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Paula: Okay, I’m off to bed.
宝拉:好,我要去休息了。
Marcus: Wait a second. Where are you going with all of those pill bottles?
马克斯:等一下,你拿着这些药瓶要去哪儿?
Paula: My doctor prescribed a couple of medications to help me sleep.
宝拉:我的家庭医生给我开了一些药物帮助睡眠。
Marcus: Let me see those. You have four different medications here. This is a painkiller, this is a sedative, this is a tranquilizer, and this is a stimulant.
马克斯:让我看看这些,你有四种不同的药物。这是止痛药、镇定剂、安定药、兴奋剂。
Paula: I don’t take that last one when I go to bed.
宝拉:我睡觉时不吃最后那一种。
Marcus: You mean you take the first three every night?
马克斯:你的意思是每晚吃前三种药?
Paula: Not every night.
宝拉:不是每晚。
Marcus: I can’t believe that your doctor would prescribe all three of these medications just to help you sleep. This seems like overkill.
马克斯:不敢相信你的医生竟然会给你开这些药仅仅为了帮你睡眠。这有点过量了。
Paula: I saw more than one doctor. They each gave me a different prescription.
宝拉:我看过好几个医生。每个给我开不同的药。
Marcus: How do you know they won’t interact and produce side effects?
马克斯:你怎么知道它们不会相互作用,或者产生副作用?
Paula: A doctor prescribed each one. I’m sure they’re safe.
宝拉:一个医生开一种,我肯定它们是安全的。
Marcus: Yes, but does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? I’m confiscating these until you can talk to a doctor or pharmacist to make sure you won’t overdose by taking all three of these at one time.
马克斯:是医生开的不错,但是一个人不知道另一个人的做法,也许会出现差错。我要没收这些药物,直到你跟医生谈话后,或者药剂师确定一次服用这三种药不会剂量过度。
Paula: But how will I fall asleep until then?
宝拉:但直到那之前,我怎样入睡?
Marcus: You’re always telling me how boring I am. I’ll just regale you with stories of my youth. Let’s start at the beginning. My earliest memory is...
马克斯:你总是说我有多么的无聊。我会讲年轻时的故事来愉悦你。让我们从头开始,我最早的记忆是……
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Paula: Okay, I’m off to bed.
Marcus: Wait a second. Where are you going with all of those pill bottles?
Paula: My doctor prescribed a couple of medications to help me sleep.
Marcus: Let me see those. You have four different medications here. This is a painkiller, this is a sedative, this is a tranquilizer, and this is a stimulant.
Paula: I don’t take that last one when I go to bed.
Marcus: You mean you take the first three every night?
Paula: Not every night.
Marcus: I can’t believe that your doctor would prescribe all three of these medications just to help you sleep. This seems like overkill.
Paula: I saw more than one doctor. They each gave me a different prescription.
Marcus: How do you know they won’t interact and produce side effects?
Paula: A doctor prescribed each one. I’m sure they’re safe.
Marcus: Yes, but does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? I’m confiscating these until you can talk to a doctor or pharmacist to make sure you won’t overdose by taking all three of these at one time.
Paula: But how will I fall asleep until then?
Marcus: You’re always telling me how boring I am. I’ll just regale you with stories of my youth. Let’s start at the beginning. My earliest memory is...