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voa special english 英语辅导杂志17 VOA Special English英语辅导杂志 期号：第 2009-017期 Email: van.allen@ Slow and steady 主办：.. MSN Messenger: webmaster@ wins the race! 主编：.. Van Allen QQ: 848993746 WORDS AND THEIR STORIES Take This Medicine: The Story of the Sign Rx 词语故事——服用此药： Rx符号的故事 文章配套 MP3声音（美国播音员朗读）下载位置： /voanews/specialenglish/scripts/2009/03/22/0040/ 第一部分：阅读理解 『学习提示』请先阅读一至两遍英语原文，然后再带着理解上的问题对照中文翻译。 英语原文 中文“直译” Every week at this time, we tell about popular 每周在这个时候（周日），我们讲述关于 words and expressions used in the United 在美国使用的流行词汇和语句。这些词汇 States. Some of these words and expressions 和语句，有些是老的，有些是新的。他们 are old. Some are new. Together, they form the 一起构成了美国人民的现时语言。 living speech of the American people. 今天我们的故事非常古老，追溯到大约.. Our story today is very old. It goes back about 5000年前。它是关于一个用来象征某些 five-thousand years. It is about a sign that is 语句的符号。 used to represent some words. 在药店和无论何时去求医问药，我们(都 We see this sign on drug stores and whenever 会)看到这个符号。它也出现在药瓶和其 we visit a doctor to get an order for medicine. It 它药品上。 also appears on bottles of pills and other medicines. The sign is formed by a line across the right 这个符号是由穿过字母.. R右底部的线条 foot of the letter R. It represents the word 构成。它代表单词.. “prescription（处方）.. ”。 prescription. It has come to mean take 它已经变成表示“服用此药”的意思。 this medicine. The sign has its beginnings five thousand years 这个符号起源于.. 5000年前的埃及。在那 ago in Egypt. At that time, people prayed to 个时候，人们向太阳之神.. Horus祈祷。据 Horus, the god of the Sun. It was said that 说，当.. Horus还是小孩子的时候，曾被邪 when Horus was a child, he was attacked by 恶的魔鬼.. Seth袭击。.. Seth, the demon of evil. VOA Special English Magazine for learning English. Page 1 /voanews/specialenglish/e-mag/  The evil Seth put out the eye of the young Horus. The mother of Horus called for help. Her cry was answered by Thoth, the god of learning and magic. Thoth, with his wisdom and special powers, healed the ey