医学口语会话：调解病人与其家属的关系

　　Nurse： What's so unfair that you are offended?

　　护士：什么事这么不公，冒犯了您?

　　P： I want to have crabs and they just don't give me . I know my time's limited. Some crabs won't ruin them. It’s me who brought them up ， you know.

　　病人：我不就是想螃蟹吃吗，可他们就是不给我。我知道自己的日子不长了。几只螃蟹吃不穷他们。您知道吗，是我把他们养大的。

　　N： Oh， my friend. I think you have wronged your children. They are， frankly speaking， the best children I have ever seen. It took them days running every where to get crabs for you and they even thought of trying another city. But It's Janaury and crabs are not seen this season. If I were you， I would feel quite satisfied. With such dutiful children， why bother with crabs?

　　护士：哟，瞧您说的。您可真是错怪孩子们了。说实在的，我还没见过这么好的孩子呢。他们东跑西颠地这么多天就是为了给您买螃蟹，还想上别的城市里去碰呢。可这十冬腊月的，螃蟹影儿也见不着啊。我要是您就知足了。有这么孝顺的孩子，吃不吃螃蟹又能怎样呢?

　　P： So you think I'm wrong ?

　　病人：照您这么说是我错了?

　　N： Of course not . They said you really deserved the crabs and they felt sad when they failed.

　　护士：您当然没错儿。您孩子们说您想吃就该给您买，可买不着，他们心里也不好受。

　　P： Oh， my poor children. Let's forget the crabs.

　　病人：噢，我可怜的孩子们哟，咱们别再提螃蟹了。