地道美语：阅读潦草的字迹

Lily: Can you make out what this says?
莉莉：你看得出来这写的是什么吗？
Hassan: Geez, who wrote that?
哈桑：天啊，这是谁写的？
Lily: My doctor. She wrote down some instructions for me, but I can’t read her handwriting.
莉莉：我的医生。她给我写了一些使用说明，但我看不清她的字迹。
Hassan: I have no idea what that chicken scratch says.
哈桑：我也看不出来，这龙飞凤舞的写的是什么。
Lily: I think that’s a “T,” but maybe it’s an “F.”
莉莉：我觉得这像个“T”，但它也许是个“F”。
Hassan: Face it. Those scribbles are illegible. Why don’t you take a photo of that and email it to her nurse? Maybe she can decipher it for you.
哈桑：面对现实吧，这些潦草的字迹根本无法辨认。你干嘛不把它拍下来，然后用邮件发给她的护士？也许她能给你解释清楚呢。
Lily: I feel like if I just keep at it, I’ll be able to work it out.
莉莉：我觉得只要我坚持努力，还是能把它解决掉的。
Hassan: Patients shouldn’t have to try and read a doctor’s sloppy writing. What if they misinterpret it and do the wrong thing as part of their treatment?
哈桑：病人不应该这样尝试解读医生的潦草字迹。万一误解了，然后在治疗中做了错误的事情那可怎么好？
Lily: This note isn’t that bad. I think I might have the first two words figured out already.
莉莉：这个笔记还没那么糟糕。我想我或许已经搞清楚头两个字是什么了。
Hassan: Then you’re better at reading bad penmanship than I am. Maybe you should have a try at these English essays. I have 60 of them to grade.
哈桑：那你读书法的本事可比我强多了。也许你应该试试读读这些英语作文。我有60份需要给评分呢。
Lily: Wow, looking at these, I’d say you have 60 future doctors in the making!
莉莉：哇，看看这些字。照我说你这是正在培养60个未来的医生呢！