超乎你想像
In the middle of the night, you wake up suddenly with a splitting headache.
睡到半夜，你因為劇烈頭痛醒來，
splitting headache頭痛欲裂split(v.)裂開、分開
You reach into the drawer for your aspirin, only to find that it’s already past the expiration date stamped on the bottle.
伸手進抽屜想拿止痛藥，卻發現瓶子上的有效期限已經過期了，
reach(v.)伸手拿、碰到aspirin(n.)阿斯匹靈past(prep.)超過expiration date=expiry date有效期限stamp(v.)蓋印
Would you personally still take the aspirin pill? Is the pill even still effective?
你會吃這顆藥嗎？這個藥還有效嗎？
Would you RV?你是否會…？effective(adj.)有效的effect(n.)影響
The good news is: it probably still is!
事實上，這個藥可能是有效的！
According to a study conducted by the Food and Drug Administration, researchers found that 90 percent of expired drugs were able to pass the stability test.
根據美國食品藥品監督管理局所做的一項研究發現，百分之九十的過期藥通過了藥效測試，
conduct(v.)實施expired(adj.)過期的stability(n.)穩定度stable(adj.)穩定的、牢固的steady(adj.)穩定的
Some of the medications tested still worked normally despite the fact that they had expired some 15 years ago!
其中有些藥已經過期了超過15年還仍然有效！
medication(n.)藥物=medicine=drug=pillwork(v.)有效=be effectivenormally(adv.)正常地、通常地despite N.(Ving)=in spite of N.(Ving)儘管had V-pp過去完成式
However, the FDA still cautions against taking expired medication, since any bacteria growing inside the expired drugs could potentially damage our health.
然而，美國食品藥品監督管理局還是給予強烈的警告，希望民眾不要使用過期藥物，因為過期藥物中所產生的細菌可能對我們的健康有害。
caution(v.) against N.(Ving)告誡bacteria(n.)細菌potentially(adv.)=possibly可能的、潛在的damage(v.)危害damage(n.)傷害
In addition, certain types of medicine such as antibiotics might not produce the same effects once they’ve expired.
此外，像是抗生素這類的藥物過期時，可能不會產生應有的功效。
certain(adj.)某些antibiotics(n.)抗生素once=as soon asㄧ旦⋯就
To avoid any possible issues that might arise from using expired medications, patients are advised to consult with a doctor or pharmacist should they choose to use any medicine past its expiration date.
為了避免過期藥物產生的潛在問題，建議病人在使用過期藥物前，諮詢醫生或藥師。
avoid N(Ving)避免⋯arise from由⋯引起=caused by=result from=originate fromSb. be advised to RV建議某人應該做某事consult with Sb.和某人商量、尋求意見consult N.諮詢、查閱should sb. RV如果⋯萬一⋯