今天的这段对话，在谈论生病，
生病时应该做什么？不应该做什么
来听今天的讲解:
Beginner
A: billy, you don’t look too well. Maybe you should take the day off school.
比利，你看起来不太好。也许你应该休学一天。
B: but Mom! Today we’re playing football! I love football!
但是妈妈！今天我们在踢足球！我喜欢足球！
A: you’ve god a fever and playing football isn’t a good idea for a boy with a fever. What’s that on your arm?
你发烧了，踢足球对发烧的男孩来说不是个好主意。你胳膊上是什么？
B: I don’t know. It was there when I woke up this morning.
我不知道。今天早上我醒来的时候它就在那里。
A: it’s rash. I’d better take you to see the doctor. How did you get that bruise on your leg?
是皮疹。我最好带你去看医生。你腿上的淤青是怎么弄的？
B: I bashed it against the chair in my room.
我把它撞在房间的椅子上。
A: does it hurt?
疼吗？
B: a little , but not much.
一点，但不多。
A: here. Put this wet towel on your face to keep your temperature down. I’ll take you to the doctor’s after breakfast.
给。把这条湿毛巾敷在脸上，让你的体温降下来。早餐后我带你去看医生。
B: if I’m better this afternoon, can I go to school?
如果我今天下午好一点，我能去上学吗？
A: if you are better, but I doubt you will be.
如果你更好，但我怀疑你会更好。
Intermediate
A: have you seen bill recently?
你最近见过比尔吗？
B: yes. He’s in hospital with a bad back. One morning, he just couldn’t get out of bed. His wife called an ambulance and they took him to hospital. He’s been there for a few days now.
是的。他背部不好正在医院。一天早上，他就是起不来床。他的妻子叫了救护车，他们把他送到了医院。他已经在那里住了几天了。
A: daisy’s in hospital too .she god food poisoning last week. She thinks she got it from some bad seafood.
黛西也在医院。她上星期食物中毒。她以为是因为吃了一些不好的海鲜。
B: you have to be very careful with seafood. It tastes lovely, but it often causes upset stomachs. Have you heard anything from tom?
你必须非常小心海鲜。它味道很好，但经常会引起胃部不适。你有汤姆的消息吗？
A: he’s fine, but he had a fever last week. He probably just had a cold.
他很好，但上周发烧了。他可能只是感冒了。
B: he might be allergic to pollen. My niece is allergic to pollen. It seems like she has a cold, but in fact it’s her allergy.
他可能对花粉过敏。我的侄女对花粉过敏，看起来她感冒了，但实际上是她的过敏。
A: I see. My niece just flew back from Australia to visit. She’s got jetlag now. she’s just resting today, but we’ll probably go out somewhere tomorrow.
我明白了。我的侄女刚从澳大利亚飞回来参观。她现在时差了。她今天只是休息，但我们明天可能会去某个地方。
B: it’s nice that she’s back for a while. Thinking of all these ailments, I got a splinter the other day. It took a long time for me to get it out of my skin. Look.
她回来了一段时间真是太好了。想到这些病，前几天我得了一块碎片。我花了很长时间才把它从皮肤上弄出来。看。
A: oh, your hand is still sore. You should put some ointment on it to stop the swelling.
哦，你的手还疼。你应该在上面涂些药膏来消肿。
B: that’s a good idea. You’ve got a nasty bruise on your hand.
这是个好主意。你的手上有一块严重的淤青。
A: yes, I banged it against to cooker yesterday. It really hurt, but it’s OK now. the bruise will disappear soon.
是的，我昨天把它撞到炊具上了。它真的很疼，但现在没事了。瘀伤很快就会消失的。
