說到
生病難受要趕緊去醫院看看
你是不是想到瞭
“Go to hospital”?
但其實在英語國家
“Go to hospital”不是這(zhè)麽(me)用的
“Go to hospital”本身完全沒(méi)問題(tí)
問題就在於中西文化的差異
“Go to hospital”真正的意思
和我們(men)中文說的“去醫院”並(bìng)不完全相同。
如果身體不舒服，我們(men)常說(shuō)“去醫院”，
而外國(guó)人則常說(shuō)“去看醫生”。
這兩個有什麽區别呢?
hospital在英文裏(lǐ)指的是綜合大醫(yī)院 ，
並且有住院的意思
所以當你說
你要go to hospital的時(shí)候，
外國(guó)人會(huì)認爲你病的很嚴重或者有外傷。
並(bìng)且到瞭(le)要住院的程度 ，
非常容易産生誤會。
在他們的認知裏(lǐ)，感冒發(fā)燒或者某些小病，
一般就找家庭醫(yī)生，或是去診(zhěn)所(clinic)。
這個叫：
see a doctor 看醫(yī)生
go to a doctor 看醫(yī)生
例：
I'll see a doctor on Monday.
我星期一去看醫生。
go to hospital和go to the hospital千萬(wàn)别混淆
The difference is that “go to hospital” means that you are or will be a patient in the hospital.
它們倆的區别就在於(yú)“go to hospital”的意思是你現在是或将是這個(gè)醫院的病人 。
“Go to the hospital” means that you are not a patient. You are going there for some other reason.
“Go to the hospital”就不含有你是病人的意思 。你可能是有其他的原因要去醫(yī)院這個(gè)地方而已。
So, “he had to go to hospital” means he was admitted as a patient there, and “he had to go to the hospital” means that he was there in some other capacity than as a patient, as in “He had to go to the hospital to pick up his mother , who is being released.”
所以 ，“he had to go to hospital”這句話就含有他是這個醫院被確(què)診的病人的意思，“he had to go to the hospital”則意味著(zhe)他以病人以外的其他身份在那裏，就跟這句話“He had to go to the hospital to pick up his mother , who is being released.”(他得去醫院接他要出院的母親。)似的。
