3StoryEveryday life1 min
At the Doctor’s
A cold, a day off work and some advice the narrator ignores.
Symptoms and advice: yǒudiǎnr for something mildly unpleasant, yīnggāi and zuìhǎo for advice, and bié … le for telling someone to stop. Watch how the doctor’s questions are built.
星期一早上起床的时候，我觉得头很疼，嗓子也有点儿不舒服。我给公司打电话，说今天不能去上班。
我去了家附近的医院。医生问我：“你哪儿不舒服？发烧吗？”我说：“有一点儿发烧，三十八度。”
医生检查以后说：“你感冒了，不太严重。这个药一天吃三次，吃饭以后吃。这几天最好多喝水，多休息。”
可是回家以后，我还是打开电脑工作了一个下午。晚上我觉得更累了。
第二天我才真的好好休息。到了星期三，我的感冒就好了。我想，医生说的话还是应该听。
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The words from 3 up in this text
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严重
serious; severe
3好好
properly; thoroughly; well
3应该
should; ought to
3检查
to examine, to check → to finish checking
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Comprehension questions
3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.
1. What was the narrator’s temperature?
有一点儿发烧，三十八度
2. How often should the medicine be taken?
这个药一天吃三次，吃饭以后吃
3. What did the narrator do after coming home on Monday?
我还是打开电脑工作了一个下午