大家说英语 第574期:过敏季节(1)

Conversation A

对话A

Linda: Bless you. Bless you. Bless you.

琳达: 祝福你。祝福你。祝福你。

Alex: Thanks, Linda.

阿莱克斯：琳达，谢了。

Linda: You're sneezing a lot, Alex. Are you sick? Do you have a cold?

琳达: 阿莱克斯，你一直打喷嚏。你生病了吗？你是不是感冒了？

Alex: No. I have allergies¹ every spring.

阿莱克斯：不是，我每年春天都会过敏。

Linda: Oh, no. Allergies are no fun. What are you allergic² to?

琳达: 糟糕，过敏可不好玩。你对什么过敏？

Alex: I'm allergic to dust and some types of flowers.

阿莱克斯：我对灰尘还有某些种类的花过敏。

Linda: Maybe a doctor can help you.

琳达: 也许医生可以帮助你。

Conversation B

对话B

Linda: I feel so bad for Alex.

琳达：我真是为阿莱克斯感到难过。

Taylor: Why? Is something wrong with him?

泰勒：为什么？他发生了什么事吗？

Linda: His allergies are really bothering him. He is sneezing a lot.

琳达：他的过敏很严重很困扰他，喷嚏一直打个不停。

Taylor: Well, it is allergy³ season. A lot of people are sneezing.

泰勒：唉，现在是过敏季节，很多人都在打喷嚏。

Linda: Do you have allergies, Taylor?

琳达：泰勒，你也会过敏吗?

Taylor: Yes. I'm allergic to peanuts. They give me a rash.

泰勒：会，我对花生过敏，只要一吃花生就会让我起疹子。

Linda: Oh. Be careful!

琳达：哦，要小心喔！

1 allergies   

n.[医]过敏症；[口]厌恶，反感；（对食物、花粉、虫咬等的）过敏症( allergy的名词复数 )；变态反应，变应性

参考例句：

• Food allergies can result in an enormous variety of different symptoms. 食物过敏会引发很多不同的症状。 来自辞典例句
• Let us, however, examine one of the most common allergies; hayfever. 现在让我们来看看最常见的变态反应的一种--枯草热。 来自辞典例句

2 allergic   

adj.过敏的，变态的

参考例句：

• Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。
• Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏，比如花粉。

3 allergy   

n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症

参考例句：

• He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
• The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。