英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 26
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级
Lesson 26
There Are Two Sides to Everything
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I had a most exasperating 1 and frustrating 2 experience with the hospital today: But
Granny had it much worse. First she was the victim of an accident and then she was
the suffering patient.
She was out shopping early this morning, and was hardly a few scores of yards
from our house when she was knocked down hy a bicycle. The rider was a reckiess
young man who didn't even stop after the accident, but raced away as though an army
was after him. It was a neighbour who recognized her and came to call me (both of
my parents were out ).
When I heard the news, my heart jumped up to my mouth. I raced downstairs, two or three steps at a time and sprinted 3 to the spot. I never ran so fast in my iife. There I saw a crowd of people. I elbowed my way in, and saw Granny sitting on the ground leaning against a tree, her face all swollen 4 and her mouth bleeding. She was holding her left arm with her right hand. It must be a fracture judging rom the way it hurt her.
Some of the crowd were concerned and offering help and advice, but most were just curious onlookers 5.omeone managed to stop a passing car for us, and the driver kindly 6 drove us to the nearest hospital. Then our ordeal 7 began.
Naturally I took her to the emergericy room first and expected immediate
attention. But we had to wait for at least ten minutes before a doctor came over to us.
I-Ie just took a brief look at her and said simply: "Go to the dental department. " "But
doctor, aren't you going to give her a thorough check?" I asked "Don't worry, her life
is not in danger. " Before I could say anything more , he was already out of sight.
There was nothing for us to do but look for the dental department which took us a
long time because it was on the third floor. There the dentist told us that we must
register first, so I had to rush all the way down again to the ground floor, there only
to find a long queue. I tried to jump the queue explaining it was an emergency case, "Go to the emergency room if it's an emergency case ! "
I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. Anyway I stood obediently at the end of the
line and at last when my turn came I was given many forms to fill, some of which
were very detailed 8 and quite unnecessary I thought. After filling them I found I had
to queue up once again to hand them in! By the time everything was finished and I
rushed upstairs, I was happy to find the dentist had the decency 9 not to wait for me
before treating Granny. That was the first comforting thing after entering the hospital
and I really felt grateful to the dentist. After putting several stitches to lips and gum,
the dentist said "That's all. Now go and pay your bill. "
"But doctor, her arm hurts. " "You have to go to the surgical 10 department for that. It's just opposite. I'll take you
there. "
I really like the man. But all the same I had to run all the way down to the ground
floor to register again for the surgical department. And for all that much trouble the
doctor spent less than five minutes examining Granny and sai: "She'll need an X-
ray." He wrote out a chit and that was that.
The X-ray department was on the ground floor and I had to help her all the way
down. The complications and rigmarole involved in getting the X-ray done were too
complicated and irritating to describe. The long and short of it was, after we got the
X-ray picture, I had to take Granny all the way up again to the third floor. After
taking a look at it , the doctor said :"No bones broken. I'll prescribe some pain-killer
and antibiotics 11. "
So it was all the way down again. The complications in paying the bill and getting
the medicine were too silly for words. I had to queue from window to window-to~get
the medicine priced and added up , to pay the bill ; to get the medicine. . . And if you
didn't know the right order and sequence, which I didn't, it often meant standing 12 in
the wrong queue only to be told to come back again after queuing up at another
window.
By the time we got home it was almost one o'clock. We had spent almost four
hours at the hospital, and I made a calculation: Five minutes with the doctor in the
emergency room, half an hour with the dentist, ten minutes with the surgeon-three
quarters of an hour all told. The rest of the time was spent waiting, queuing,rushing from place to place. If Granny had had to do all that by herself, she wouldn't have left the hospital alive, I'm sure.
Taxt B
Dr Ding Ping, a bone specialist in No. 2 People's Hospital of Anqing in Anhui
Province, won a bronze medal at the 37th International Eureka Fair in Brussels iast
year for his invention, a new bone-setting device. Not only the doctor himself vvas
happy and honoured . his hospital , indeed the whole city felt honoured and happy
too. But who would have thought that his invention not only brought the doctor a
bronze medal , but also plunged 13 him into a heavy debt.
