大家说英语 第575期:过敏季节(2)

Conversation A

对话A

Rob: Thanks for joining me on the show today, Susie.

罗布：苏西，谢谢你今天上我的节目。

Susie: You're welcome, Rob.

苏西：不客气，罗布。

Rob: People suffer from all kinds of allergies¹. Do you have allergies?

罗布：许多人都深为各种过敏所苦，你有过敏吗？

Susie: No, but I own many pets. They have hair. Some of my family and friends are allergic² to dog hair.

苏西：没有，可是我养了许多宠物。他们身上都有毛。我有些家人和朋友对狗毛过敏。

Rob: So they sneeze, or their eyes water?

罗布：所以他们会打喷嚏或者流眼泪吗？

Susie: Yes. Before they come to my house, they take allergy³ medicine!

苏西：是的。他们要来我家之前都会先吃过敏药！

Conversation B

对话B

Rob: Some people cough when they have allergies.

罗布：有些人过敏的时候会咳嗽。

Susie: Yes. There are many allergy symptoms. Some people sneeze or cough. Some people get a rash.

苏西：是啊，过敏有许多症状。有些人会打喷嚏或咳嗽，有些人会起疹子。

Rob: And some people can't breathe.

罗布：有些人甚至没有办法呼吸。

Susie: Right. Those people need to get help right away. You can learn about your allergies. A doctor can test you.

苏西：没错。这些人必须马上寻求救助。你可以先了解自己的过敏。医生可以帮你检验。

Rob: Then you can find the right medicine.

罗布：这样你就可以找到正确的药物。

Susie: And your allergies won't bother you so much.

苏西：然后你的过敏就不会对你造成那么大的困扰了。

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。