全文 8 句（男女对话）· 10 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation /ˌɒpə'reɪʃn/ n. 手术 had been successful /sək'sesfl/ adj. 成功的, but the doctor refused to do so.
作者2. The following /'fɒləʊɪŋ/ adj. 下一个 day, the patient /'peɪʃnt/ n. 病人 asked for a bedside telephone.
作者3. When he was alone /ə'ləʊn/ adj. 独自的, he telephoned the hospital exchange /ɪks'tʃeɪndʒ/ n. （电话的）交换台 and asked for Doctor Millington.
作者4. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring /ɪn'kwaɪərɪŋ/ v. 询问，打听 about a certain /'sɜːtn/ adj. 某个 patient, a Mr. John Gilbert.
作者5. He asked if Mr. Gilbert's operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been.
作者6. He then asked when Mr. Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks.
作者7. Then Dr. Millington asked the caller /'kɔːlə/ n. 打电话的人 if he was a relative /'relətɪv/ n. 亲戚 of the patient.
病人8. 'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr. John Gilbert.'
作者1. 当约翰·吉尔伯特住院的时候，他问医生他的手术是否成功，但医生拒绝告诉他。
作者2. 第二天，这位病人要了一部床头电话。
作者3. 当房里只剩他一个人时，他挂通了医院的交换台，要求与米灵顿医生讲话。
作者4. 当这位医生接过电话时，吉尔伯特先生说他正在询问一个病人的情况，一位名叫约翰·吉尔伯特的先生。
作者5. 他问吉尔伯特先生的手术是否成功，医生告诉他手术很成功。
作者6. 然后他又问吉尔伯特先生什么时候可以回家，医生说他在医院还必须再住上两个星期。
作者7. 米灵顿医生问打电话的人是否是病人的亲属。
病人8. “不是，”病人回答说，“我就是约翰·吉尔伯特先生。”