新概念英语第四册35-01

brood v.: 孵化；（人）酝酿，冥思苦想

our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened，our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of Medicine remains the same as theirs.

改句型：our faith has weakened in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed， our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same as theirs.

properties = effects

接下来课文...This modern faith in medicines is proved by the fact that the annual drug bill of the health Services is mounting to astronomical figures and shows no signs at present of ceasing to rise. ...

Medicines ：各种药品

annual drug bill

annual meeting : 年会

annual ring : 年轮

drug bill: 药单

bill : 帐单

health Services : 卫生部

WHO = World health Organization : 世界卫生组织

Air Services : 航空公司

travel service : 旅行社

mounting = climb mountain

astronomical figures: 天文数字

show no signs = show not any sign : 没有表现出迹象

show no signs of...

at present : 目前；时间状语提前

show no signs at present of...

ceasing n.: 停止，终止

ceasing to rise = stopping rising

接下来课文...The majority of the patients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals feel that they have not received adequate treatment unless they are able to carry Home with them some tangible remedy in the shape of a bottle of Medicine, a box of pills, or a small jar of ointment, and the doctor in charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements. ...

majority : 大多数

minority : 少数

minority nationalities ： 少数民族

I’m attending the hospital. 我去看病。

out-patients departments ： 门诊部

emergency ：急诊