原版英语对话：Talking to The Doctor(3)

A: Good morning, how have you been doing?
B: I haven’t been able to take a deep breath lately, and I need to know why.
A: Have you had any type of bug¹ lately?
B: No, I’ve been feeling fairly good most of the time. It just is hard to breathe.
A: Has anyone ever told you that you have allergies²?
B: No one has ever checked me for allergies.
A: Does this happen more when you are under stress?
B: When the weather gets really cold, it gets worse.
A: I am going to refer you to a pulmonary specialist who can run tests on you for asthma³.
B: Thank you for pursuing this. I appreciate your help.

 

1 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

2 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

3 asthma   

n.气喘病，哮喘病

参考例句：

• I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
• Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。