2013年医学考博英语真题听力解析及原文

2013医学考博英语听力原文

Section A

1. M: What’s the matter with this little boy?

W: He has a chesty cough all the time. His temperature is high. And he keeps telling me he wants to be sick.

M: Does he bring anything up?

W: No, because he has been off his food for the past two days. He just brings up (呕吐) bile (胆汁).

Q: Which of the following is not the boy’s symptom?

2. W: Good afternoon, doctor. I have a terrible headache. Yesterday I had a runny nose. Now my nose is stuffed up.

M: Let me give you an examination. First, let me have a look at your throat. Ok, now let me examine your chest. Do you have a history of tuberculosis?

W: No, I don’t think so.

M: Your throat is inflamed and your tongue is thickly coated. You have all the symptoms of influenza.

Q: What is the woman suffering from?

3. W: What are you looking for?

M: My laptop. I can’t find it in my bag or anywhere.

W: I can’t remember you carrying it here. Think about it one more time.

M: That’s right. I left it at home.

Q: Where is the man’s laptop?

4. M: How is your work going?

W: I think I will be finished soon.

M: Well, I won’t be finished for a while.

Q: What can be inferred about the man?

5. W: When are doctor Peterman’s office hours?

M: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to noon.

W: That’s not very convenient for me. I have pathology class then.

Q: What is the man?

6. W: Hello, Eric, what can I do for you?

M: I was wondering if you had the results.

W: Oh, yes, the results. We’ve got them.

M: Great.

W: Here we go. Urea (尿素) 2.6 , Sodium (钠) 136, and Potassium (钾) 3.9.

M: 3.5.

W: No, that’s 3.9.

Q: What is the man’s sodium level?

7. M: Hello, this is Don North from Pediatrics. I’d like a word with Doctor Wilson if it’s possible.

W: I’m sorry, but he left for Michigan to attend a conference this morning. He was in fact looking for you just before he left.

Q: What is true about Doctor Wilson?

8. M: I spent my one-month salary buying a pair of skis.

W: Are you crazy? You’ve got a ski fever.

Q: What can we say about the man?

9. W: Most people feel culture shock when traveling to a foreign culture.

M: That’s for sure. But they should do as Romans do.

Q: According to the man, what are people supposed to do when traveling to a foreign culture?

10. W: Cindy just got divorced.

M: So soon! She got married only last summer.

W: Well, she found out that her husband was not the millionaire she thought he was.

Q: What does the woman imply about Cindy?

11. M: Kate was the only one brave enough to speak her mind at the meeting today.

M: Yeah, a lot of people felt the same way, but were too scared to say anything. She just voiced the aspiration of them.

Q: Which of the following words can best describe Kate?

12. W: Why didn’t you come to work yesterday?

M: I was feeling a little under the weather.

W: Did you go to see the doc?

M: No, nothing serious.

Q: Why didn’t the man go to work yesterday?

13. M: Have you heard of the magazine The World of English?

W: Of course. It is one of many English magazines that are now flying off book seller shelves.

Q: What does the woman imply about the The World of English?

14. M: Hello Doctor Marks. It’s Tim Tailor from ANNE at Edinburgh Central.

W: Hello.

M: I’ve got a young woman, a 30-year-old woman referred up by her GP with a kind of ____________ for about 10-15 days.

W: Right.

M: She’s been on antibiotics and basically it needs to be incised. Can you take her?

W: Of course. What’s the patient’s name?

Q: What is the woman?

15. W: What do you know about treatments of cancer?

M: Chemotherapy. But that makes your hair fall out, doesn’t it?

W: Yes, there are some unpleasant side-effects. I’m not sure we need to consider that at this stage. We should see whether a series of injection will help.

Q: What treatment will the man probably receive first?

Section B

W: Hello doctor Smith, welcome to our program “Health Journey”. Could you tell us something about swine flu. M: Well, it’s a common respiratory ailment in pigs that doesn’t usually spread to people.

W: But why are so many people infected?

M: Unlike most cases, this flu virus appears to be a sub-type not seen before in humans or pigs. It has genetic material from pigs, birds and humans, according to the WHO.

W: Then why is it called swine flu? Why pigs are the carriers of this virus?

M: Um. It’s closer to say that pigs were the mixing balls for this virus.

W: What does it mean?

M: I mean birds cannot pass bird flu to people. But pigs are susceptible to getting flu viruses that infected birds. The virus inside the infected pig might mutate to a form that could also infect other mammals.

W: Wow, so complicated. By the way, can we catch swine flu from eating pork?

M: Actually, ill pigs are not allowed to enter the market. Cooking also kills the virus. Only people who work with pigs can catch the virus.

W: How do they feel if infected?

M: The most common symptoms are fever, fatigue, lack of appetite and coughing, although some people also