words about health

简单的慢速音频，可做初级笔记练习。

Many professions have their own words and expressions. This is true for the medical profession.  Doctors use many technical terms that most people do not understand. But there are also expressions we use everyday to tell about a person’s health.  Let me explain.

Last month, I was not feeling well.  I was under the weather.  I thought I had caught a cold.  I had a runny nose, itchy eyes, a sore throat and a cough.  I felt tired and run down.  I was in poor condition because I had not been getting enough rest.

My body hurt all over.  I also had severe head pains --a real splitting headache.  And I was running a fever.   My body temperature was higher than normal.

At one point, I blacked out.  That’s right, I was out cold.  I lost consciousness and my friend had to bring me around.  He used cold water on my face to restore my consciousness. 

I grew concerned that I might take a turn for the worse.  I did not want to become sicker because then surely I would be at death’s door.  

My friend took me to the doctor.  I told the doctor I thought I had come down with a cold. When the doctor saw me, she immediately wanted to run some tests.  She said that medical tests would help her discover why I was sick.  The doctor also asked when I had my last physical.  I do not get yearly check-ups.  But I probably should get a medical exam by a doctor every year.

Then the nurse drew my blood. She used a needle to take a small amount of blood from my arm.  She sent it to a laboratory for tests.  The nurse also took my temperature.  She used a thermometer to measure my body temperature.

The doctor told me I had influenza, or the flu.  But she told me I would recover soon.  She said I was over the worst of the disease. She told me to rest at home and to stay away from other people because the flu can spread.  It is contagious.

Thankfully, I did not have to go under the knife.  I did not need an operation.  Instead, I did just what the doctor ordered. I went home and did exactly what was needed to become healthy again.  Soon, I was on the mend.  I was pulling through and recovering from my sickness. 

Now, I am back on my feet.  I am physically healthy again.  Even better, the doctor has given me a clean bill of health.   She says that I am one-hundred percent cured.  I am back to normal and I feel great.  In fact, I feel on top of the world.  My friends say I now look like the picture of health.

许多行业中都存在专有词。医药界正是如此。医生所用的许多术语都不为多数人所知。但是，也有我们日常描述身体健康的词汇。让我来诠释一下。

上个月，我身体不适（under the weather）。我觉得我感冒了（caught a cold）。我流鼻涕、眼睛发痒、喉咙肿痛并伴有咳嗽。我感觉疲惫不堪（run down）。由于没有足够的休息，身体欠佳。

我全身酸痛，头痛得厉害-- 真是头痛欲裂（splitting headache）。我还发着烧（running a fever），体温过高。

我曾一度昏过去（blacked out），失去知觉（out cold）。之后，我朋友必须让我复苏（bring around）。为了让我复苏，他用冷水浇在我脸上。

我越发担心（grew concerned）病情变糟（take a turn for the worse）。我不想病情加重，因为那样我肯定就病在旦夕（ at death's door）。

我朋友带我看医生。我告诉医生我觉得自己感冒病倒（come down with a cold）了。见到医生，医生立刻让我去检查。她告诉我医疗检查有助于她找出病因。她还问我最后一次体检的时间。我并没有做年检，不过我可能应该每年找医生检查一次。

之后护士给我抽血，她用针头从我手臂抽了少量血，并送去化验室化验。护士还用体温计给我量了体温。

医生告诉我，我患了流感（the flu）。但她安慰我，很快会复原。因为我熬过了流感最糟糕的时段。她让我在家休息，避开他人，因为流感具有传染性（contagious）会传染。

谢天谢地，我并不需要做手术（go under the knife），而是只需遵从医嘱。我回家后，谨遵医嘱。很快，我病情好转（on the mend）度过难关（pulling through），从病中复原。

如今，我痊愈了（back on my feet）。医生还给了我一份无疫健康证明（clean bill of health），说我身体无碍。康复后的感觉棒极了（feel on top of the world）。我的朋友说我看起来绝对健康（look like the picture of health）。