一天吃一次
Buying medicine in Chinese: a night at the pharmacy
Name: ________________ Date: ________
晚上九点，我走进了学校旁边的一家药店。
一位穿白衣服的阿姨问我：“你好，哪儿不舒服？”
“我头很疼，也不想吃饭。”
“发烧吗？”
“不发烧。”
“吃过什么药吗？”
“没有。我不知道应该吃什么药，所以来问您。”
“晚上睡得好吗？”
“不好，昨天晚上我只睡了三个小时。”
阿姨看了看我，问：“你是学生吧？明天有考试吗？”
“您怎么知道？明天上午有汉语考试！”
阿姨笑了。她拿出一块糖，放在我手上：“这个药一天吃一次，一次吃一块。”
“这是什么药？多少钱？”
“不要钱。你没有病，你就是太紧张了。回家喝杯热水，早一点儿睡觉吧。”
第二天，我考得很好。考完试，我又去了那家药店。
阿姨问：“今天哪儿不舒服？”
“我今天很好！我是来买药的。”
那天，我买了一大包糖。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 九 | jiǔ | nine |
| 点 | diǎn | to point out; to bring up |
| 学校 | xuéxiào | school |
| 家 | jiā | home; family |
| 穿 | chuān | to wear; to put on |
| 衣服 | yīfu | clothes; clothing |
| 问 | wèn | to ask |
| 你好 | níhǎo | hello; hi |
| 吃 | chī | to eat |
| 什么 | shénme | what; anything |
| 没有 | méiyǒu | not have; there is not |
English (for the teacher)
At nine in the evening I walked into the pharmacy next to my school.
A woman in a white coat asked me, “Hello, what seems to be the problem?”
“My head really hurts, and I don't feel like eating.”
“Any fever?”
“No fever.”
“Have you taken anything?”
“No. I don't know what I should take, so I came to ask you.”
“Are you sleeping well?”
“No. Last night I only slept three hours.”
She looked at me and asked, “You're a student, aren't you? Do you have an exam tomorrow?”
“How did you know? I've got a Chinese exam tomorrow morning!”
She smiled. She took out a sweet and put it in my hand. “Take this once a day, one at a time.”
“What medicine is it? How much is it?”
“It's free. You're not ill, you're just too nervous. Go home, have a cup of hot water and get to bed a bit earlier.”
The next day my exam went well. After the exam I went back to the same pharmacy.
She asked, “So what's wrong today?”
“I'm fine today! I've come to buy medicine.”
That day I bought a big bag of sweets.