新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 28 Patients and doctors
1 . and shows no signs at present of ceasing to rise.並且目前尚無停止上升的跡象，
2 . This is a sceptical age,這是一個懷疑一切的時代，
3 . and the doctor in charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements.負責門診的醫生也非常樂意為前來看病的人提供他們想要得到的藥物，
4 . Nor is it only the ignorant and ill-educated person who has such faith in the bottle of medicine.並不只是那些無知和沒受過良好教育的人才迷信藥瓶子。
5 . The majority of thepatients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals在醫院門診部看病的大多數人
6 . This modern faith in medicines is proved by the fact這個事實證實了現代人對藥物的信賴。
7 . carrying with him in his pocket what remained of a bottle of medicine formerly prescribed for an indisposition of Mrs.Carlyle's.衣袋裡裝上了一瓶他妻子不舒服時吃剩下的藥。
8 . and of what had previously been wrong with his wife,也不知道他妻子以前得的是什麼病，
9 . that the annual drug bill of the Health Services is mounting to astronomical figures衛生部門的年度藥費上升到了天文數字，
10 . and since most medical men in the Health Services are overworked and have little time for offering time-consuming and little-appreciated advice on such subjects as diet,因為衛生部門的大多數醫生都超負荷工作，所以沒有多少時間提出一些既費時而又不受人歡迎的忠告，如注意飲食、
11 . and that is what all patients demand of their doctors----to be cured at no inconvenience to themselves.病要治好，但不要太麻煩。
12 . but a medicine that had worked so well in one form of illness would surely be of equal benefit in another,只知道一種藥對一種病有好處，肯定對另一種病也會有好處。
13 . and comforted by the thought of the help he was bringing to his friend,想到能對朋友有所幫助，他感到欣慰，
14 . Henry Taylor, he went offimmediately to visit him,亨利·泰勒，就立刻跑去看他，
15 . History does not relate whether his friend accepted his medical help, but in all probability he did.他的朋友是否接受了他的藥物治療，歷史沒有記載，但很可能是接受了。
16 . a box of pills, or a small jar of ointment,一盒藥丸、一小瓶藥膏
17 . The great advantage of taking medicine is that it makes no demands on the taker beyond that of putting up for a moment with a disgusting taste,對服藥人別無其他要求，除了暫時忍受一下令人作嘔的味道外，
18 . feel that they have not received adequate treatment unless they are able to carry home with them some tangible remedy in the shape of a bottle of medicine,覺得沒算得到充分的治療，如果不能帶回一些看得見、摸得著的藥物回家的話，如一瓶藥水、
19 . of the nature of the illness from which his friend was suffering,不知道他的朋友得的是什麼病，
20 . Carlyle was entirely ignorant of what the bottle in his pocket contained,卡萊爾不知道藥瓶子裡裝的是什麼藥，
21 . There is no quicker method of disposing of patients than by giving them what they are asking for,病人要什麼就給什麼，沒有比這樣處理病人更快的方法了。
22 . It is recounted of Thomas Carly1e that when he heard of the illness of his friend,他聽說朋友病了，
23 . right living, and the need for abandoning bad habits etc.,生活有規律、需要克服壞習慣等等，
24 . but although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened,可是雖然我們對我們祖先篤信的許多事物已不太相信，
25 . the bottle, the box, and the jar are almost always granted them.結果就是把瓶藥、盒藥、罐藥開給看病的人而完事大吉。
26 . our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same as theirs.我們對瓶裝藥品療效的信心仍與祖輩一樣堅定。
27 . he hastened to Henry Taylor's house.於是急急忙忙來到了亨利·泰勒的家裡。