WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Expressions About HealthBy Jill Moss
Broadcast: Sunday, September 05, 2004
Acknowledgement: mming , Li Wei , niutao
Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories.
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 ran 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 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 did not get yearly checkup. 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 looked like a picture of health.
This VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories was written by Jill Moss. I'm Faith Lapidus
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缃??? mming ??????绋
WORDS AND THEIR STORIES Sunday, September 05, 2004
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 sour throat and a cough. I felt tired and ran 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 good 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 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 did not get yearly checkups. 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 the 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 purely through and recovery 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 100% cured, I am back to normal, and I feel great. In fact, I feel on top of the world. My friends say I now looked like a picture of health.
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缃??? Li Wei ??????绋
娌℃????娈?涓?浜?涓?????涔?璇???涓?浜?????.
Now the VOA Special English Program, Words and their Stories.
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 every day to tell about a person's health.
Let me explain.
Last month, I was not feeling well.
I was under the weather(灏???,寰???).
I thought I had caught a cold.
I had a running nose(娴?榧绘?), itchy eyes, a sore throat(??????), and a cough.
I felt tired and ran 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 spreading headache.
And I was running a fever.
My body temperature was higher than normal.
At one point I blacked out(???舵?ф????.
That's right I was out cold(??杩?.
I lost consciousness.
And my friend had to bring me around(浣胯????).
He used cold water on my face to restore my consciousness.
I grow concerned that my take a turn for the worse(?跺??).
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 checkups.
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(?ュ??????.
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(?ㄥソ杞?腑).
I was pouring through and recovering from my sickness.
Now I am back on my feet.
I am physically healthy again.
Even better, the doctor has giving me a clean bill of health(??浼????????ュ悍璇?涔?.
She says that I am 100 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.
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缃??? niutao ??????绋
Now the voa special English program words and their stories.
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, ichy 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 churn for the worse. I did not want to became sicker because then surly I would be at death door. My friend took me to a doctor. I told the doctor I thought I had came down with a cold. When the doctor saw me she immediately wanted to run some tests. She said the 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 checkups. But I probably sured to 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 influencer or the flue. 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 flue can spread. It is contage us. 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 is 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 a health. She said I am one hundred percent cured. I am back to normal and I feel great. In fact I feel I'm on top of the world. My friends say I now look like the picture of health.
This voa special English program words and their stories was written by Gill Marks
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