在英国药店买药时，我们可能需要向工作人员提供医生开具的处方，但如果病情不算严重或不需要处方药，则可以请药剂师针对不同的症状推荐药物。你会用英语说“创可贴”、“止痛药”等常见药物的名称吗？如何表示你想“再次取药”？《英语小测验》通过六道题考考你是否掌握了买药时会用到的英语词汇。
1. The medicine you need is only available if you obtain a piece of paper from a doctor. What's another way to say this?
a) This medicine is only available after prescription.
b) This medicine is only available on prescription.
c) This medicine is only available with a script.
d) This medicine is only available prescribed.
2. You have been taking medication for a while but you're still not feeling better. You need another piece of paper allowing more of the same medicine to be given. What do you ask?
a) Can I have a repeat prescription?
b) Can I have a continuing prescription?
c) Can I have a repetitive prescription?
d) Can I have an ongoing prescription?
3. You have a bad stomach and diarrhoea – what do you ask the pharmacist?
a) Can I have something for an angry stomach please?
b) Can I have some painkillers please?
c) Can you calm down my stomach please?
d) Can you give me something for an upset stomach please?
4. You have a throat infection caused by harmful bacteria which won't go away. What does the doctor do?
a) Prescribe some skin balm.
b) Put you on a course of antibiotics.
c) Give you a session of painkillers.
d) Give you a series of antidepressants.
5. You have cut yourself and don't want to develop an infection in the cut – which of these options are you most likely to buy from the pharmacy for a SMALL cut?
a) a wound dressing
b) a gauze
c) a plaster
d) a bandage
6. You have a very bad headache and want to buy some painkillers – which of these forms would the painkiller NOT come in?
a) tablets
b) pills
c) capsules
d) bandage
易游app:答案
1) b, 2) a, 3) d, 4) b, 5) c, 6) d.
