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Fix My Cold

Fix My Cold
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ID: 2824 Upper Intermediate
When the seasons change, it's quite possibly that you will come down with a seasonal cold. Listen to today's dialogue between a doctor and patient as she describes her various symptoms to him. Photo by jenny cu
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
Fix My Cold
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
鼻水 bíshuǐ snot
忽冷忽热 hūlěnghūrè to feel cold one minute and hot the next
爆炸 bàozhà to explode
夸张 kuāzhāng exaggerated; to be over the top
哪里不舒服
nǎli 哪里bù shūfu 不舒服
What's the matter with you?
医生我咳嗽鼻水也流个不停身体忽冷忽热头痛得快爆炸了我是不是快死了
yīshēng 医生wǒ 我késou 咳嗽bíshuǐ 鼻水yě 也liú 流gè 个bùtíng 不停shēntǐ 身体hūlěnghūrè 忽冷忽热tóutòng 头痛de 得kuài 快bàozhà 爆炸le 了wǒ 我shì 是bùshì 不是kuài 快sǐ 死le 了
Doctor, I keep coughing, my nose keeps running, I keep getting hot and cold flushes and my head feels like it's about to explode. Am I dying?
没那么夸张吧我先帮你量一下体温没有发烧看来没有什么大碍
méi 没nàme 那么kuāzhāng 夸张ba 吧wǒ 我xiān 先bāng 帮nǐ 你liáng yīxià 量一下tǐwēn 体温méiyǒu 没有fāshāo 发烧kànlai 看来méiyǒu shénme 没有什么dàài 大碍
It's not that bad. First I'll take your temperature. You haven't got a fever. It looks like it's nothing major.
医生你确定吗我真的超级不舒服的帮我打针我想快点好起来
yīshēng 医生nǐ 你quèdìng 确定ma 吗wǒ 我zhēn 真de 的chāojí 超级bù shūfu 不舒服de 的bāng 帮wǒ 我dǎzhēn 打针wǒ 我xiǎng 想kuài diǎn 快点hǎo qǐlai 好起来
Doctor, are you sure? I'm really feeling very unwell. Can't you give me an injection? I want to get better quickly.
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