在英国药店买药时的常用词语

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”？

 

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 prescription¹.

 

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 ongoing² 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 painkillers⁴ 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 antibiotics⁵.

 

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 pharmacy⁶ for a SMALL cut?

 

a) a wound dressing⁷

 

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 painkiller³ NOT come in?

 

a) tablets

 

b) pills

 

c) capsules

 

d) bandage

 

答案

1) b, 2) a, 3) d, 4) b, 5) c, 6) d.

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