While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked hisdoctor to tell him whether his operation hadbeensuccessful,but the doctor refused to do so. Thefollowing day, the patient asked for a bedsidetelephone. When hewas alone, he telephoned thehospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington.When the doctor answered the phone, Mr Gilbertsaid he was inquiring about a certain patient, a MrJohn Gilbert. He asked if Mr Gilbert's operation hadbeen successful and the doctor told him thatit hadbeen. He then asked when Mr Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him thathe would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks. Then Dr Millington asked the callerif he was a relative of the patient.' No,' the patient answered,' Iam Mr John Gilbert.
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7. Then Dr. Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient.
之后，米灵顿医生问打电话的人是否是病人的亲属。
语言点 relative常作形容词用，意为“相对的”，这里作名词，意为“亲戚”。
8.‘No’, the patient answered, ‘I am Mr. John Gilbert.’
“不是”伯特说，“我就是约翰·吉尔伯特先生。”
语言点 直接引语的表达法：句子两头用引号引人直接说的话，中间用“主语加谓语”表示“某人说”。
