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医生yīshēng gěi  kāi le 处方chǔfāng, ràng   药店yàodiàn  yàoyīshēng gěi tā kāi le chǔfāng, ràng tā qù yàodiàn ná yào.
The doctor wrote her a prescription and told her to go to the pharmacy to get medicine.
医生yīshēng 已经yǐjīng gěi  开处方kāichǔfāng le,  现在xiànzài  药店yàodiàn  yàoyīshēng yǐjīng gěi wǒ kāichǔfāng le, wǒ xiànzài qù yàodiàn ná yào.
The doctor has already written me a prescription, and I’m going to the pharmacy to get the medicine now.
 忘记wàngjì  课本kèběn dài dào 教室jiàoshì le, 只好zhǐhǎo huí 宿舍sùshè  wǒ wàngjì bǎ kèběn dài dào jiàoshì le, zhǐhǎo huí sùshè qù ná.
I forgot to bring the textbook to the classroom, so I had no choice but to go back to the dorm to get it.
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