生活英语对话 Episode 6: Breakfast Time

本单元是关于早饭时间的对话

Tim: Morning, campers!

Alice: Ooh, not so loud, my head's killing¹ me.
Michal: I feel awful too. I've got a pain in my stomach. My head
hurts.....
Tim: Welcome to your first British hangover Michal! What you
need now is a good fry-up.
Alice: Bleugh! Oh, morning Helen. You look as bad as I feel.
Have you been crying?
Helen: No, no of course not. Just burning the midnight oil
studying, studying, studying.
Tim: So, who's for eggs, beans and toast?
Alice: Urgh! You really are a pain in the neck sometimes Tim!

本单元的语言点是关于生病的英语说法，当你生病了，你可以用以下方式描述你的症状(病情)。

Illness
生病

When you're ill, you can describe your symptoms (changes in
your body which show that you're ill) in the following ways:
当你生病了，你可以用以下方式描述你的症状(病情)

You can use have got + ache (when it forms part of a compound²
noun) with only 5 parts of the body:
只有下列五种身体部位可以加上 ache 组成集合名词

I've got (a) backache
She's got (a) stomach-ache
He's got a headache
You've got (an) earache³
He's got (a) toothache

Note: All of these aches except headache are usually uncountable
in British English so you don't use a or an with them. In
American English, all these aches are countable⁴ so you use a or
an with them.

You can use hurt/ache (verb) with any part of the body:
任何身体部位都可以用 hurt/ache 当动词使用

My leg hurts
Her ankle hurts
His stomach aches
Everything aches

My toes hurt
His hands ache

You can use sore (adjective) with any part of the body:
任何身体部位都可以用sore当形容词使用

I've got a sore arm
She's got a sore leg
He's got a sore toe
You've got a sore head

You can use pain (noun) with any part of the body:
pain当名词使用，可以用在任何身体部位上

I feel a pain in my leg
She's got a pain in her stomach
He has got a pain in his toe

You can use be or feel + ill/sick/unwell (adjective) or
feel + awful (adjective) to talk about your health in general:
概括描述病情时，可以用be或feel加上ill/sick/unwell，也可以用feel
awful

I feel ill
He feels awful
I'm sick
She's unwell
We're not well

Vocabulary: 词汇

Morning, campers! (informal greeting to more than one person):
Good morning!
早啊!
My head's killing me (idiom): I've got a very bad headache
我的头痛死了
A hangover (n): A headache from drinking a lot of alcohol
宿醉
A fry-up (n, informal): A meal made of fried⁵ foods (fried egg,
mushrooms, bacon etc)
油炸食物
To burn the midnight oil (idiom): To study or work until late at
night
熬夜工作
Who's for...? (offer, informal): Who wants...?
谁要...?
You're a pain in the neck (idiom): You're very annoying
你很烦人

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 compound   

n.化合物；大院；adj.化合的；vt.加重；使化合

参考例句：

• Air is a mixture,not a compound of gases.空气是气体的混合物，不是化合物。
• How many households in the compound?院内有几家住户？

3 earache   

n.耳朵痛

参考例句：

• I have been having an earache for about a week.我的耳朵已经痛了一个星期了。
• I've had an earache for the past few days.我耳痛好几天了。

4 countable   

adj.可数的，可以计算的

参考例句：

• The word "person" is a countable noun.person这个词是个可数名词。
• Countable nouns have singular and plural forms.可数名词有单数和复数之分。

5 fried   

adj.油煎的；油炒的

参考例句：

• I ate everything fried.所有油炸的我都吃。
• I prefer fried peanuts.我选择炸花生。