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Cindy and Michael are colleagues. Cindy walks by Michael’s cubicle.
辛蒂和麥克是同事，辛蒂經過麥克的座位。
colleague(n.)同事walk by=walk past走路經過cubicle(n.)座位
Cindy: Hey, what happened? You don’t look well.
辛蒂：黑，你怎麼了？你看起來不太好。
well(adj.)健康的
Michael: I’ve had an upset stomach for days. I’m thinking about making an appointment with the doctor and having a stomach checkup.
麥克：我最近都覺得胃不太舒服，我在想要不要去預約看診，然後做個胃部的檢查。
have V-pp現在完成式have an upset stomach肚子不舒服think about考慮make an appointment預約門診checkup(n.)檢查
Cindy: If that’s the case, you’d better make an early morning appointment.
辛蒂：如果是這樣的話，你最好約一大早的診。
if that’s the case= in that case如果是這樣的話had better RV最好要～
Michael: Really? Why?
麥克：為什麼？
Cindy: I just read an interesting article. It says that some research has found that doctors tend to get tired in the afternoon. Therefore, they are less likely to schedule a checkup for you during afternoon hours.
辛蒂：我剛讀過一篇有趣的文章，裡面談到一個研究發現醫生在下午容易感到疲倦，所以他們比較不會幫你安排檢查。
research(n.)研究tend to RV容易會～tired(adj.)疲累的likely(adj.)=possible可能的schedule(v.)安排
Michael: Well, I’ve had that kind of experience before. I once had a late-afternoon appointment with the doctor. He just talked to me for like two minutes and then sent me away.
麥克：嗯，我有過那種經驗，我有次下午去看診，那個醫生只花了大概兩分鐘跟我談話，然後就很快地把我送出去了。
experience(n.)經驗once(adv.)有次、曾經send sb away把某人請出去
Cindy: I think most doctors in Taiwan get really worn out sometimes. Their schedules are always so full that they don’t have enough time to spend with each of their patients.
辛蒂：我想台灣大部分的醫生有時候都累壞了。他們的診都很滿，所以沒時間幫每個病人好好看診。
be worn out累壞了schedule(n.)行程patient(n.)病人
Michael: Then I think I’d better make a morning appointment as quickly as possible!
麥克：這樣的話我想還是趕快來約個早上的診！
as adj(adv.) as possible越～越好、盡快～