The Best Medicine
As I approach① the hospital wearing my white coat, I look just like any other doctor.That is until I put on② my curly rainbow wig③ , big red nose, and add my name badge④ “Doctor Larry LaughOutLoud⑤”．[1]I walk through the doors into the waiting area, where there's a familiar atmosphere⑥ of boredom and tension⑦.[2]People sit uncomfortably⑧ on plastic chairs, looking through old magazines, all of which have been read hundreds of⑨ times previously.Anxious parents do what they can to comfort⑩ nervous and crying children.
[1]本句为复合句。where引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词 the waiting area。
[2]主句谓语是sit，现在分词短语looking through old magazines作伴随状语，all of which引导非限制性定语从句。
[3]In the middle of this particular scene I spot? a small girl whose ankle? is twice its normal size.I speak with the onduty nurse?， who tells me that Lara's parents rushed? her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle.Since getting here, Lara has spent her time crying in pain?.[4]Although it's the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury?， it's my job to make her feel better.
[3]whose引导限制性定语从句。本从句句型结构是“主语A＋be＋倍数＋B的形容词性物主代词＋size/length/ ...”， 意为“A是B的几倍大/长/……”。
[4]Although引导让步状语从句，从句使用了强调句型：It is/was＋被强调部分＋that/who＋句子其他成分。
Scientific studies show that laughter produces chemicals to make people feel better, which means clown doctors? can be helpful.We are specially trained clowns who work as part of a programme known as “hospital clowning?”．I chose this career because of my experience of going to hospital when I was a kid.Although the doctors and nurses did a great job?， hospitals weren't really designed for? children.I spent much of the time when I was there feeling frightened and more than a little bored! Being a clown doctor means I can help people by entertaining them.
Visiting hospitals and other health care facilities， we clown doctors work together with medical professionals.On a typical day, we spend our time cheering up patients, their families, and more often than not， the hospital staff, too! We do this by doing magic tricks, singing songs, telling stories and, of course, telling silly jokes.Some children, though, don't feel like laughing, especially if they're in pain.We have to be very sensitive and work closely with the doctors and nurses, who keep us updated on each patient.
And my magic medicine does indeed seem to do the trick.While the doctor concentrates on examining Lara's ankle, I get her attention by doing a magic trick.Although she is clearly still in some pain, her scared and anxious look has been replaced — first by a small smile, and then by loud laughter as I “magically” produce her sock from out of my pocket.[5]Seeing their daughter so much happier has in turn made Lara's parents more relaxed.
[5]本句句型：主语＋make＋宾语＋宾语补足语； Seeing their daughter so much happier是动词ing形式作主语。
And as for me? Well, when I take off my wig and my red nose, I'm still wearing a big smile, as I remember all the fun and laughter of the day.[6]While there might be more hospital visits ahead for Lara and others, I hope that clown doctors help make it a friendlier place to visit.After all, it really is true that “laughter is the best medicine”．
[6]While 引导让步状语从句，that引导宾语从句，make it a friendlier place to visit为“make＋宾语＋宾语补足语”结构，to visit为动词不定式作后置定语。
