病人：這是我的藥方，你能幫我配藥嗎？
Patient: This is my prescription. Can you fill it for me, please?
藥劑師：當然可以。
Chemist: Certainly.
病人：謝謝。
Patient: Thank you.
藥劑師：別客氣。讓我看看。大概需要五分鐘的時間。
Chemist:You're welcome. Well, let me see. It will take about five minutes.
病人：好的。
Patient: All right.
藥劑師：好了，這是你所需要的中草藥。
Chemist: O.K. this is your herbal medicine.
病人：請您給我解釋一下怎么熬這副中草藥，好嗎？
Patient: Could you tell me what I should do with it？
藥劑師：每天早晨打開一包，倒入500毫升冷水中浸泡一個半小時。然后用大火煮。煮至沸騰后把火關小。用文火熬30分鐘，然后把火關掉。冷卻后，到出服用。到出時當心不要把藥渣倒入杯中。
Chemist: Every morning soak one bad in 200 mls of cold water for one and a half hours, then heat it up quickly. As soon as it begins to boil, turn down the heat, and simmer for thirty minutes. Then turn off the heat. Leave it to cool, then pour out the liquid to drink. Be careful no to let any of the leaves go into the cup.
病人：還挺復雜的。順便問一下，我能用普通的鋼制鍋熬藥嗎？
Patient: It is quite complicated. By the way, can I use a steel pan?
藥劑師：不行，你最好還是用砂鍋。
Chemist: No, you can't do that. You'd better use an earthenware pot.
病人：謝謝。我今天還真學到不少東西。
Patient: Thank you very much. I have learned a lot today fom you.
藥劑師：不客氣。祝你早日康復。
Chemist: You're welcome. I hope you will recover in no time.
單詞 Words
soak vt 浸泡
simmer vt 用文火熬
liquid n. 液體
complicated adj 復雜的
steel n. 鋼
earthen adj 泥土做的
ware n. 器皿
短語 Phrases
herbal medicine 草藥
turn down 關小
turn off 關掉
the leaves 藥渣
a steel pan 鋼制鍋
an earthenware pot 砂鍋，砂罐
句子 Sentence Patterns
This is my prescription. Can you fill it for me, please?
這是我的藥方，你能幫我配藥嗎？
This is your herbal medicine.
這是你所需要的中草藥。
Every morning soak one bad in 200 mls of cold water for one and a half hours.
每天早晨打開一包，倒入500毫升冷水中浸泡一個半小時。
As soon as it begins to boil, turn down the heat, and simmer for thirty minutes. Then turn off the heat.
煮至沸騰后把火關小。用文火熬30分鐘，然后把火關掉。
Leave it to cool, then pour out the liquid to drink.
冷卻后，倒出服用。倒出時當心不要把藥渣倒入杯中。
Be careful no to let any of the leaves go into the cup.
倒出時當心不要把藥渣倒入杯中。
相關單詞 Related Words
tonic 補藥
ginseng 人參
musk 麝香
honey 蜂蜜
loquat 枇杷
amber 琥珀
gyrophora 靈芝
anise 大茴香
cumin 小茴香
fennei 茴香
相關短語 Related Phrases
tiger-bone liquor 虎骨酒
spirit of genseng 人參酒
cod-liver oil 魚肝油
royal jelly 蜂王漿
Chinese angelica 當歸
the bark of eucommia 杜仲
asses'glue 阿膠
Chinese caterpillar fungus 冬蟲夏草
cassia twig 桂皮
lotus seed 蓮子
licorice root 甘草
lotus leaf 荷葉
aprieot seed 杏仁
lily bulb 百合
peach keruel 桃仁
bezoar of ox 牛黃
相關表達方式 Related Expressions
Just following the directions on the bottle.
請照藥瓶上的說明服用。
I think I can take most medicine except for strong pain reliever.
除了止痛片以外大多數藥我都可以服用。
Can you suggest somehting I can take to relieve the pain?
你能建議我服用點什么來緩解痛苦嗎？
In addition to making you feel better, it'll also make you sleepy.
這藥除了能使你感覺好一些之外，還能有助于你的睡眠。
Try this medicine. It will cure your insomnia.
試試這種藥。它可以治好你的失眠癥。
Take these tablets twice a day.
這些藥片每天服用兩次。
Take ten mls each time, three times a day.
每天三次，每次10毫升。
One tablets each time, three times a day after meals.
每天飯后服用，每日三次，每次一片。
It will keep the swelling down.
該藥可以消腫。
This ointment will subdue the inflamation.
這種藥膏可以消炎。 | 
