Explaining your symptoms

词汇

• symptom症状
• treatment治疗
• prescription处方
• diagnose诊断
• specialist专科医生
• fever发烧
• cough咳嗽
• ache隐隐作痛
• pain疼痛
• recovery康复
• dizzy头晕的
• swollen肿的
• diagnosis诊断结果

表达

• I've had a cough for three days.说明症状和持续的时长
• I've had a fever since Monday.说明症状从什么时候开始
• Where does it hurt?医生问你哪里疼
• I have a pain in my...指出身体哪个部位疼
• I'll need to run some tests.医生告知需要做检查
• I'd like to refer you to a specialist.把你转诊给专科医生
• To feel under the weather我从昨天起就不太舒服。
• To come down with something我好像是要生病了。

常见错误

• ✗I have a cough since three days.
  ✓I've had a cough for three days.

  表示一段时长用 for，不用 since；而且时态要用现在完成时 have had。

• ✗I am having a fever since Monday.
  ✓I've had a fever since Monday.

  have a fever 是一种状态，用现在完成时 have had，不用现在进行时。

• ✗Where is it hurting?
  ✓Where does it hurt?

  这里的 hurt 表示持续的状态，问句用一般现在时 does it hurt。

• ✗My head is paining.
  ✓I have a headache. / My head hurts.

  英语没有 to pain 这种说法，要说 I have a headache 或 my head hurts。

• ✗I have pain in my head
  ✓I have a headache

  头疼、胃疼英语有固定名词：headache、stomachache，直接用它们更自然。

• ✗I am sick since two days
  ✓I have been sick for two days

  for + 一段时间要配现在完成时，不能用一般现在时说 I am sick。

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