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No. 62

Medical Service

1.After the lumbar puncture, you need to lie on your back without a pillow for six hours.

腰椎穿刺术，术后需要去枕平卧6小时。

2. You (or your family member) might have a bone fracture of the leg. You (or your family member) need to go to the radiology department for an X-ray.

您（或您的亲属）的腿部可能有骨折，需要去放射科做X射线检查。

3.According to the X-ray result, your need further exams and treatment.

据X射线检查结果，您需要进一步的检杳和治疗。

Traditional Chinese medicine

When diarrhea is followed by even greater vexation and sogginess below the heart when pressed, this is deficient vexation. Zhizi Chi Tang (Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction) governs.

下利后，更烦，按之心下濡者，为虚烦也，栀子豉汤主之。

Story Show

（1-9）

Ross: You know what the scariest part is? What if there's only one woman for everybody, y'know? I mean what if you get one woman- and that's it? Unfortunately in my case, there was only one woman- for her...

Joey: What are you talking about? 'One woman'? That's like saying there's only one flavor（味，滋味;特色；风味） of ice cream for you. Lemme tell you something, Ross. There's lots of flavors out there. There's Rocky Road, and Cookie Dough, and Bing! Cherry Vanilla. You could get 'em with Jimmies, or nuts, or whipped cream（鲜奶油）! This is the best thing that ever happened to you! You got married, you were, like, what, eight? Welcome back to the world! Grab a spoon!

Ross: I honestly don't know if I'm hungry or horny（欲火中烧的）.

Chandler: Stay out of my freezer（冰箱）!

[Scene: A Restaurant, Monica and Paul are still eating.]

Paul: Ever since she walked out on（离开、抛弃、遗弃） me, I, uh...

Monica: What?..... What, you wanna spell it out with noodles?

Paul: No, it's, it's more of a fifth date kinda revelation（被暴露的真相;被曝光的秘闻;披露;揭露）.

Monica: Oh, so there is gonna be a fifth date?

Paul: Isn't there?

Monica: Yeah... yeah, I think there is. -What were you gonna say?

Paul: Well, ever-ev-... ever since she left me, um, I haven't been able to, uh, perform. (Monica takes a sip of her drink.) ...Sexually.

Monica: (spitting out 吐出 her drink in shock) Oh God, oh God, I am sorry... I am so sorry...

Paul: It's okay...

Monica: I know being spit on（被吐水） is probably not what you need right now. Um... how long?

Paul: Two years.

Monica: Wow! I'm-I'm-I'm glad you smashed（砸烂） her watch!

Paul: So you still think you, um... might want that fifth date?

Monica: (pause)...Yeah. Yeah, I do.

（1-10）

Rachel: Oh...see... but Joanne loved Chachi! That's the difference!

[Scene: Ross's Apartment, they're all sitting around and talking.]

Ross: (scornful 轻蔑的;鄙夷的) Grab a spoon. Do you know how long it's been since I've grabbed a spoon? Do the words 'Billy, don't be a hero' mean anything to you?

Ross: Y'know, here's the thing. Even if（即使;尽管;纵然） I could get it together enough to- to ask a woman out,... who am I gonna ask? (He gazes out of the window.)

[Cut to Rachel staring out of her window.]

Commercial Break

[Scene: Monica's Apartment, Rachel is making coffee for Joey and Chandler.]

Rachel: Isn't this amazing? I mean, I have never made coffee before in my entire life.

Chandler: That is amazing.

Joey: Congratulations.

Joey: while you're on a roll（运气好，超常发挥，做的很顺）, if you feel like you gotta make like a Western omelet（煎蛋卷）or something... (Joey and Chandler taste the coffee, grimace (因痛苦、厌恶等)做鬼脸，做怪相, and pour it into a plant pot.) Although actually I'm really not that hungry...

All: Morning. Good morning.

Paul: (entering from Monica's room) Morning.

Joey: Morning, Paul.

Rachel: Hello, Paul.

Chandler: Hi, Paul, is it?

(Monica and Paul walk to the door and talk in a low voice so the others can't hear. The others move Monica's table closer to the door so that they can.)

Paul: Thank you! Thank you so much!

Monica: We'll talk later.

Paul: Yeah. (They kiss) Thank you. (Exits)

World Insight

Beijing conducts mass testing

Updated June 16, 2020

Beijing tightened measures to cope with the new cluster of local COVID-19 infections as the number of confirmed cases in the city rose to 79 from Thursday to Sunday and up to 100,000 social workers joined communities' epidemic control work.

随着上周四至周日北京确诊病例增至79例，北京加强了应对新一轮本地新冠肺炎集群感染的措施，多达10万名社会工作者加入社区防疫工作。

The capital reported 36 new patients with COVID-19 on Sunday, the majority of whom worked at or had been to Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing's southern Fengtai district. In addition to the confirmed cases, another seven are asymptomatic infections under medical observation.

上周日，北京市报告了36名新增患者，其中大部分在北京南部丰台区的新发地批发市场工作或曾去过该市场。除确诊病例外，另有7例无症状感染者尚在医学观察中。

Xu Hejian, a spokesman for the municipal government, said this outbreak is closely related to the Xinfadi market, and the government will employ the strictest investigation to find the source of the infection and curb the spread of the virus.

市政府新闻发言人徐和建表示，此次疫情与新发地市场密切相关，政府将进行最严格的调查，找出传染源，遏制病毒传播。

Nearly 8,000 people who run businesses or make purchases in Xinfadi had received nucleic acid tests by Sunday and have been transferred to isolation locations for centralized medical observation.

截至上周日，在新发地经商或购物的近8000人都接受了核酸检测，并被转移到隔离地点进行集中医学观察。

Up to 90,000 residents living in 21 communities near Xinfadi and Yuquandong-another market whose operations have been suspended due to the new COVID-19 infections in the capital-are receiving nucleic acid tests. All those communities are closed and under strict management.

在新发地和玉泉东附近的21个社区居住的多达9万居民正在接受核酸检测。玉泉东是继新发地之后又一个由于新增新冠肺炎感染病例而被暂停运营的市场。这些社区都被封锁并严格管理。

Around 200,000 people had been to Xinfadi since May 30 based on a citywide data collection campaign. Those people will get nucleic acid tests and, meanwhile, must stay at home for self-observation.

据全市范围的数据收集活动，自5月30日以来，共有约20万人去过新发地。这些人将接受核酸检测，同时，必须呆在家里进行自我观察。

Source: China Daily

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1、vexation [vekˈseɪʃn] n.烦恼;恼火;伤脑筋;心烦意乱;令人心烦(或恼火)的事

2、asymptomatic [ˌeɪsɪmptəˈmætɪk] adj. 无症状的

3、wholesale market 批发市场

4、nucleic acid [nuːˌkliːɪk ˈæsɪd] n. 核酸

5、isolation [ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃn] n. 隔离

6、transfer [trænsˈfɜːr] v. 转移

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