【B1-Listening】08 At the chemist-在药店

【B1-Listening】08 At the chemist-在药店

Listen to a conversation at a chemist’s to practise and improve your listening skills.听药店的对话来练习和提高您的听力技巧。

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.先做好准备工作。然后听音频并做练习。

At the chemist – preparation

Put the words in the correct group.

• Question

it hurts a prescription an ache lozenges a sore throat
dizzy plasters tablets a cough syrup

Describing illness

Medicines and treatment

• Answer

Describing illness

a sore throat
a cough
it hurts
an ache
dizzy

Describing illness

syrup
tablets
lozenges
a prescription
plasters

描述疾病

a sore throat
喉咙痛
a cough
咳嗽
it hurts
很痛
an ache
疼痛
dizzy
头晕

描述药物

syrup
糖浆
tablets
药片
lozenges
含片
a prescription
处方
plasters
创可贴

Transcript

English

Chemist: Hello, can I help?

Customer: Yes, my wife sent me here. I, erm, need something for a sore throat … and I can’t stop coughing. It really hurts.

Chemist: Do you have a headache too?

Customer: Not really, no.

Chemist: Well, we have this syrup. And these lozenges.

Customer: Which is better?

Chemist: They’re both good. The syrup is more expensive.

Customer: Oh, well … I’ll take the lozenges, then. How many do I take?

Chemist: Just one.

Customer: Sorry, I’m sorry. Er, how often should I take it?

Chemist: Just one every four to six hours. Take it before mealtimes. Are you allergic to any medicine?

Customer: No.

Chemist: Then you’ll be fine with this.

Customer: Can I get some antibiotics too?

Chemist: I’m afraid you need a prescription for that.

Customer: Ah.

Chemist: You know, you should really see a doctor if that cough continues.

Customer: Thanks. I know.

Chemist: Anything else?

Customer: No, thanks.

Chemist: That’ll be £7.49 then, please.

English-Chinese

Chemist: Hello, can I help?
药剂师：您好，需要帮忙吗？

Customer: Yes, my wife sent me here. I, erm, need something for a sore throat … and I can’t stop coughing. It really hurts.
顾客：是的，我妻子送我来这里的。我，呃，需要一些东西来缓解喉咙痛……而且我无法停止咳嗽。真的很疼。

Chemist: Do you have a headache too?
药剂师：你也头痛吗？

Customer: Not really, no.
顾客：不完全是，不。

Chemist: Well, we have this syrup. And these lozenges.
药剂师：嗯，我们有这种糖浆。还有这些含片。

Customer: Which is better?
顾客：哪个更好？

Chemist: They’re both good. The syrup is more expensive.
药剂师：它们都很好。糖浆比较贵。

Customer: Oh, well … I’ll take the lozenges, then. How many do I take?
顾客：哦，好吧……那我就吃含片吧。我要吃多少？

Chemist: Just one.
药剂师：只有一个。

Customer: Sorry, I’m sorry. Er, how often should I take it?
顾客：对不起，对不起。呃，我应该多久服用一次？

Chemist: Just one every four to six hours. Take it before mealtimes. Are you allergic to any medicine?
药剂师：每四到六个小时一次。饭前服用。您对任何药物过敏吗？

Customer: No.
顾客：没有。

Chemist: Then you’ll be fine with this.
药剂师：那么你就可以接受这个了。

Customer: Can I get some antibiotics too?
顾客：我也可以服用一些抗生素吗？

Chemist: I’m afraid you need a prescription for that.
药剂师：恐怕您需要处方。

Customer: Ah.
顾客：啊。

Chemist: You know, you should really see a doctor if that cough continues.
药剂师：你知道，如果咳嗽持续，你真的应该去看医生。

Customer: Thanks. I know.
顾客：谢谢。我知道。

Chemist: Anything else?
药剂师：还有什么吗？

Customer: No, thanks.
顾客：不用了，谢谢。

Chemist: That’ll be £7.49 then, please.
药剂师：那就 7.49 英镑吧。

Task1

At the chemist – 1

Circle the best option.

