英语情景对话：
A: You seem to be unhappy. What happened?
你看上去并不开心，怎么啦？
B: My mother is ill in the hospital.
我妈妈生病住院了。
A: What does the doctor say?
医生怎么说？
B: The disease fails to respond to drugs.
这种病无药可治。
对话精讲
习语
1. 习语口语
respond to
2. 解词释义
动词词组的本义是“对......有反应”，也可以转义为“对......有作用”。
3. 支持范例
e.g.He did not respond to her advances.
他对她的友好表示无动于衷。
e.g. They were prompt to respond to our call for help.
他们对我们的求助迅即回应。
e.g.How would you respond to John's arguments?
你觉得约翰的话如何？
e.g.I don't respond to threats.
我不怕别人威胁。
英语学习笔记：
fail to：未能
e.g.Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.
许多人不理解真正的交流是有来有往的。
e.g.Words fail to convey our grateful feelings.
我们的感激之情非言语所能表达。
e.g.You will be in trouble if you fail to stop at the red light.
遇到红灯不停车，你就会倒霉。
e.g.I fail to see any reason why we should worry ourselves about those people.
我真不懂我们为什么要替那些人担忧。
口语句型
病种+fails to respond to drugs.
1. 使用请境
表示某种病不能医治，是绝症。
2. 典型范例
e.g.An cancer fails to respond to drugs.
癌症无药可治。
