生病了 Talking About Being Sick in Chinese

昨天zuótiān晚上wǎnshang，我wǒ觉得juéde身体shēntǐ很hěn不bù舒服shūfu，可能kěnéng是shì生病shēngbìng了le。

Last night I felt really unwell — maybe I was getting sick.

今天jīntiān早上zǎoshang我wǒ没méi去qù上班shàngbān，去qù了le医院yīyuàn。

This morning I didn't go to work; I went to the hospital.

医生yīshēng问wèn我wǒ：“你nǐ怎么zěnme了le？”

The doctor asked me, "What's wrong?"

我wǒ说shuō：“我wǒ头疼tóuténg，还hái发烧fāshāo了le。”

I said, "I have a headache, and I've got a fever too."

医生yīshēng给gěi了le我wǒ一些yìxiē药yào，让ràng我wǒ多duō喝hē水shuǐ，多duō休息xiūxi。

The doctor gave me some medicine and told me to drink more water and get more rest.

我wǒ睡shuì了le一yì天tiān，现在xiànzài觉得juéde好hǎo多duō了le。

I slept for a whole day, and now I feel much better.

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Key words 生词

生病shēngbìngto get sick

舒服shūfucomfortable; well

头疼tóuténgto have a headache

发烧fāshāoto have a fever

药yàomedicine

休息xiūxito rest

了 — change of state

Sentence-final 了 marks a new situation: 生病了 (got sick — wasn't before), 好多了 (much better now than before).

我现在好多了。— I feel much better now.

让 + person + verb

让 means to have or tell someone to do something: 医生让我多休息.

医生让我多喝水。— The doctor told me to drink more water.

1. Why did the writer go to the hospital this morning?

2. What did the doctor tell the writer to do?

3. How does the writer feel now?