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Doctor: Here you are. You left the medicine here.

May: Sorry. I was too worried.

Doctor: I firmly believe that you love your brother very much.

May: Absolutely. By the way, do you sell any traditional Chinese medicine?

Doctor: Yes, we have some Chinese medicine for common cold.

May: I heard Chinese medicine has a better lasting effect in cure.

Doctor: It depends. It’s true that you can take some for prevention.

May: Sure. Prevention is better than cure. Doctor: There is no doubt about it.

May: What do you recommend?

Doctor: What about this one? It’s very effective in preventing the flu.

May: Okay, I’ll take this one.

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醫生：你回來了。你把藥落在這里了。

阿美：對不起。我剛才太擔心了。

醫生：我相信你一定很愛你的弟弟。

阿美：當然了。順便問一下，你們賣中藥嗎?

醫生：是的，我們有治療普通感冒的中藥。

阿美：我聽說中藥的治療效果更持久。

醫生：要看情況。不過你可以買一些做預防(感冒)。

阿美：好的。預防總比治療強。

醫生：那是毫無疑問的。

阿美：你有什么推薦的嗎?

醫生：這種怎么樣?它對預防感冒很有效。

阿美：好的，我就買這種吧。

經典背誦 Recitation

May: I think Chinese traditional medicine is more effective than Western medicine. The doctors say it depends. But I do firmly believe that Chinese traditional medicine is really good as a prevention method. And you know prevention is better than cure. There is no doubt about it.

生詞小結

firmly adv. 牢牢地

lasting adj. 持久的

prevention n. 預防

cure n. 治療

effective adj. 有效的

Scene practice 情景練習

確定與否句型練習

仔細閱讀下面五個場景，兩人一組，使用確定與不確定的句型，用一用，練一練。

1.If you were Daniel, you promise that you will finish your homework in one single day, what would you say to your mother?

2.Daniel promises that he won’t watch Ultraman until he finishes his homework, if you were Daniel, what would you say to your father?

3.If you were May, you are not sure about the final result of your examination, what would you say to your mother?

4.If you were May, you don’t know whether you can see the film with Gucci or not, what would you say to her?

5.If you were Benjamin, Daniel asks you about the time for picnic, but you are not sure with that, what would you say to Daniel?