Leah made a dash to（迅速赶往）/meɪd ə dæʃ tɪ/ the community clinic after she felt（毛毯、毡）/felt/ faint（昏厥、昏倒）/feint/ during a workout（试验、试用）/'wә:kaut/. Her brow（眉毛、额）/brau/ was wet, her eyesight（视力、目力）/'aisait/ blurred, and an irregular（不规则物、不合规格之物）/i'regjulә/ pain ran（语境补充词）/ræn/ from her elbow（手肘、弯头）/'elbәu/ to her thumb. She feared a deadly（致命的、致死的）/'dedli/ disorder（杂乱、混乱）/dis'ɒ:dә/ or an influenza（流行性感冒）/.influ'enzә/ outbreak（爆发、暴动）/'autbreik/, although she had no fever. Nurse Ben helped her sit, placed a bandage（绷带）/'bændidʒ/ over a small cut on her chin（下巴、颏）/tʃin/, and checked whether she remained conscious（有意识的、知觉的）/'kɒnʃәs/. Her instinct（本能、直觉）/'instiŋkt/ said something was terribly（可怕地、甚为）/'terәbli/ wrong.

The intake（入口、吸入）/'inteik/ form listed diabetes（糖尿病、多尿症）/daiә'bi:ti:z/, high cholesterol（胆固醇）/kә'lestәrɒl/, a past dental（牙齿的）/'dentl/ operation, and a medicare（医疗保障；医疗保险制度）/ˈmɛdəˌkɛr/ number. It also showed two different amounts for the same dose（剂量、服用量）/dәus/. Ben did not exclude（除外、排除）/iks'klu:d/ a serious cause, but he refused to diagnose（诊断）/'daiәgnәuz/ by guesswork（凭猜测）/baɪ ˈgɛsˌwərk/. He asked about fatigue（疲乏、疲劳）/fә'ti:g/, bowel（肠、内脏）/'bauәl/ trouble, stomach discomfort（困苦、不适）/dis'kʌmfәt/, liver（肝脏、生活者）/'livә/ disease, and whether an infant（婴儿、儿童）/'infәnt/ at home had become ill. Leah said she had taken（语境补充词）/ˈteɪkən/ a vitamin（维生素）/'vaitәmin/ and a remedy（药物、治疗法）/'remidi/ from a rival（对手、竞争者）/'raivl/ clinic, then completed intense yoga（瑜珈）/'jәugә/ without eating.

Ben said, “Because the doses conflict, you should not take another tablet until Dr（语境补充词）/ˈdɑktər/. Rao（语境补充词）/raʊ/ reviews the record.” Leah replied, “I know it may sound insane（患精神病的、极愚蠢的）/in'sein/, but I feel as if a monster（怪物、恶人）/'mɒnstә/ is gripping my gut（剧情、内容）/gʌt/.” Dr. Rao entered and said, “Your fear is real, yet we must base therapy on evidence（依据证据制定治疗）/beɪs ˈθɛrəpi ɔn ˈɛvədəns/ rather than（而不是）/ˈrəðər ðən/ guilt（罪行、内疚）/gilt/ or panic.”

The doctor examined each limb（四肢、枝干）/lim/ and nerve（精神、勇气）/nә:v/, listened to Leah's chest, and found no fatal（致命的、重大的）/'feitәl/ sign or lasting handicap（障碍、困难）/'hændikæp/. A skin mark looked harmless（无害处的、未受损害的）/'hɑ:mlis/ to the naked eye（用肉眼看）/tɪ ðə ˈneɪkəd aɪ/; it was not a plague（瘟疫、天罚）/pleig/ symptom. Blood tests would show whether she was immune（免疫者）/i'mju:n/ to the current virus or had become infected（传染、感染）/in'fekt/. Dr. Rao prescribed（规定、指定）/pris'kraib/ water, food, and rest, not a stronger drug. She reinforced（加强、增援）/.ri:in'fɒ:s/ the advice with a written schedule（书面安排）/ˈrɪtən ˈskɛʤʊl/ and explained that an implicit（暗示的、含蓄的）/im'plisit/ assumption—more medicine means faster healing（痊愈）/hi:l/—can spoil（战利品、赃物）/spɒil/ recovery（恢复、复原）/ri'kʌvәri/.

Leah's condition improved after juice and a light meal. No drastic treatment was needed after the examination. The doctor said no transplant（移居者、移植）/træns'plɑ:nt/ or hospital discharge（卸货、流出）/dis'tʃɑ:dʒ/ plan was needed either. Obese（肥胖的）/әu'bi:s/ patients may face different risks, but an arbitrary（任意的、武断的）/'ɑ:bitrәri/ label should never sway（摇摆、影响力）/swei/ an individual decision. Leah used her wit（机智、智力）/wit/ to call the scare a good deed（行为、实行）/di:d/ by her body: it had forced her to stop. Undoubtedly（无疑、必定）/ʌn'dajtidli/, she still needed a follow-up test（后续复查）/ˈfɑloʊˌəp tɛst/ and a corrected prescription. She left with a practical plan for well-being, no longer lame（跛足的、僵痛的）/leim/ with fear, and ready to heal through steady care（持续稳定的照护）/ˈstɛdi kɛr/.