早安英文 第671期:感冒时的各种症状要怎么说

 

period (女生的) 例假，姨妈

I'm on my period.

我在姨妈呢！

man period “男性例假”

(男生如果有什么每月一次的不可抗事件，或者心情莫名暴躁时，可以开玩笑称之为自己的“男性例假”)

I get sick once a month. It's like my man period.

我一个月得病一次，就好像女生来姨妈一样。

allergy¹ n.过敏

I have an allergy to animal hair.

我对动物的毛发过敏。

各种形容生病的方式：

I am sick/ill. 我病了。

be/feel under the weather 微恙，有点儿不舒服

I was so excited to get to Beijing, but then I just felt under the weather.

我本来超开心要去北京了，结果就开始身体不舒服。

Oh please, don't ask me to cook today! I'm a bit under the weather.

拜托了，今天别叫做饭，我不太舒服！

sick as a dog 病得厉害

I can't come in to work today, I'm sick as a dog.

我今天没法去上班了，我病得很严重。

I feel like crap/sh*t. 我感觉特别糟糕。

poorly adj. 身体不舒服的，健康欠佳的

I am poorly. (British English)

我身体不太舒服。

感冒各种症状：

symptom 症状

runny nose 流鼻涕

blocked/stuffed nose 鼻塞

I have a runny nose.

My nose is stuffed.

My nose is blocked.

I really hate the feeling of having a blocked nose.

我真的很讨厌鼻塞的感觉。

coughing 咳嗽

fever 发烧

stomachache 胃痛

headache 头痛

There is this stereotype² about men that they are worse at handling flu than women. We call it Man Flu.

有这么一种对男性的刻板印象，认为他们面对流感的时候各方面承受能力更差。我们管这种现象叫做 man flu。

migraine 偏头痛

Have you ever experienced a migraine?

你有没有过偏头痛?

diarrhea 腹泻，拉肚子

farting 放屁

1 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。

2 stereotype   

n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框

参考例句：

• He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
• There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。