英语访谈对话 48 The Cold

 　　Todd: OK. Hello!

　　Conrad: Hi, Todd.

　　Todd: How are you doing?

　　Conrad: Oh, not too good. I've got a little bit of a cold I think.

　　Todd: Oh, man. That's not..that's not good.

　　Conrad: Yeah.

　　Todd: How long have you had the cold?

　　Conrad: I think just, uh, starting a couple nights ago.

　　Todd: Oh, really.

　　Conrad: YeahTodd: Oh, man. What are you doing for it?

　　Conrad: Oh, just trying to take it easy, right now, I'm just, um, resting.

　　Todd: Uh-huh.

　　Conrad: Yeah!

　　Todd: Do you eat anything special when you get sick?

　　Conrad: Sometimes. Uh, let's see. What do I eat? Sometimes I eat umeboshi.

　　Todd: Umeboshi!

　　Conrad: Yeah.

　　Todd: Really! What's umeboshi?

　　Conrad: That's that Japanese kind of of a pickled sour plum. You eat it with rice. So it's a red color.

　　Todd: Yeah, it comes in the onigiri sometimes.

　　Conrad: Yeah, that's right.

　　Todd: Wow. OK. Um, well what are your symptoms¹?

　　Conrad: Oh, let's see a little bit of sore throat² a cough, and basically³ just feeling tired.

　　Todd: Well, that's terrible. I'm sorry. I hope you feel better.

　　Conrad: Well, thanks Todd.

1 symptoms   

症状( symptom的名词复数 )； 征兆

参考例句：

• Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
• The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs. 这些症状可能会因为某些药物而加重。

2 throat   

n.咽喉，喉咙；咽喉状的部分；嗓音，嗓门

参考例句：

• A fish bone sticks in his throat.鱼刺卡在他的嗓子里。
• He has a sore throat.他患了喉炎。

3 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。