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A man administers a special medicine – a small, live fish – to a woman with asthma in Hyderabad, India. Photo: Photo/Mahesh Kumar A/AP
Each year, approximately 70,000 people with asthma and other breathing difficulties attend a meeting in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. They each swallow a small live fish, which is believed to help cure breathing problems. 每年有大約7萬名哮喘和其他有呼吸困難疾病的患者前來印度南部城市海德拉巴,參加一個會議。會議期間每個患者都會活吞一條小魚，據信這種方法有助於治療呼吸困難。
短語 'a taste of your own medicine' 的意思是你曾經怎麼樣對待別人，現在別人也用同樣的方式對待你，讓你自嘗苦果，以其人之道，還治其人之身。
Now you see how it feels to have someone call you names! You are getting a taste of your own medicine!
He got a taste of his own medicine when she decided to turn up late.
另一個短語 'laughter is the best medicine' 意思是笑能治病，笑能養身，其實就是漢語裏的所謂笑一笑十年少。