地道美语听力播客687：参加临床试验(双语)

Lucinda: You look tired. Are you all right?

露辛达：你看起来好累，你还好吗?

Elan: I’m fine. It’s this clinical trial I’m enrolled in. I’m suffering from some side effects.

宜兰：我还好，是我参与临床试验了，现在有些副作用影响。

Lucinda: Are they serious?

露辛达：副作用严重吗?

Elan: No, they’re not too bad. I was told to expect some adverse reactions in the first weeks of the pilot study. I guess that’s why only a small group of volunteers is taking part right now. It’s so they can judge the drug’s effectiveness before the pharmaceutical company does a large-scale trial.

宜兰：不，不是很严重，我被告知在试验研究的前几周里会有一些不良反应。我现在知道为什么只有一小部分的志愿者愿意参与了。只有这样，制药公司进行大规模的生产前判定药品的疗效。

Lucinda: At least you know you’re not in the group getting a placebo.

露辛达：至少你知道自己没有在吃安慰剂的那一组。

Elan: Who knows? I hope not. If I successfully get through this first phase, I’ll get a full dose of the drug in phase two.

宜兰：谁知道呢?我希望没有。如果我能顺利经过这第一阶段，那么在第二阶段我会服用整剂量的药。

Lucinda: Then you may once and for all be rid of Podcaster’s Disease.

露辛达：那么也许你能彻底地摆脱“播客疾病”。

Elan: I really hope so. No one should go through life sounding like a podcaster.

宜兰：我确实希望如此，没有人应该像播客那样度过一生。