Nurse： Hello，Mr. Zhang，how are you feeling today?

护士： 你好，张先生，今天感觉怎样?

Patient： I feel there is sputum in my throat but I cannot cough it up.

病人： 我觉得喉咙口有痰，但就是咳不出。

Nurse： How much water do you normally drink when you are at home?

护士： 你平时在家每天喝多少水?

Patient： I don’t like to drink water，and only drink it when I feel very thirsty.

病人： 我不喜欢喝水，只有感到口渴时才喝。

Nurse： Oh! That isn’t good for sputum expectoration. There are many self-care strategies to promote sputum expectoration. Drinking water is one of these strategies. You should make sure to drink 1200 to 1500ml of water every day.

护士： 哦，看来这样对你的排痰是很不利的，一般来讲，促进排痰有很多自我护理的方法，多喝水就是其中一种。你每天最好保证喝1200～1500ml的水。

Patient： Why do I need to drink so much water?

病人： 为什么要喝这么多水?

Nurse： Because suffcient water can dilute the sputum and make it easy to spit out. Drinking water can also increase the discharge of urine that contains metabolic wastes.Furthermore，it can also prevent the fu.

护士： 因为只有补充充足水分，才可以稀释痰液，以助排痰。同时通过多饮水可增加排尿量，帮助排出体液内废物。此外，多喝水还有利于预防流感。

Patient： Oh! It sounds like drinking more water is good for me. But how can I drink so much water?

病人： 原来喝水有这么多的好处，那我该怎么做才能完成这么多的饮水量？

Nurse： It is not so difficult once you get in the habit of drinking water（i.e. drinking some water even when you don’t feel thirsty）. You can drink regularly，for example，right after you get up in the morning，two hours after your meals，before you go to sleep，and after urinating at night. Drink more when you are in an air-conditioned room where the air is usually drier.

护士： 你只要养成主动喝水的习惯（即不要等口渴以后再喝水），完成这点饮水量并不会太困难的。如你可以有规律地把喝水的时间安排在早晨起床后、三餐以后的2小时、睡前、夜间起床小便后。如果你待在空调房间的话，还应适量增加饮水量。因为空调房间的空气比较干燥。

Patient： Are there any other means to promote expectoration?

病人： 那除了多饮水之外，还有别的方法帮助排痰吗？

Nurse： Of course. Let me teach you how sputum can be spit out by coughing correctly.

护士： 有呀，现在我就可以教给你一种正确的咳嗽排痰的方法。

（The nurse demonstrated to the patient.）

（护士示范了正确的咳嗽排痰方法。）

Nurse： OK. Now try it yourself.

护士： 好了，现在请你来做一遍吧。

（The patient tried it under the guidance of the nurse）.

（病人在护士的指导下完成了正确的咳嗽排痰方法。）

Nurse： Well done. Keep doing this from now on. Now，have some rest，I am going to visit other patients and will be back to help you with nebulization therapy and to pat your back.

护士： 你做得不错，以后就可以这样做了。现在我先去看其他病人了，过会儿再来给你做雾化吸入和捶背，你先休息吧。

Patient： Good，thank you.

病人： 好的，谢谢你。