2016-11-28 健康：在英国药店买药时的常用词语

在英国药店买药时，我们可能需要向工作人员提供医生开具的处方，但如果病情不算严重或不需要处方药，则可以请药剂师针对不同的症状推荐药物。你会用英语说“创可贴”、“止痛药”等常见药物的名称吗？如何表示你想“再次取药”？《英语小测验》通过六道题考考你是否掌握了买药时会用到的英语词汇。

1. The medicine you need is only available if you obtain a piece of paper from a doctor. What’s another way to say this?

a) This medicine is only available after prescription.

b) This medicine is only available on prescription.

c) This medicine is only available with a script.

d) This medicine is only available prescribed.

2. You have been taking medication for a while but you’re still not feeling better. You need another piece of paper allowing more of the same medicine to be given. What do you ask?

a) Can I have a repeat prescription?

b) Can I have a continuing prescription?

c) Can I have a repetitive prescription?

d) Can I have an ongoing prescription?

3. You have a bad stomach and diarrhoea – what do you ask the pharmacist?

a) Can I have something for an angry stomach please?

b) Can I have some painkillers please?

c) Can you calm down my stomach please?

d) Can you give me something for an upset stomach please? 

4. You have a throat infection caused by harmful bacteria which won’t go away. What does the doctor do?

a) Prescribe some skin balm.

b) Put you on a course of antibiotics.

c) Give you a session of painkillers.

d) Give you a series of antidepressants.

5. You have cut yourself and don’t want to develop an infection in the cut – which of these options are you most likely to buy from the pharmacy for a SMALL cut?

a) a wound dressing

b) a gauze

c) a plaster

d) a bandage

6. You have a very bad headache and want to buy some painkillers – which of these forms would the painkiller NOT come in?

a) tablets

b) pills

c) capsules

d) bandage

答案

1) b, 2) a, 3) d, 4) b, 5) c, 6) d.