原版英语对话：Prescribing Medicine(1)

A: Is there a medication you can prescribe¹ to help me with my problem?
B: There are various choices of blood pressure medication that we can try.
A: What is available?
B: We could start with Hydrochlorothiazide, which is a diuretic.
A: Are there many side effects?
B: There really are not many side effects. You need to drink a lot of water when you take this pill.
A: Is that the only medication I need to take?
B: It might be, but for a while I also want you to take an ACE² inhibitor, Lisinopril.
A: What are the side effects of that drug?
B: You may have a little bit of a dry cough, but you will feel much better.
 

1 prescribe   

vi.规定，开药方；vt.规定，命令，开处方

参考例句：

• The doctor prepared to prescribe a receipt.医生准备开个药方。
• Can't you just prescribe some of those diet pills,doctor?你不能开一些减肥药吗，医生？

2 ace   

n.A牌；发球得分；佼佼者；adj.杰出的

参考例句：

• A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
• He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。