• Question

1. The man needs something …
   a. for his throat.
   b. for his head.
   c. for his wife.
2. The man …
   a. is coughing and has a headache.
   b. is coughing but doesn’t have a headache.
   c. isn’t coughing, but has a headache.
3. The lozenges are …
   a. cheaper than the syrup.
   b. not as cheap as the syrup.
   c. more expensive than the syrup.
4. He should have the lozenge …
   a. every four to six hours, after he eats a meal.
   b. every four to six hours, with food.
   c. every four to six hours, before he eats a meal.
5. The pharmacist can’t give him antibiotics because …
   a. his prescription is only for tablets.
   b. he doesn’t have enough money.
   c. he doesn’t have a prescription.
6. The man has to pay …
   a. ￡7.49.
   b. ￡17.49.
   c. ￡7.99.

• Answer

1. The man needs something …
   ✔a. for his throat.
   b. for his head.
   c. for his wife.
2. The man …
   a. is coughing and has a headache.
   ✔b. is coughing but doesn’t have a headache.
   c. isn’t coughing, but has a headache.
3. The lozenges are …
   ✔a. cheaper than the syrup.
   b. not as cheap as the syrup.
   c. more expensive than the syrup.
4. He should have the lozenge …
   a. every four to six hours, after he eats a meal.
   b. every four to six hours, with food.
   ✔c. every four to six hours, before he eats a meal.
5. The pharmacist can’t give him antibiotics because …
   a. his prescription is only for tablets.
   b. he doesn’t have enough money.
   ✔c. he doesn’t have a prescription.
6. The man has to pay …
   ✔a. ￡7.49.
   b. ￡17.49.
   c. ￡7.99.

Task2

At the chemist – 2

Put the words in order to make sentences.

• Question

1. throat. need for I something sore a
2. really hurts. It
3. have Do you a too? headache
4. do take? I How many
5. take How should I often it?
6. any medicine? Are allergic to you
7. prescription for I’m need a afraid that. you
8. a should You really see doctor.

• Answer

1. I need something for a sore throat.
2. It really hurts.
3. Do you have a headache too?
4. How many do I take?
5. How often should I take it?
6. Are you allergic to any medicine?
7. I’m afraid you need a prescription for that.
8. You should really see a doctor.

1. 今天午餐时间东部地区将开始下雨。
   正确 ✔错误
2. 西北地区的天气会比南方更糟糕。
   ✔正确 错误
3. 今晚利兹将有雷声。
   正确 ✔错误
4. 本周英格兰大部分地区将会很热。
   ✔正确 错误
5. 周末，潮湿天气将从北方转移到南方。
   ✔正确 错误
6. 下雨时天气会很热。
   正确 ✔错误

Discussion

How often do you get a cough or a cold? What do you recommend?
您多久咳嗽或感冒一次？你有什么建议吗？

Vocabulary

shower

• 简易

  英/ˈʃaʊə(r)/美/ˈʃaʊər/
  n.淋浴器，花洒；淋浴间，淋浴室；淋浴，洗澡；阵雨，阵雪；（落下的东西）一大批，一阵； 流星雨；<美>（为即将结婚或分娩的女子举行的）送礼聚会；<英，非正式> 一群乌合之众，一群笨蛋

  v.淋浴，洗澡；洒落，（使）纷纷降落；朝……阵雨般地扔（大量小东西）（shower sb. with）；大量给予，慷慨给予

  初中 | 高中 | CET4 | CET6 | 考研 | TOEFL | 商务英语
  复数showers第三人称单数showers现在分词showering过去式showered过去分词showered

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  shower/ˈʃaʊə/|CET4 TEM4
  showering showered showers

  1. N-COUNT A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray. 淋浴器
     • She heard him turn on the shower.
     她听见他拧开了淋浴器。

2. N-COUNT A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower. 淋浴间
   • Do you sing in the shower?
   你在淋浴间里唱歌吗？

3. N-COUNT The showers or the shower in a place such as a gym is the area containing showers. (体育馆等的) 浴室
   • The showers are a mess.
   那些浴室一片狼藉。

