英語口語練習小對話 第43期:原子結尾酒

迷你對話：

A:Susan has got the cancer of stomach.

Susan得了癌症。

B:How terrible! This is quite unexpected!

太可怕了！這真讓人難以置信！

A:Yesterday when I went to hospital to see her, you cannot imagine how greatly surprised when I saw her.

昨天我去醫院看她，你無法想象我當時是多麼的震驚。

B:What happened?

怎麼了？

A:Because of atomic cocktail and other medicines, all of them have the side effect: she has lost all her hair.

因爲原子雞尾酒和其他的藥物都有副作用，她的頭髮全部掉光了。

地道口語：

atomic cocktail：原子結尾酒

講解：此語爲醫學用語，指“含有放射性物質的吞服劑”，用語癌症的診斷和治療。Cocktail本指“危險物質的混合物”。

詞海拾貝：

the cancer of stomach：患上胃癌

use of：因爲

Eg.I did not go to the cinema because of the intense cold.

我因爲嚴寒沒出去看電影。

win the game because of his participation.

由於他的參與，我們贏了比賽。

use of his irresolute character, we were defeated at last.

因爲他性格的軟弱，我們最終被打敗了。

a side effect：副作用

Eg. Does this kind of western medicine have much side effect?

這種西藥的副作用很大吧?

also points out that both drugs do have side effects so patients have to be monitored.

他指出了那兩種麻醉藥的副作用因此病人受到監看。

拓展：have a much side effect 有很大的副作用

have no side effect 沒有副作用

have a side effect on 對……有副作用

e one's hair：頭髮脫落

lost his hair, which showed he was not well then.

他掉很多頭髮，這說明他的身體不是很好了。

特別說明：

該節目中的迷你對話選自《脫口說英語》之口語習語大全，講解部分爲恆星編輯原創。