地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客752: 服用處方藥（雙語(yǔ)）

Paula: Okay, I’m off to bed. 
寶拉：好，我要去休息了。
Marcus: Wait a second. Where are you going with all of those pill bottles? 
馬克斯：等一下，你拿著這些藥瓶要去哪兒？
Paula: My doctor prescribed a couple of medications to help me sleep. 
寶拉：我的家庭醫(yī)生給我開(kāi)了一些藥物幫助睡眠。
Marcus: Let me see those. You have four different medications here. This is a painkiller, this is a sedative, this is a tranquilizer, and this is a stimulant. 
馬克斯：讓我看看這些，你有四種不同的藥物。這是止痛藥、鎮(zhèn)定劑、安定藥、興奮劑。
Paula: I don’t take that last one when I go to bed. 
寶拉：我睡覺(jué)時(shí)不吃最后那一種。
Marcus: You mean you take the first three every night? 
馬克斯：你的意思是每晚吃前三種藥？
Paula: Not every night. 
寶拉：不是每晚。
Marcus: I can’t believe that your doctor would prescribe all three of these medications just to help you sleep. This seems like overkill. 
馬克斯：不敢相信你的醫(yī)生竟然會(huì)給你開(kāi)這些藥僅僅為了幫你睡眠。這有點(diǎn)過(guò)量了。
Paula: I saw more than one doctor. They each gave me a different prescription. 
寶拉：我看過(guò)好幾個(gè)醫(yī)生。每個(gè)給我開(kāi)不同的藥。
Marcus: How do you know they won’t interact and produce side effects? 
馬克斯：你怎么知道它們不會(huì)相互作用，或者產(chǎn)生副作用？
Paula: A doctor prescribed each one. I’m sure they’re safe. 
寶拉：一個(gè)醫(yī)生開(kāi)一種，我肯定它們是安全的。
Marcus: Yes, but does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? I’m confiscating these until you can talk to a doctor or pharmacist to make sure you won’t overdose by taking all three of these at one time. 
馬克斯：是醫(yī)生開(kāi)的不錯(cuò)，但是一個(gè)人不知道另一個(gè)人的做法，也許會(huì)出現(xiàn)差錯(cuò)。我要沒(méi)收這些藥物，直到你跟醫(yī)生談話后，或者藥劑師確定一次服用這三種藥不會(huì)劑量過(guò)度。
Paula: But how will I fall asleep until then? 
寶拉：但直到那之前，我怎樣入睡？
Marcus: You’re always telling me how boring I am. I’ll just regale you with stories of my youth. Let’s start at the beginning. My earliest memory is... 
馬克斯：你總是說(shuō)我有多么的無(wú)聊。我會(huì)講年輕時(shí)的故事來(lái)愉悅你。讓我們從頭開(kāi)始，我最早的記憶是……