学二姐，每日一篇新概念 II册第39课 ，边学边实践-9月28日

39 Am I all right?
While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr. Gilbert's operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been. 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. Then Dr. Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient. 'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr. John Gilbert.

39 The patient John Gilbert was anxious to know how’s his operation went, but when he asked the doctor, the doctor refused to tell him. The next day, he asked for a bedside phone. He called doctor Millington on the phone and asked for patient Gilbert’s operation results. He got the confirmed answer and was happy with the results. When the doctor asked his relationship to the patient, he replied he was Gilbert.

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• Good job. -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2009 postreply 10:36:20

• 谢谢紫君，节日快乐！ -blueswan- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2009 postreply 21:24:02

• Good one, swan mm. -lilac09- ♀ (58 bytes) () 09/29/2009 postreply 12:02:38

• 谢谢LILAC。我怎么总是重复犯同样的错误呀？最近 -blueswan- ♀ (43 bytes) () 09/29/2009 postreply 21:26:12

• 回复：学二姐，每日一篇新概念 II册第39课 ，边学边实践-9月28日 -eyeyey- ♀ (73 bytes) () 09/29/2009 postreply 17:05:30

• 谢谢EYEYEY。 -blueswan- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/29/2009 postreply 21:26:47