【英语趣味课堂】医院的食物-Hospital Food

 Todd: So, Barbara, we're talking about your time in the hospital. You were in the hospital for sometime. First of all, how long were you actually in the hospital?

 

Barbara: Well, I was in two hospitals actually. At first, I was in a big hospital for three and a half weeks and I was on a drip¹ for all of that time, and they didn't let me eat anything, and the first couple of days, they also didn't let me drink anything.

 

 

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Todd: Whoa!

 

Barbara: Yeah.

 

Todd: So you were on a drip… I'm sorry, how long?

 

Barbara: Three and a half weeks.

 

Todd: Whoa! No solid food for three and a half weeks.

 

Barbara: No food for three and a half weeks.

 

Todd: Man!

 

Barbara: Yeah, I was dreaming about my mother's cooking, and I was dreaming about roast chicken and roast lamb and man, the smells and the tastes came back to me, but there was no food.

 

Todd: But after like, say two weeks or something, does your body just get used to not having food?

 

Barbara: Yeah. Yes, it does. Definitely³. And I lost a lot of weight, but actually I felt fine. Friends who came to visit me in the hospital were surprised and they were like, “Wow! Where's the rest of you?”

 

Todd: You did lose a lot of weight. Actually, how much weight did you lose?

 

Barbara: I lost, well, I started losing weight because I was changing my diet just before I got ill. In the last eighteen months, I've lost twenty kilos.

 

Todd: Whoa! That's a lot.

 

Barbara: That is, indeed, yeah.

 

Todd: Twenty kilos… Wow! Well, you look great. You must feel great.

 

Barbara: I feel much better. Actually I think sick with that was probably a good thing. It made me take stock⁴ and reevaluate things and get healthy.

1 drip   

n.滴，点滴；水滴；乏味的人；v.滴下，漏水

参考例句：

• I hate this sort of drip.我讨厌这种无聊的闲话。
• A drip of water fell from the tap.从龙头滴下一滴水。

2 audio   

n./adj.音频(响)(的)；声音(的)，听觉(的)

参考例句：

• Often,the meeting is recorded on audio or video media for later reference.通常这种会议会以视频或者音频形式记录下来，供以后查阅。
• You don't even have to pay for audio programs.你大可不必为自己听这些节目付费。

3 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

4 stock   

n.存货，储备；树干；血统；股份；家畜；adj.存货的；平凡的，惯用的；股票的；畜牧的；vt.进货，采购；储存；供给；vi.出新芽；进货

参考例句：

• The shop takes stock every week on Friday mornings.这家商店每星期五早晨盘点存货。
• Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.专家已预测股票市场价格有上升趋势。