Unit One 1
Text A A Sample of Complete History 1
Translation Skill(l)医学英语的翻译 6
Text B When to See a Doctor 7
Unit Two 9
Text A Physical Examination 9
Text B Modes of the Physical Examination 13
Text A Twins Shed Light on the Causes of Cancer 15
Unit Three 15
Translation Skill(2)定语从句的翻译 18
Text B What is Cancer？ 20
Unit Four 22
Text A Normal Flora of the Intestinal Tract 22
Text B Five Senses at Birth 26
Unit Five 28
Text A The Man-made Skin 28
Translation Skill(3)被动语态的翻译 32
Text B Cleanliness of the Skin 33
Unit Six 36
Text A What is a Vitamin？ 36
Text B Why Vitamin？ 39
Unit Seven 41
Text A Relief of Pain in Labour 41
Translation Skill(4)否定句与否定句的翻译 45
Text B Education and Health of Pregnant Women 47
Text A Surgery on the Unborn 49
Unit Eight 49
Text B The Day Allison’s Heart Stopped 53
Unit Nine 55
Text A New Help for Troubled Sleepers 55
Translation Skill(5)语序的调整 60
Text B Insomnia is No.1 Complaint 62
Unit Ten 63
Text A How does Your Brain Work？ 63
Text B Language Learning 67
Text A BENEMICIN(Rifampicin) 69
Unit Eleven 69
Translation Skill(6)药品说明书的翻译 73
Text B Clarityne Tablets and Syrup 74
Unit Twelve 78
Text A Pulmonary Barotrauma 78
Text B US Takes Gulf War Illnesses Seriously 82
Unit Thirteen 84
Text A Foods that Fight Cancer 84
Translation Skill(7)词性的转换 88
Text B Salt and Asthma 89
Unit Fourteen 91
Text A Aspirin Gaining More Ground 91
Text B Aspirin:Not Just for Your Heart 95
Unit Fifteen 97
Text A AIDS:Global Lessons from a Global Epidemic 97
Translation Skill(8)句子成分的转换 101
Text B AIDS 102
Text A Diagnosing the Undiagnosed with Diabetes 104
Unit Sixteen 104
Text B Probe Burns out Brain Tumours 108
Unit Seventeen 110
Text A Coronary Heart Disease 110
Translation Skill(9)词义的选择和引申 114
Text B Low Risk of Coronary Thrombosis 116
Unit Eighteen 118
Text A The Pill for Men 118
Text B A Bitter Pill to Swallow 122
Text A Infectious Gastroenteritis 125
Unit Nineteen 125
Translation Skill(10)增译法和省略法 128
Text B Hemorrhagic Colitis 131
Unit Twenty 133
Text A Introducing the Human Genome 133
Text B A Plan of Action 138
Glossary 141
Key to Exercises 156
参考译文 166