看醫生時，老外們通常是怎麼交流的呢?醫生和病人的對話會是怎樣的?下面，我們來看一下醫生與病人的英語口語對話。
Doctor： I see from your notes you were in hospital ten years ago with thyroid trouble.
醫生：我從你的病歷中得知，你10年前曾因甲狀腺功能混亂住過院。
Patient： Yes, that's right. And now I've got stomach trouble and my doctor sent me here.
病人：對，是這樣的。現在我有犯了胃病，我的醫生介紹我到您這裡來看病。
Doctor： What has actually been happening since the thyroid trouble?
醫生：自從得了甲狀腺疾病以來，有過那些症狀?
Patient： All sorts of things. I've been feeling very depressed for a year.
病人：症狀可多呢。一年來，我精神非常不好。
Doctor： Did you go to your doctor?
醫生：看過醫生吧?
Patient： Yes, when it got bad. He gave me some Valium tablets to slow me down but they slowed me to a halt. I didn't do anything but sleep.
病人：難受時看過。他讓我服用安定藥片，使我鎮靜。我整天昏昏欲睡，除了睡覺外，我什麼事也幹不了。
Doctor： Did they affect you in any other way?
醫生：還有其他症狀嗎?
Patient： Yes. I got indigestion.
病人：有，我最近消化不良。
Doctor： Did he give you anything for that?
醫生：醫生給你吃過什麼藥嗎?
Patient： Yes. He gave me some medicine and then it was all right.
病人：給了，他給我開點藥，我吃了就好了。
Doctor： How does the indigestion affect you?
醫生：消化系統怎麼不好受?
Patient： All the food stays up here
病人：吃進的.東西都停在這裡。
Doctor： When do you get it?
醫生：什麼時候覺得難受
Patient： Two to three hours after food.
病人：飯後兩三個小時。
Doctor： What is it like? A pain?
醫生：怎麼不好?疼痛嗎?
Patient： Yes, a pain.
病人：是的，很痛。
Doctor： What kind? Burning, stabbing?
醫生：怎麼個痛法?燒痛還是刺痛?
Patient： It feels like some wind there and I want to get rid of it.
病人：腸胃裡脹氣，我想把氣排掉。
Doctor： Do you belch?
醫生：打嗝嗎?
Patient： Not much.
病人不常打嗝。
Doctor： Does it bother you at night?
醫生：夜間犯病嗎?
Patient： No.
病人不。
Doctor： It comes on when you are hungry?
醫生飢餓時發作嗎?
Patient： Yes, I have a terrible pain in my stomach and I feel I'll collapse if I don't eat straight away.
病人：對，飢餓時胃部特別疼痛，如果不馬上吃些東西，我就支援不住。
Doctor： How is your appetite?
醫生胃口怎麼樣?
Patient： Very poor.
病人：很差。
Doctor： Did you always have a bad one?
醫生：胃口一向不好嗎?
Patient： No, it started to deteriorate ten years ago.
病人：不，10年前才開始疼的。
Doctor： Has it changed much in the last few months?
醫生：近幾個月變化大嗎?
Patient： I think the medicine must push the food down and then I fell hungry?
病人：服藥後，食物能夠往下走了，我也感覺到餓了?
Doctor： What about your weight?
醫生：你體重怎麼樣?
Patient： I'm losing weight.
病人：體重在下降。
Doctor： How much do you weight now?
醫生：現在體重是多少?
Patient： 8st1lb.
病人：113磅
Doctor： And how much did you weigh a year ago?
醫生：一年前體重是多少?
Patient： 9st
病人：126磅
Doctor： What about your bowels?
醫生：大便情況如何?
