新标准初中英语八年级(下):UNIT2 RFDS plane

[00:02.46]Module 10 SEEING A DOCTOR
[00:06.57]UNIT 2 How can I help you, Mrs Nell?
[00:11.51]1 Listen and read. Then say.
[00:16.15]The Royal¹ Flying Doctor Service²
[00:18.93]of Australia the (RFDS),
[00:22.02]provides medical³ services⁴ for people
[00:24.82]in remote⁵ areas⁶ of Australia.
[00:28.16]The RFDS operates⁷ 24 hours a day.
[00:34.03]It may take an RFDS doctor about ninety minutes
[00:38.42]to reach⁸ a patient⁹.
[00:40.49]When the patient is very sick,
[00:42.65]the RFDS plane flies him or her to a hospital.
[00:48.30]RFDS doctors talk to people every day,
[00:52.62]on a special radio or on the telephone.
[00:56.40]Many of the patients¹⁰ have an RFDS medical box.
[01:01.96]The medicine¹¹ in this box is numbered.
[01:05.48]The doctor can listen to the patient,
[01:08.62]and then say which medicine to use.
[01:12.36]This is what a dialogue¹² between a patient
[01:15.32]and an RFDS doctor might¹³ sound like:
[01:19.03]Hello.  Hello,doctor.This is Mrs Nell.
[01:22.98]How can I help you,Mrs Nell?
[01:25.23]I have a bad cough¹⁴,doctor.
[01:27.40]Oh, it sounds terrible¹⁵.
[01:29.69]How long have you had¹⁶ it?
[01:31.17]About a week.
[01:33.55]Do you have a fever or a headache?
[01:36.27]No.  All right.Look in the medicine box.
[01:40.55]Take Number 5 four times a day.
[01:43.49]Okay.Thank you.Good bye.
[01:50.26]4 Pronunciation¹⁷ Listen and say.
[01:55.17]How can I help you?
[01:57.30]I have an awful¹⁸ cough, doctor.
[02:02.39]Oh, it sounds bad.
[02:04.72]How long have you had it? About a week.
[02:08.67]Do you have a fever or a headache?
[02:10.87]

1 royal   

adj.王室的，皇家的；堂皇的，盛大的；极大的，第一流的

参考例句：

• Most European royal families are connected with each other.欧洲大部分王室都有姻亲关系。
• His grandfather was a royal duke.他的祖父是王室公爵。

2 service   

n.服务，公务部门，服役；vt.维护，保养

参考例句：

• The service in this hotel goes from bad to worse. 这个旅店的服务每况愈下。
• If I can help you,I am at your service.要是我能帮忙的话，我愿为你效劳。

3 medical   

adj.医学的；医疗的

参考例句：

• But in Paris he dropped his medical studies.但是在巴黎，他放弃了学医。
• I had a medical checkup before going abroad.我在出国前作了一次体格检查。

4 services   

n.公共事业机构（或公司）；（提供技术或帮助的）服务；宗教礼仪；礼拜仪式；服务( service的名词复数 )；公共机构；业务；服役

参考例句：

• arrangers of care services for the elderly 安排照料老人的筹划者
• Social services keep lists of at-risk children . 社工组织保留有在家里可能遭受伤害的孩子名单。

5 remote   

adj.遥远的，僻远的；细微的，稀少的，漠然的

参考例句：

• I'm afraid your chances of success are rather remote.我担心你成功的机会极小。
• The thing happened in the remote past.这件事发生在遥远的过去。

6 areas   

地区，区域(area 的复数形式)；面积；领域

参考例句：

• to reduce the speed limit in built-up areas 在楼房林立的地区降低最高车速限制
• the process of decontaminating areas exposed to radioactivity 清除受放射污染地区有害物质的过程

7 operates   

v.运转( operate的第三人称单数 )；操作；经营；管理

参考例句：

• A flying doctor service operates in remote regions. 在偏远地区有飞行医生服务。
• To make the training realistic the simulation operates in real time . 为使训练真实，模拟是实时运行的。

8 reach   

n.延伸，范围，河段；vt.到达，伸出，延伸，取得联系；vi.延伸

参考例句：

• The railway line will soon reach to our town. 铁路不久就要延伸到我们镇了。
• Can you reach that apple down in the tree? 你能把树上那个苹果摘下来吗？

9 patient   

n.病人；adj.有耐心的，能容忍的

参考例句：

• The doctor told the patient that he was in good way.大夫对病人说，他的病情已在好转。
• We must be patient with children.我们对孩子要耐心。

10 patients   

n.患者( patient的名词复数 )；接受治疗者；受动着；承受者

参考例句：

• This drug is contraindicated in patients with asthma. 这种药哮喘病人禁用。
• Patients were being discharged from the hospital too early. 病人都过早获准出院。

11 medicine   

n.药，医学，内科，内服药；vt.给…用药

参考例句：

• I studied medicine in college.我在大学学医学。
• Time is the best medicine.时间是最好的良药。

12 dialogue   

n.对话；vi.对话；vt.用对话表达

参考例句：

• Practise the dialogue in pairs.两人一组练习对话。
• The dialogue went on until nine o'clock.谈话一直到九点。

13 might   

aux./v.(may的过去式)可能；可以，允许

参考例句：

• It looks as if it might snow.看起来好像要下雪了。
• Might I ask a question?我能问个问题吗？

14 cough   

n.咳嗽；vi.咳嗽；vt.咳出

参考例句：

• The smoke made him cough.烟熏得他咳嗽起来。
• Love and a cough cannot be hidden.恋爱与咳嗽无法掩藏。

15 terrible   

adj.可怕的，糟糕的，极其的

参考例句：

• I think you've made a terrible mistake.我认为你犯了一个严重的错误。
• This is a terrible idea.这是一个可怕的想法。

16 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

17 pronunciation   

n.发音，发音法

参考例句：

• Please correct my pronunciation.请纠正我的发音。
• She speaks English with a good pronunciation.她的英语发音很正确。

18 awful   

adj.极坏的；极讨厌的；令人畏惧的，可怕的；威严的，庄重的；极度的，非常的

参考例句：

• The weather is awful today.今天天气坏透了。
• An awful accident has happened.发生了一起可怕的意外事故。