Intermediate - Take Some Medicine (C1688)

A:  你怎么了?哪里不舒服?
nǐ zěnmele? nǎlǐ bù shūfu?
What's the matter? Where do you feel uncomfortable?
B:  我头疼,喉咙也疼。我感冒了。
wǒ tóuténg, hóulóng yě téng. wǒ gǎnmào le.
I have a headache and a sore throat. I have a cold.
A:  你吃药了吗?
nǐ chīyào le ma?
Did you take any medication?
B:  我吃了,但是没用。
wǒ chī le, dànshì méiyòng.
I did, but it didn't work.
A:  我这里有很多感冒药。中药西药都有。我给你一些吧。
wǒ zhèlǐ yǒu hěn duō gǎnmàoyào. zhōngyào xīyào dōu yǒu. wǒ gěi nǐ yīxiē ba.
I have a lot of cold medicine here; Chinese medicine and Western. Let me give you some.
B:  太谢谢你了。
tài xièxie nǐ le.
Thank you so much.

Key Vocabulary

舒服shūfucomfortable
头疼tóuténgto have a headache
喉咙hóulóngthroat
téngto hurt
感冒gǎnmàoto catch a cold
吃药chīyàoto take medicine
yàomedicine
但是dànshìbut
没用méiyòngto be useless
中药zhōngyàotraditional Chinese medicine
西药xīyàoWestern medicine
dōuall
tàitoo

Supplementary Vocabulary

肚子疼dùzi téngstomachache
牙疼yáténgtoothache
口字旁kǒuzìpángmouth radical
怪怪的guàiguài destrange
发烧fāshāoto have a fever
咳嗽késouto have a cough

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