Russian Lessons: Time Schedule
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- "Я не могу Вас выписать, - возражал врач, - потому что анализ крови у Вас еще не совсем хороший. Мы держим Вас здесь в Ваших же
- Пришёл конец и нашей истории... Translation of the Russian text presented in paragraphs 1 - 16 above
и стал проситься домой. Однако, просьбы его не имели никакого
эффекта, и он продолжал томиться в больнице. 15. " Вы же зале чите меня здесь до смерти! - возмущался он. - В палате дышать нечем, а от вашего "калорийного" (в кавычках) питания я буквально готов лезть на стенку!" 225 "Я не могу Вас выписать, - возражал врач, - потому что анализ крови у Вас еще не совсем хороший. Мы держим Вас здесь в Ваших же интересах. Так что запаситесь, пожалуйста, терпением и подождите ещё пару дней. 16. Пара дней переросла в пару недель. Но всему приходит конец. Пришёл конец и нашей истории... Translation of the Russian text presented in paragraphs 1 - 16 above 1. All rooms in any hospital ward, as a rule, are overcrowded. You can find relatively small rooms (for five to eight people) in more or less modern hospitals. But if you are unlucky enough to find yourself in an old hospital, then you should not be surprised to see 20 to 50 beds (and possibly even more!) in one room. 2. A bedside table by each bed is the only item which, in essence, separates your head from the head of your neighbour. An electrical bulb and earphones hang above each bed. Of course, there is no telephone in the room (and even if it were, it would be useless: there is nowhere to plug the phone in). However, there are several 226 stools, and sometimes (if there is space for this) even a table where patients often (as they say) "killing a goat", i.e. play dominoes. 3. Hospital food is revolting. It is tasteless and monotonous. Like soldiers in the barracks, patients used to joke "Cabbage soup and porridge - it is how we are nourished." And the way how the meal is served lacks sophistication either: everyone receives his or her helping in a metal dish and arrange themselves as comfortably as they can on their beds. Most patients supplement (or completely substitute) their hospital diet with tastier and more nutritious food brought from home. 4. Officially, visiting is permitted no more than twice a week, and each visit must not exceed two to three hours. Beyond these hours you will not be allowed in. However, each hospital has a special department through which you can always send to the patient "pyerye'dachu" (i.e. a food parcel) and/or a letter. 5. Each visitor receives a white smock, which is worn over street clothes (visitors are not allowed into the room without the smock "lest they risk infecting patients"). 6. Many hospitals have a dining room for "walking" patients, a special visiting room, a small library, and a TV room. 227 7. Each morning begins with the doctor's round. The doctor (sometimes on his own and sometimes accompanied by a large group of medical students) goes from bed to bed. Naturally, the examination of each patient takes place in full view of all other patients since there are no screens or curtains between the beds. 8. Right at this moment the doctor (accompanied by the students) approaches Alexei Dmitryevich's bed. - Good morning, Alexei Dmitryevich. Do you mind if students are present during the medical anamnesis? - Not at all. They need the practice. - Thank you. Unfortunately, not all patients understand that. I am going to ask you a lot of questions. It won't be pleasant for you to answer some of them. But believe me, we need your honest answers in order to be able to make the right diagnosis and, accordingly, to prescribe the right treatment. 9. To save space and also to spare the patient his self-respect, I will disclose here only the doctor's questions. Using a dictionary each of you can try to answer these questions. I presume that it will be Interesting and useful for you from every point of view. Besides, the confidentiality of уour replies is assured. So, let's start... 228 10. - How old are you? - What diseases did you have as a child? - Have you ever suffered from incontinence? - How many times a day do you have a stool? - Have you, your parents or other close relatives ever had any sexually transmitted diseases or mental disorders? Malignant tumours? Tuberculosis? Asthma? Heart disease? Any other serious diseases? - At what age did you first experience sexual desire? At what age did you first have intercourse? How often do you have intercourse with your wife? - Do you have cats, dogs or birds where you live? Is your job connected in any ways with animals? - How were you treated by your parents when you were a child? Did they beat, insult or humiliate you? How did your father treat your mother, and vice versa? - Are you satisfied with your job, with your family life, with life in general? 11. Of course, apart from asking these questions, the doctor examines his patients, prescribes treatment and monitors the recovery process. Nurses, under the 229 direction of a doctor, make injections, administer drugs, take patients' temperature, and check their pulse and blood pressure. 12. Hospital attendants do the most lowly-paid and unpleasant job: change the bedding, wash the floors, bring bedpans to bedridden patients, and wash and clean up after them. They are constantly overworked, tired and irritable. 13. While in the West patients are not kept in hospital longer than it is absolutely necessary (sometimes they are sent home on the very next day after a serious operation), Soviet hospitals always went to the other extreme: patients were not allowed to go home until their doctor was satisfied that they fully recovered. And this had to be confirmed by many diverse tests. 14. Thus, Aiexei Dmitryevich had every reason to believe that if the diagnosis made by his general practitioner was confirmed, then he would need to stay in hospital for at least a month. And so it was. After staying in hospital for a fortnight, he felt quite well and asked his doctor to discharge him. However, his request fell on deaf ears, and Alexei Dmitryevich continued to languish in hospital. 15. "You will treat me to death!" he would yell indignantly. "It is impossible to breathe in this place, and your so-called high-calorie food is driving me up the wall." 230 "I can't discharge you," the doctor objected, "because your blood test is not good enough yet. We are keeping you here for your own good. Therefore, please be patient and wait a few more days." 16. A few days turned out to be a few weeks. But everything comes to an end. And this is the end of our story... Comments (refer to Paragraphs 1 - 16 above) Paragraph 10 (last sentence). The word Download 3.08 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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