It all started in 1986 when for the whole ycar Dr Ding spent his every spare minute
on his new invention. After another year's clinical trial use, the device proved to be
effective. So in June last year Dr Ding was informed by the Science Commission of
Anhui Province that this invention had been selected to compete
in the 37th Eureka International Fair.
This was indeed happy news, but Dr Ding's happiness was marred 14 by the fact that
he had to pay 5, 000 yuan for entering his item for the fair. Where on earth was he to
raise such a huge sum? He applied 15 for aid from the Municipal Science Commission
but got turned down because firstly the Commission thought his irivention was a
private one , the work of an individual and therefore could not be funded by the
public, and secondly 16 the Commission was hard up anyway and could not afford to
pay out such a large sum.
So what was to be done? At the last moment his hospital came to the rescue : They agreed to lend Dr Ding 5, 000 yuan, but starting from January this year, they would
deduct 17 50 yuan from his monthly salary until the debt was fully 18 repaid.
Dr Ding was grateful and' jumped at the chance. But he was under no illusion about the predicamentz2 he was plunging 19 himself into. His salary was only 97 yuan a month. His wife, a school teacher, only brought home 82 yuan a month. With two daughters at school their life was not easy as it was. To have 50 yuan deducted 20 monthly from their meagre income for the next eight years would mean a financial
burden that would surely break the camel's back Discarding all face problems, Dr Ding started to beg for alms from all quarters.
Mostly he met with rebuffs, but he could not afford to give up. After a few months of begging from door to door, he managed to collect 1,400 yuan. Quite a substantial sum, but he was still 3,600 yuan short.
The news that his invention had won a bronze medal not only brought some
spiritual comfort , but also some material gains. His hospital decided 21 to award him
500 yuan as a token of recognition for his brilliant work. But the fact remains 22 that he
still had a debt to pay, now reduced to 3,100 yuan. Again he applied for help from
various municipal departments, but so far without success.
Is Dr Ding and his family going to spend the next five years
in poverty and misery 23 just because he has invented something useful and won
international recognition?
Additiosal Information
It's a hospital scene. People are lining 24 up for registration 25. After seeing the doetor
they come back to line up again for tgeir medicine, Of course it's a very time-
consuming process, because they have to get the prescriptions 26 priced at one window and pay at. another. Then at the last window they get their medicine. That means
altogether they have to line up at three different windows just to get their medicine.
To avoid all this trouble, a smart woman works out the most convenient
way of getting her medicine. She herself stands at the end of the first line and puts her pram 27 with her baby in it, a toy duck and her own bag at the end of the other three lines. She has them all strung'together with the wool yarn 28 with which she's knitting.
She believes this will save her the trouble of lining up three times.
- It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
- It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He sprinted for the line. 他向终点线冲去。
- Sergeant Horne sprinted to the car. 霍恩中士全力冲向那辆汽车。 来自辞典例句
- Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
- A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。
- A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash. 在撞车地点聚集了一大群围观者。
- The onlookers stood at a respectful distance. 旁观者站在一定的距离之外，以示尊敬。
- Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
- A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
- She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
- Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
- His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
- Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。
- He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
- All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。
- the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
- The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
- The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
- Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。
- She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
- This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
- Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
- Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。
- You can deduct the twenty - five cents out of my allowance.你可在我的零用钱里扣去二角五分钱。
- On condition of your signing this contract,I will deduct a percentage.如果你在这份合同上签字，我就会给你减免一个百分比。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发，生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages. 制服费将从你的工资中扣除。
- The cost of the breakages will be deducted from your pay. 损坏东西的费用将从你的工资中扣除。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
- He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
- The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
- Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。
- Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
- What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？
- The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions. 中医医院装上了电子计算机来抓药。
- Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions. 她的主要工作就是给大夫开的药方配药。
- She sat the baby up in the pram. 她把孩子放在婴儿车里坐着。
- She ran in chase of the pram. 她跑着追那婴儿车。