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[J-138] From Ice Cubes? 来自冰块？
The doctor diagnosed the colonel's illness as hydropsy. What was that? Too much water in the body, the doctor explained. The whisky-drinking colonel was indignant. “But I've never drunk a drop of water in all my life, doctor!” He paused. Then, sadly, he concluded: “Must have been the ice.”
[译注] 医生诊断上校的病是水肿。那是什么？太多水在身体里，医生说明。那位喝威士忌的上校很气愤。「但，医生，我整个一生没喝过一滴水啊！」他停止说话。然后，悲伤地，他下结论说：「必定是那个冰。」
注： diagnose (诊断)， hydropsy = dropsy = edema (水肿)。 注意：此上校误以为他喝威士忌所加的冰块 (ice cubes)，导致他患水肿病。
[复习填充] The doctor d_______ the colonel's illness as hy______. What was that? Too much water in the body, the doctor explained. The whisky-drinking colonel was in_______. “But I've never drunk a d___ of water in all my life, doctor!” He paused. Then, sadly, he concluded: “Must have been the i__.”
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