101.A Red-hot Cure p.188.
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：赖世雄中级美国英语
. Have you ever had an operation? If you have, you'll know that surgical 1 scars can leave you with a burningpain for months and sometimes even years. Frankly 2 speaking, the pain is sometimes so unbearable 3 it's hard toeven stand the weight of your own clothes on the scars. Generally speaking, most ordinary painkillers 5 won'twork. Besides, they are so powerful that they may cause side effects.
Fortunately, according to a recent study, doctors say there is a red-hot cure: chili 6 peppers. An ointmentis made from the ingredient that makes chili peppers hot. It kind of short-circuits the pain. The ointment 7 issold in a tube that lasts a month and costs only US$16. It's considered the newest, most creative andinexpensive way of dealing 8 with the problem
The food is very hot. 辣
pep talk 动员鼓动的话
The doctor cured her of her illness. = The doctor cured her illness.
perform an operation on one's illness to save one's life 做手术
surgery 外科手术(不可数) I had surgery twice last year. 不说：two surgeries
He has a burning desire to become a doctor.
generally = in grneral
painkiller 4 止疼药
side effect 副作用 diarrhea 痢疾,腹泻 I had the runs yesterday. 拉肚子
green (chili) pepper = bell pepper 青辣椒
an onitment = a kind of onitment 表种类 a tube of onitment a tube of toothpaste 一条牙膏
short-circuits vt. =stop
deal with = handle = cope with
- 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。
- To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
- Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。
- It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
- The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。
- I shall persuade him to take the painkiller.我将说服他把药吃下去。
- The painkiller only provides him a short respite from his pain.止痛药仅仅让他在疼痛中有短暂的疏解。
- The doctor gave him some painkillers to ease the pain. 医生给了他一些止疼片以减缓疼痛。 来自辞典例句
- The primary painkillers - opiates, like OxyContin - are widely feared, misunderstood and underused. 人们对主要的镇痛药——如鸦片剂奥施康定——存在广泛的恐惧、误解，因此没有充分利用。 来自时文部分
- He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
- It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。