A medicine a doctor gives you to kill bacteria — very small living things that can get into a cut, your throat, or your lungs and make you ill — or to stop those bacteria growing, so you can get well. You may take it as pills, a liquid, or a drip in hospital. It can also describe the medicine: antibiotic cream, an antibiotic tablet.

A medicine a doctor gives you醫生開給你的藥 to kill bacteria用來殺死bacteria(細菌) — very small living things that can get into a cut, your throat, or your lungs and make you ill細菌是非常微小的生物，可能跑進傷口、喉嚨、或肺裡讓你生病 — or to stop those bacteria growing或用來阻止那些細菌繼續長大, so you can get well好讓你恢復健康。You may take it as pills, a liquid, or a drip in hospital你可能會吃藥丸、喝藥水、或在醫院打點滴。It can also describe the medicine它也可以形容藥品本身: antibiotic cream antibiotic cream(抗生素藥膏), an antibiotic tablet an antibiotic tablet(抗生素藥錠)。

Though actually, it does nothing against viruses. A cold, most coughs, and flu are virus illnesses, so this drug will not shorten them. Using it then only teaches bacteria to survive the medicine, which is why careful doctors say no.

Though actually不過其實, it does nothing against viruses它對viruses(病毒)完全沒有效果。A cold, most coughs, and flu are virus illnesses感冒、大部分的咳嗽、和flu都是病毒引起的病, so this drug will not shorten them所以這種藥不會讓它們好得比較快。Using it then only teaches bacteria to survive the medicine這時候吃它，只會教細菌學會怎麼撐過這種藥, which is why careful doctors say no這也是為什麼講究的醫生會拒絕開藥。

In everyday talk here people still treat it like a general “strong drug”; in a clinic the word is precise: bacteria, not any germ at all.

In everyday talk here在這裡的日常說法裡, people still treat it like a general “strong drug”人們還是把它當成籠統的「強效藥」; in a clinic the word is precise但在診所裡這個詞很精準: bacteria, not any germ at all指的是細菌，不是隨便什麼病菌。