Lesson 7 Emergency call - Enquiring about a problem

【Situation 场景】

在下面的对话中，一位外科接待员接到一个年轻人打来的电话，想请她转接给医生。

接待员简单地描述了电话中那个年轻人所描述的情况，最后，接待员把电话转给了医生。

请注意，医生在接电话之前最好了解清楚病人的大体情况，接待员应该先了解病人在电话中所阐述的情况。

【Dialogue 对话】

Nurse: Doctor-I've got an emergency call for you. Can you take it? It sounds very urgent.

Doctor: Yes, of course. What is it about？

Nurse: It's a young man, by the sound of his voice, a neighbour of mr Lindley who's a patient of ours. Lives on Forsyth Crescent, near the Cutty Sark pub.

Doctor: Oh, yes- I remember. He came in last week or the week before, didn't he？ Chronic emphysema, life long smoker. Not long given up. Can't work anymore.

Nurse: Yes- that's him. I've got his notes here.

Doctor: What's wrong with him? Why an emergency now? What's up?

Nures: Apparently, the young man went round to call on mr. Lindley and found him practically paralysed in his chair. Shall I put him through?

Doctor: Yes, put him on……

【Vocabulary 词汇】

doctor 医生

emergency 急诊

patient 病人

chronic 慢性的

emphysema 气肿；肺气肿

notes 病历本

paralysed 瘫痪的（英国英语）

doctor 医生

emergency 急诊

patient 病人

chronic 慢性的

emphysema 气肿；肺气肿

notes 病历本

urgent 紧急的

voice 声音

neighbour 邻居

life-long 终生的

anymore （与not连用＝not…… anymore）不再

apparently 明显地

practically 实际地