新概念 2 L39 Am I all right? 我是否痊愈？

词汇

  • operation (1.2) /'ɔpə’reiʃən/ n. 手术
    • operate v. 操作
    • work vt. 操作（小型设备）手机、相机
    • a computer operator
    • operate on sb.
  • successful a. 成功的
    • unsuccessfully adv. 不成功地
    • be successful in doing
  • following a. 下一个的，接着的
    • 次日 / 第二天 the following / next day
    • 下周 the following week （可能是过去时）/ next week（从今天开始的下一周，用将来时）
  • patient n. 病人
    adj. 耐心的
    • be patient with sb.
    • impatient
  • alone ad. 独自地
  • exchange vt. n. 交换
    • exchange A for B 用 A 换 B
    • an exchange sutdent
  • inquire vi. 询问 = enquire
    • inquire sb about sth.
    • inquiring a. 爱询问的，勤学好问的
  • certain a. 一定
    • It is certain that
    • certain a. 某一个，某些
      • A certain Mr Brown telephoned while you were out.
      • There are certain things I just don’t want to tell you.
  • relative n. 亲戚
    • family member
    • a close relative
    • a distant relative

原文

While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr. Gilbert’s operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr.Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hosptial for another two weeks. Then Dr. Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient.‘No,’the patient answered, ‘I am Mr. John Gilbert.’

参考译文：

当约翰·吉尔伯特住院的时候，他问医生他的手术是否成功，但医生拒绝告诉他。第二天，这位病人要了一部床头电话。当房里只剩他一个人时，他挂通了医院的交换台，要求与米灵顿医生讲话。当这位医生接过电话时，吉尔伯特先生说他想询问一个病人的情况，是一位名叫约翰·吉尔伯特的先生。他问吉尔伯特先生的手术是否成功，医生告诉他手术很成功。然后他又问吉尔伯特先生什么时候可以回家，医生说他在医院还必须再住上两个星期。之后，米灵顿医生问打电话的人是否是病人的亲属。“不是，”病人回答说，“我就是约翰·吉尔伯特先生。”

  • ask sb about sth (询问某人关于某事)
    I asked my teacher about the homework assignment.
    我问了老师关于作业的事情。

  • ask sb for sth (向某人要某物)
    She asked her friend for a favor.
    她向朋友求了个帮忙。

  • ask sb to do (请某人做某事)
    They asked John to speak at the conference.
    他们请约翰在会议上发言。

  • ask for sb. 要求见某人

  • ask for trouble

  • ask for help

  • whether 与 if（选择题一般选 whether）

    • if 不在句首
    • if 后面不能加 to do
    • 介词后面只加 whether
    • whether 可以加 or not
    • whether 没有如果的意思