I have a stomach ache.
I’m aching all over.
I feel like vomiting.
I’m suffering from insomnia (失眠).
About the time when it started:
When did it start?
How long have you been like this?
When did the pain start?
When did it happen?
When did you begin feeling unwell?
Examining and advising:
Let me take you blood pressure.
I’ll take your blood count first.
Please go and take a stool test.
I’ll just give you a prescription.
Take one of these pills three times a day after meals.
Drink this mixture four times a day one measure each time.
You must take this medicine two times a day.
Conversation
Dialogue 1
A: I have a terrible tooth ache.
B: Which tooth is it?
A: This one here.
B: Ar , Yes. There’s a big cavity.
A: Can you fill it?
B: I’m afraid not. The tooth is too far gone. it'll have to be taken out.
A: Then I might as well have it done now.
B: you’d better wait, the gums are swollen. Take the medicine I prescribe and come back in three days.
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