inscribe: 刻字
subscribe to : 订阅(报纸)
description: 描述; inscription : 题字
prescribe for a patient
write out : 开处方
indisposition n.: 小病
minor illness 小病 minor operation 小手术 I’m indisposed.
hasten vi.: 急忙,赶忙
haste n.匆忙 More haste and less speed. 欲速则不达 quicken 加快
relate vt.:叙述
recount : (参照lesson 1)
in all probability : 很可能 (文雅的说法,一般可用 probably)
He is in all probably coming. (他有可能来) He probably comes. (他有可能来)
taker n.: 吃药人
take Medicine : 吃药
put up with : 忍受
I can't put up with your ill temper. 忍受 stand, bear, endure
disgusting adj.: 令人讨厌的
nauseate : 恶心,令人作呕 appetite : 胃口
appetizing : 有胃口的,美味的 eyesore 眼中钉,丑的东西
inconvenience n.: 不便
convenience : 便利 convenient adj. :方便的
if it is convenient to you …
take convenience of sb. 对某人加以利用 take advantage of sb. 利用某人
Notes on the text 课文注释
课文**** This is a sceptical age, but although our faith in many of the things in
which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened, our confidence in the curative