Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

歌曲 Lesson 28 Patients and doctors
歌手 英语听力
专辑 新概念英语(第四册)

歌词

[00:01.50] Lesson 28
[00:03.32] Patients and doctors
[00:12.11] What are patients looking for when they visit the doctor?
[00:18.10] This is a sceptical age,
[00:20.52] but although our faith in many of the things
[00:22.84] in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened,
[00:27.10] our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same as theirs.
[00:33.83] This modern faith in medicines is proved by the fact
[00:37.40] that the annual drug bill of the Health Services is mounting to astronomical figures.
[00:43.38] and shows no signs at present of ceasing to rise.
[00:47.98] The majority of the patients
[00:49.73] attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals feel that
[00:54.12] they have not received adequate treatment unless they are able to carry home with them
[00:59.60] some tangible remedy in the shape of a bottle of medicine,
[01:04.01] a box of pills, or a small jar of ointment,
[01:07.88] and the doctor in charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements.
[01:14.27] There is no quicker method of disposing of patients
[01:17.27] than by giving them what they are asking for,
[01:20.69] and since most medical men in the Health Services are overworked
[01:25.35] and have little time for offering time-consuming
[01:28.42] and little-appreciated advice on such subjects as diet,
[01:32.85] right living, and the need for abandoning bad habits etc.,
[01:38.07] the bottle, the box, and the jar are almost always granted them.
[01:44.07] Nor is it only the ignorant and ill-educated person
[01:47.91] who has such faith in the bottle of medicine.
[01:51.36] It is recounted of Thomas Carlyle
[01:53.77] that when he heard of the illness of his friend, Henry Taylor,
[01:57.80] he went off immediately to visit him,
[02:00.66] carrying with him in his pocket what remained a bottle of medicine
[02:05.05] formerly prescribed for an indisposition of Mrs. Carlyle's.
[02:10.20] Carlyle was entirely ignorant of what the bottle in his pocket contained,
[02:15.39] of the nature of the illness from which his friend was suffering,
[02:18.92] and of what had previously been wrong with his wife,
[02:22.30] but a medicine that had worked so well in one form of illness
[02:26.34] would surely be of equal benefit in another,
[02:29.73] and comforted by the thought of the help he was bringing to his friend,
[02:33.74] he hastened to Henry Taylor's house.
[02:36.91] History does not relate whether his friend accepted his medical help,
[02:41.77] but in all probability he did.
[02:45.20] The great advantage of taking medicine is that it makes no demands on the taker
[02:50.11] beyond that of putting up for a moment with a disgusting taste,
[02:54.77] and that is what all patients demand of their doctors--to be cured at no inconvenience to themselves.

歌词大意

[00:01.50] dì 28 kè
[00:03.32] bìng rén yǔ yī shēng
[00:12.11] bìng rén qù kàn yī shēng de shí hòu xī wàng dé dào shén me?
[00:18.10] zhè shì yí gè huái yí yī qiè de shí dài,
[00:20.52] kě shì suī rán wǒ men
[00:22.84] duì wǒ men zǔ xiān dǔ xìn de xǔ duō shì wù yǐ bù tài xiāng xìn,
[00:27.10] wǒ men duì píng zhuāng yào pǐn liáo xiào de xìn xīn réng yǔ zǔ bèi yí yàng jiān dìng.
[00:33.83]
[00:37.40] wèi shēng bù mén de chù dù yào fèi shàng shēng dào le tiān wén shù zì, zhè gè shì shí zhèng shí le xiàn dài rén duì yào wù de yī lài.
[00:43.38] bìng qiě mù qián shàng wú tíng zhǐ shàng shēng de jī xiàng.
[00:47.98]
[00:49.73] zài yī yuàn mén zhěn bù kàn bìng de dà duō shù rén jué de,
[00:54.12]
[00:59.60] rú guǒ bù néng dài huí yī xiē kàn de jiàn mō de zháo de yào wù,
[01:04.01] rú yī píng yào shuǐ, yī hé yào wán yī xiǎo píng yào gāo huí jiā de huà,
[01:07.88] jiù méi suàn de dào le chōng fèn de zhì liáo. fù zé mén zhěn de yī shēng yě fēi cháng lè yì wèi qián lái kàn bìng de rén tí gōng tā men xiǎng yào de dào de yào wù, bìng rén yào shén me jiù gěi shén me,
[01:14.27]
[01:17.27]
[01:20.69] méi yǒu bǐ zhè yàng chǔ lǐ bìng rén gèng kuài de fāng fǎ le. yīn wèi wèi shēng bù mén de dà duō shù yī shēng chāo fù hè gōng zuò, suǒ yǐ méi yǒu duō shǎo shí jiān tí chū yī xiē jì fèi shí ér yòu bù shòu rén huān yíng de zhōng gào,
[01:25.35]
[01:28.42]
[01:32.85] rú zhù yì yǐn shí shēng huó yǒu guī lǜ, xū yào kè fú huài xí guàn děng děng,
[01:38.07] jié guǒ jiù shì bǎ píng yào hé yào guàn yào kāi gěi kàn bìng de rén ér wán shì dà jí.
[01:44.07]
[01:47.91] bìng bù zhǐ shì nèi xiē wú zhī hé méi shòu guò liáng hǎo jiào yù de rén cái mí xìn yào píng zi.
[01:51.36]
[01:53.77] jù shuō tuō mǎ sī. kǎ lái ěr yǒu guò zhè me yī jiàn shì: tā tīng shuō péng yǒu hēng lì. tài lè bìng le,
[01:57.80] jiù lì kè pǎo qù kàn tā,
[02:00.66]
[02:05.05] yī dài lǐ zhuāng shàng le tā qī zǐ bù shū fu shí chī shèng xià de yī píng yào.
[02:10.20]
[02:15.39] kǎ lái ěr bù zhī dào yào píng zi lǐ zhuāng de shì shén me yào,
[02:18.92] yě bù zhī dào qī zǐ yǐ qián dé de shì shén me bìng,
[02:22.30]
[02:26.34] zhǐ zhī dào yī zhǒng yào duì yī zhǒng bìng yǒu hǎo chù, kěn dìng duì lìng yī zhǒng bìng yě huì yǒu hǎo chù.
[02:29.73] xiǎng dào néng duì péng yǒu yǒu suǒ bāng zhù, tā gǎn dào hěn xīn wèi,
[02:33.74] yú shì jí jí máng máng lái dào le hēng lì. tài lè de jiā lǐ.
[02:36.91]
[02:41.77] tā de péng yǒu shì fǒu jiē shòu le tā de yào wù zhì liáo, lì shǐ méi yǒu jì zǎi, dàn hěn kě néng jiē shòu le.
[02:45.20]
[02:50.11] fú yào de zuì dà yōu diǎn shì: chú le zàn shí rěn shòu yī xià lìng rén zuò ǒu de wèi dào wài, duì fú yào rén bié wú qí tā yāo qiú.
[02:54.77] zhè yě zhèng shì bìng rén duì yī shēng de yāo qiú bìng yào zhì hǎo, dàn bú yào tài má fán.