4. N-COUNT If you take a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. 淋浴
   • I think I’ll take a shower before dinner.
   我想晚饭前我要来次淋浴。

5. V-I If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. 洗澡
   • There wasn’t time to shower or change clothes.
   没时间洗澡或换衣服了。

6. N-COUNT A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain. 阵雨
   • There’ll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon.
   今天下午将放晴，间有零星阵雨。

7. N-COUNT You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them. 大量下落
   • Showers of sparks flew in all directions.
   无数火星儿向四处飞溅。

8. V-T If you are showered with a lot of small objects or pieces, they are scattered over you. 抛撒
   • They were showered with rice in the traditional manner.
   人们按照传统习俗朝他们抛撒大米。

9. N-COUNT A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts. 送礼会
   • …a baby shower.
   …为婴儿举行的送礼会。

10. N a derogatory term applied to a person or group, esp to a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc 懒散邋遢鬼

11. N a large number of particles formed by the collision of a cosmic-ray particle with a particle in the atmosphere 镞射粒子

shower/ˈʃəʊə/
N a person or thing that shows 演出者; 展示物品

lunchtime

• 简易

英/ˈlʌntʃtaɪm/美/ˈlʌntʃtaɪm/
n.午餐时间

复数lunchtimes

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lunchtime/ˈlʌntʃtaɪm/
N-VAR Lunchtime is the period of the day when people have their lunch. 午餐时间
• Could we meet at lunchtime?
我们能在午餐时间见个面吗？

drizzle

• 简易

英/ˈdrɪz(ə)l/美/ˈdrɪz(ə)l/
v.下毛毛雨，下蒙蒙细雨； （毛毛雨似的）洒落；（毛毛雨似的）洒落

n.毛毛细雨，蒙蒙细雨；（烹）（浇在食品上的）液态调料细流

GRE | GMAT
第三人称单数drizzles现在分词drizzling过去式drizzled过去分词drizzled

• 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

drizzle/ˈdrɪzəl/|CET6+ TEM4
drizzling drizzled drizzles

1. N-UNCOUNT Drizzle is light rain falling in fine drops. 毛毛雨
   • The drizzle had now stopped and the sun was breaking through.
   细雨已经停了，太阳露出了脸。

2. V-I If it is drizzling, it is raining very lightly. 下毛毛雨
   • Clouds had come down and it was starting to drizzle.
   云压了下来，开始下起了毛毛雨。

foggy

• 简易

英/ˈfɒɡi/美/ˈfɑːɡi/
adj.有雾的，雾气茫茫的；迷糊的，朦胧的；模糊的，糊涂的

高中 | CET4 | CET6 | SAT
比较级foggier最高级foggiest

• 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

foggy/ˈfɒɡɪ/|CET4 TEM4
foggier foggiest

1. ADJ When it is foggy, there is fog. 有雾的
   • It’s quite foggy now.
   现在雾很大。

2. PHRASE If you say that you haven’t the foggiest or you haven’t the foggiest idea, you are emphasizing that you do not know something. 压根儿不知道
   • I did not have the foggiest idea what he meant.
   我压根儿不知道他是什么意思。

coast

• 简易

英/kəʊst/美/koʊst/
n.海岸，海滨；（车辆的）滑行

v.（人，车辆）滑行；毫不费力地做，（尤指）轻松获胜；不够努力，应付；沿海航行

【名】 （Coast）（英、美）科斯特（人名）

初中 | 高中 | CET4 | CET6 | 考研
复数coasts第三人称单数coasts现在分词coasting过去式coasted过去分词coasted

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coast/kəʊst/|CET4 TEM4
coasting coasted coasts

1. N-COUNT The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea. 海岸

   • Campsites are usually situated along the coast, close to beaches.
   宿营地通常都在海岸边，靠近沙滩的地方。

2. V-I If a vehicle coasts somewhere, it continues to move there with the motor switched off, or without being pushed or pedalled. (车辆的) 惯性滑行

   • He pushed in the clutch and coasted to a halt.
   他踩下离合器，滑行了一会儿便停下来了。