

d) sore, watery²

 

2. Patient: "I think I may have an allergy³; I have a __________ on my arm and it's really __________."

 

a) itch¹, scratchy

 

b) rash, itchy

 

c) scratch, itch

 

d) rash, scratchy

 

3.  Patient: "I twisted my ankle when I was playing tennis and now it is really __________ - it's twice the size of the other one."

 

Doctor: "It's not broken, but I think you may have __________ it."

 

a) bloated, hurt

 

b) hurt, fractured

 

c) swelled⁴, sprained⁵

 

d) swollen⁶, sprained

 

4. Patient: "I've got a really __________ temperature and a __________ headache."

 

a) heavy, painful

 

b) high, splitting

 

c) hot, splitting

 

d) high, heavy

 

5. Patient: "I can't feel anything in my big toe…"

 

a) it's really tingling⁷.

 

b) it's gone completely numb⁸.

 

c) it's gone into shock.

 

d) it's totally numbed⁹.

 

6. Patient: "I had some undercooked chicken last night and now I feel really __________ and I keep getting stomach __________."

 

a) nauseous, cramps¹⁰

 

b) sickly, ache

 

c) vomity, cramps

 

d) queasy¹¹, bloats

 

答案

1) a, 2) b, 3) d, 4) b, 5) b, 6) a.

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