英语学习乐园：What's the matter with them?

 41st

What’s the matter with her?

Does she have an earache¹?

She doesn’t have an earache.She has a headache.

What must she do?

So she must take an aspirin².

 52nd

What’s the matter with George?

Does he have a headache?

He doesn’t have a headache.He has an earache.

What must he do?

He must see a doctor.

 63rd

What’s the matter with him?

Does he have a stomach ache?

He doesn’t have a stomach ache.He has a toothache.

What must he do?

He must see a dentist.

 74th

What’s the matter with Jane?

Does she have a toothache?

No,she doesn’t have a toothache.She has a stomach ache.

What must she do?

She must take some medicine.

 85th

What’s the matter with Sam?

Does he have a stomach ache?

No,he doesn’t have a stomach ache.He has a temperature.

What must he do?

He must go to bed.

 96th

What’s the matter with Dave?

Does he have a headache?

No,he doesn’t have a headache.He has flu.

What must he do?

He must stay in bed.

 107th

What’s the matter with Jimmy?

Does he have a headache?

He doesn’t have a headache.He has measles³.

What must we do?

We must call the doctor.

 118th

What’s the matter with Susan?

Does she have an earache?

No,she doesn’t have an earache.She has mumps⁴.

What must we do?

We must call the doctor.

 

 

headache             头痛

aspirin                 阿司匹林

earache                耳痛

toothache             牙痛

dentist                  牙医

stomach ache         胃痛

medicine                 药

temperature            温度

flu                          流行性感冒

measles                  麻疹

mumps                   腮腺炎

1 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。

2 aspirin   

n.阿司匹林

参考例句：

• The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
• She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。

3 measles   

n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子

参考例句：

• The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
• The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。

4 mumps   

n.腮腺炎

参考例句：

• Sarah got mumps from her brother.萨拉的弟弟患腮腺炎，传染给她了。
• I was told not go near Charles. He is sickening for mumps.别人告诉我不要走近查尔斯， 他染上了流行性腮腺炎。